Our mission is to inspire and motivate Black and Latinx youth to be creative critical thinkers who use STEAM to develop solutions to real world problems such as climate change, public safety, and poverty.
Youth develop creativity, problem solving, and collaboration skills as they
see how a variety of STEAM pathways can be used to create the future they deserve.
The “grand challenges” of our time—such as providing clean water, controlling carbon emissions, designing new medicines, and securing cyberspace—all require STEM-based solutions and disproportionately impact Black and Latinx communities.- (National Academy of Engineering, 2016). Black and Latinx communities, including the youth, must be the ones whose voices and ideas are centered when generating solutions to the problems and systemic injustices they face.
Hands-on science gets neglected in high-poverty elementary schools. Students in these schools are much less likely than their peers in wealthier schools to experience hands-on activities in science. More than half miss out on these critical opportunities to build early interest and mastery.
Teachers in high-poverty elementary schools are also most likely to say that they lack the materials they need to teach. Only 44 percent of fourth-graders in the highest-poverty schools, compared with 61 percent of their peers in the lowest-poverty schools, have teachers who report having “all” or “most” of the resources they need to teach STEM.
Our in-school and after-school program that develops student’s ability to use STEAM to uplift their community. Students use various STEAM pathways such 3D design, coding, or painting to develop solutions to real world problems.
Learn more!Professional development and project-based social justice curriculum that supports educators as they provide their students with an engaging and liberating 21st century education.
Learn more!Students from different schools work together to discover their passions and implement human centered initiatives that will uplift their communities.
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I’ve noticed some great things STTF does with my students.
I’ve seen students come out of their shells and really want
to participate with the STEM activities. It helps their personality,
their imagination, helps them broaden their horizon, and helps them
do things they wouldn’t normally do. I’ve really enjoyed working
with STEM to the Future.
- Kindergarten Teacher ICEF Innovation
STEM to the Future has had a huge impact on our school community.
Students are engaged during each session. They have a wonderful time
collaborating, they develop problem solving skills and most importantly
they utilize their creativity. Students are looking at their community
and using STEAM to impact the Future. Students are empowered to
understand they can make a difference. That’s done with great
instructors and project-based learning.
-Principal Alta Loma Elementary