Free Summer Camp in Odenton Trains Young Women to Pursue STEM Careers
There’s a big blue mobile lab in the parking lot of the Odenton Public Library, where young women are studying biotechnology and dreaming of where it could take them.
Emerging Leaders in STEM Alumna Zainab Badejo Returns as Mentor to Empower Young Girls Interested in STEM
Badejo is one of three Emerging Leaders alumnae mentors, who returned to Learning Undefeated this year to help run the fourth student cohort of the deep-impact talent accelerator program.
Emerging Leaders in Biotechnology + Cyber: Cohort Two Engages Montgomery County Students
Launched in 2021, Learning Undefeated’s Emerging Leaders in STEM program connects high school and college women with female STEM professionals to build career readiness and networking skills. The interactive program…
Young Emerging Leaders in Biotech Learn about SMART Scholarship-for-Service
“STEM is all about solving problems,” said Karrin Felton, program manager of the Department of Defense (DoD) Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program, to a virtual audience of aspiring biotechnologists. “STEM brings people together from disparate backgrounds who have different ideas. This opposition is how we work things out.”
108 Grants Awarded to Montgomery County, MD Nonprofits
Learning Undefeated’s mobile STEM lab will engage Montgomery County Public Schools students in hands-on, experiential STEM learning focused on minority entrepreneurship. The Emerging Leaders program includes hands-on workshops & career-focused sessions that nurture technical skills and support job prospecting for young women of color (ages of 14-22). “This new partnership with MCEDC supports young women – who are so underrepresented in STEM careers – by sparking interest in high-demand industries such as cybersecurity and biotechnology, building confidence, and fostering lasting relationships to carry them into their careers,” said Brian Gaines, Learning Undefeated’s CEO.