Meet Our STEM Ambassadors

Science: Being a STEM Ambassador allows Audrey to connect with her community and share her love for science with kids. Audrey wants to be an oceanographer and has contributed to our programming on marine life. She loves facilitating our sea otter project, which she designed! Audrey plays club soccer and is excited to be playing for her high school team this year. Audrey is proud to have completed over 75 hours of STEM related outreach in a single year earning her a Silver Presidential Service Award! She is currently working towards her Congressional Award.

Math: Clara excels in math and loves being a STEM Ambassador because she gets to help kids understand math through problem-solving and critical thinking in solving fun programming! Clara loves seeing kids light up when she shows them all the ways math can be fun. Clara is a hands-on learner and wants to make sure kids have hands-on opportunities in STEM. An achievement Clara is really proud of is getting her Silver Presidential Service Award for STEM related outreach and her Girl Scout Bronze Award in the same year. 

Science: Gracyn loves being a STEM Ambassador because she gets to share her love of science with kids. She really enjoys learning from the scientists at STEMs Grow. They help her expand her scientific knowledge and in return it deepens what she can bring to kids through outreach. She is most interested in space and loves our nebula in a jar project which she designed! Gracyn is proud of having been a part of her school's winning Superquiz team in both elementary and middle school, most recently achieving the highest score in the city-wide competition on her individual test. Gracyn has earned a Bronze and Silver Girl Scout Award, both STEM related! She also completed over 300 hours of STEM related outreach the previous two years earning her two Gold Presidential Service Awards. She is currently working towards her Congressional Award.

Science: Jacob's favorite thing about being a STEM Ambassador is having fun with the kids and building STEM concepts into play! Jacob's enthusiasm for STEM is contagious and we always turn to him to lead STEM games and large group projects! Jacob is proud of having been on his school's Superquiz team twice (he won first in individual and team competitions both times). He was most proud of his team's bond and ability to work hard and support each other. Jacob has earned Silver and Bronze Presidential Service Awards to honor him for all of the time he has spent providing STEM related outreach over the past two years! 

 Engineering: Kori sees being a STEM Ambassador as an opportunity to help in her community and support kids in exploring STEM so they will have a better sense of what they want to do in the future! Kori loves engineering because she likes to design projects and plans to be an architect or interior designer. When not working with STEMs Grow Kori enjoys swimming, baking, spending time with friends, and horseback riding. Kori worked at a horse camp and appreciates that her experience around horses allowed her to be confident in helping the campers and led them to trust what she was teaching them. An experience she brings to her work with STEMs Grow. 

Engineering: Parker's favorite thing about being a STEM Ambassador is collaborating with our team to create STEM lessons that are fun for kids! She loves to engage them in lessons she helped design. Her favorite STEMs Grow project is creating STEMers and teaching about STEM careers. Parker created the STEMer Project and loves adapting it for different groups of kids. Parker plans to go into engineering. When not volunteering with STEMs Grow Parker is dancing and is proud to be a teaching assistant at her dance studio, another opportunity to share what she loves with kids! Parker has earned a Bronze Girl Scout Award for STEM outreach and  two Gold Presidential Service Awards  in recognition of the 100+ hours of STEM outreach she completed each of the previous two years! 

Science: Reyansh’s favorite letter of STEM is S for Science because it explains how the world works! After volunteering with STEMs Grow Reyansh was motivated to apply to be a STEM Ambassador because the work with our team gives him a chance to make kids smile as they learn how the world works through our activities. Communication in working with kids is most important to Reyansh as he feels that how things are communicated can make the difference between kids just following along with the directions and actually opening up and having fun while learning! He enjoys playing basketball and hanging out with his friends and is proud to have been accepted to his high school’s RC Makes program!