STEM Education Program
STEM education Program reimagine and transform through a variety of resources and initiatives for teachers, parents, and students. This program is a source of accessible and quality learning experiences that encourages students to continue growing throughout their academic careers. We work on all marketing campaigns, website optimization (Still in process), email campaigns, social media content and community management for all initiatives like:
By closing of the year 2022, the STEM Education Program has successfully met its 2020 goal to expand its outreach, increase programmatic awareness, increase female participation on all its platforms, and become a reference for other programs bridging the gaps in STEM and STEM-related education on the island.
Not only has the program gathered major following on its social media outlets; it has increased its average female participation by 10%, it has gathered more than $200,000 in discretionary funding to support STEM initiatives and has partnered with leading organizations on the island to broaden its impact.
This summer, we invited 48 young people from 5th to 8th grade from public and private schools in Puerto Rico to participate in 1 week of free face-to-face workshops* focused on the fundamentals of virtual reality and 3D design. Visit initiative website here
In this initiative our goals was receive 150 applications, instead we impacted organically more than 350 applications with $0 investment in ads. Proudly to say that this program offer an incredible experience to 225 students in middle school and virtually.
STEM Boxed Kit Experience
Partnership with Atención Atención
The STEM Boxed Kit Experience is an 8 week afterschool program that engages students with meaningful, hands-on learning in a distance setting by delivering a “boxed kit” to every participant’s household, and offering direct facilitation of materials, lessons, challenges, and skills through online sessions twice a week.
- Female participation has increased by 10%, with an average of 35% of participants identified as female.
- During the fiscal year 2021/2022, the program served a total of 495 students from across the island. The average participation of public-school students is 66%.
The STEM Boxed Kit Experience will continue during the fiscal year 2022/2023 with sponsorship from the Medtronic Foundation and the collaboration of Fundación Atención Atención, one of Puerto Rico’s leading educational content producers. The goal is to reach an additional 500 students in a 24-month span in addition to the creation of a platform with free STEM content available for parents, teachers and the rest of the community.