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MINORITIES IN STEM
We believe the next generation of scientists, engineers, and innovators is already here — they just need the door opened.
Minorities in STEM (MiSTEM) is a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to STEM education for underrepresented students in grades K–12. Through hands-on programming, mentorship, and community partnerships, we work to close the opportunity gap that has long kept talented young people of color, first-generation students, and students from under-resourced communities on the sidelines of science and technology.
Our programs meet students where they are — in classrooms, community centers, and after-school settings — building the skills, confidence, and networks they need to see themselves as future STEM leaders. From robotics workshops and coding bootcamps to college prep and career exposure, everything we do is designed with one goal in mind: ensuring that excellence in STEM reflects the full diversity of our world.
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INFLUENTIAL
A DECADE OF IMPACT
Ten years ago, we started with a folding table, a handful of volunteers, and an unwavering belief that ZIP code should never determine a child's relationship with science. What began as a Saturday coding workshop for 30 students has grown into a full-service education organization serving thousands of young people each year across the East Coast.
Over the past decade, we have embedded ourselves in under-resourced school districts, built mentorship pipelines connecting students with professionals who look like them, and created pathways to higher education that many of our students were told didn't exist for kids like them. Our alumni are now engineers at Fortune 500 companies, researchers at universities, founders of startups, and — increasingly — mentors giving back to the next generation in our own programs.
The numbers tell part of the story. But the real measure of our decade is the young woman who became the first in her family to study biomedical engineering. The boy who built his first robot at age 9 and is now a sophomore studying computer science. The classroom teacher who became a lead curriculum designer on our team. These are the moments that define what ten years of this work actually means.