Finia graduated with a B.S. from Boise State University. She has collectively gained more than 10 years of recruiting experience within private, educational and public sectors. Finia brings a wealth of experience to the Center with her experience as a Regional Business Specialist at the Department of Labor, which allowed her to partner with key stakeholders and helped identify workforce gaps in the community. She collaborated with businesses, community partners, municipal agencies and educational institutions to strategically form long term workforce solutions that allowed companies to grow and thrive; this, in turn, allowed Idaho to maintain a healthy economy. Finia joined the Idaho STEM Action Center in July of 2016 and oversees the Computer Science program which includes grant development and management, best practice research and dissemination, and building partnerships with STEM organizations nationwide.