YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - A significant piece in the redevelopment of downtown Youngstown will soon be taking place, as the building, which once housed the city's newspaper, is transformed into a technology hub.

It was announced last week that Megan Malara will be the hub's director. She will be the first director of the new Youngstown Innovation Hub for Aerospace and Defense.

"Lots of great bones to it for companies that are going to be moving here," Malara said.

Malara is an engineer. She received her undergraduate, master's and doctorate degrees at the Ohio State University.

"Material science engineering, so basically the science of how you would make something," she said.

But her love for math and science began at Hubbard High School, from which she graduated in 2010.

"One of the

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