Meet Christina Chandler: FIRST LEGO League + FLL Jr. Partner
Christina Chandler joins the KC STEM Alliance team as FIRST LEGO League and FIRST LEGO League Junior Partner for the Kansas City region. With...
15 July, 2018
STEM in Action: Stories to inspire
Kebra Rios joins KC STEM Alliance team to coordinate FIRST Robotics volunteers
Kebra Rios is our new volunteer coordinator for FIRST events. You may have seen Kebra around—the Rios family is part of Bishop Miege’s...
15 July, 2018
Students examine the entrepreneurial mindset as they explore market potential for senior projects
Nearly 20 students spent one of their first days of summer freedom huddled with the KC startup and business community to consider the...
05 June, 2018
Meet Chayanne
Thanks NBC Action News for this great profile of one of the Kansas City region's rising STEM stars: ...
17 May, 2018
Center students a bright spot in Kansas City’s educational landscape
KC STEM Alliance and Project Lead The Way Launch Master Teachers hosted a design-thinking session during the Kauffman Foundation’s Rethink Ed gathering April...
16 May, 2018
FIRST is more than robots: Sarah’s story
When Sarah Soriano started her freshman year at Mill Valley High School she was extremely quiet and a bit reticent to speak her...
15 January, 2018
Ruby’s Story: The Multiplier Effect
Meet Ruby Rios, one of KC STEM Alliance's youngest volunteers! Back when she was wrapping up fifth grade, Ruby's dad pushed her to...
11 October, 2017
Taking innovations from the classroom to the marketplace
As a child, Dylan Smith dreamed of being an inventor. Although he later wrote off the idea in favor of the practicality of...
13 June, 2017
You go girl! FIRST Robotics Competition 1710 introduces girls to STEM
What if it were as easy to find a hero in the STEM world as it is in the sports world? Olathe-based FIRST...
31 March, 2017
FIRST Inspires Stories: Robotics is all in the family
Drop by a family dinner with the Crance family of Lee’s Summit and the chatter will quickly turn to robotics. Bob, who has...
17 March, 2017