Our mission
The American STEM Alliance brings together several of our nation‘s preeminent STEM organizations focusing on STEM excellence for underrepresented groups, particularly Hispanic and Native American students. We empower parents, teachers, and professionals to increase the number of students who are successful on their journey from early learning to STEM careers.
Origin of the American STEM Alliance
The American STEM Alliance emerged from the vision of Adam Chavarria, its founder. As director of the White House Initiative on Education Excellence for Hispanic Americans from 2001 until 2008, he observed points of excellence serving under-represented groups in STEM throughout the United States. Programs that were large. Established for decades. Yet none spanned the nation. Each served an essential need that others did not. And there was not even one community where children could have the benefit of all of them.
The goal of the American STEM Alliance is to bring these programs together and challenge communities to expand them together. From pre-school to parent training, inspiring summer experience, and supportive community in college, the American STEM Alliance seeks to build a bridge allowing under-represented youth to make the transition from the promise of childhood to the rewards that accomplishment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in America can offer.
The goal of the American STEM Alliance is to bring these programs together and challenge communities to expand them together. From pre-school to parent training, inspiring summer experience, and supportive community in college, the American STEM Alliance seeks to build a bridge allowing under-represented youth to make the transition from the promise of childhood to the rewards that accomplishment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in America can offer.