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Amplifying Youth Voices

The STEAM Connection is dedicated to a vital mission: ensuring that young minds have access to technical education by harnessing the transformative potential of robotics. However, our purpose goes beyond mere instruction. We are a collective of underrepresented individuals, members of the youth, who never had the privilege of seeing ourselves reflected in the media during our formative years. By amplifying our narratives and sharing our unique experiences, we aim to inspire every young person who shares our background to recognize that they too belong in this world.

 

We've been featured by Teen Vogue, the Smithsonian, PEOPLE Magazine, Scholastic, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, NBC, CBS News, NPR, ABC News, USA Today, Good Morning America ABC, Hulu, L'Oreal Paris, Adobe, Yahoo, Dell, Logitech, HP, Tech Crunch, The Daily Beast, Verizon, Instagram, Glamour, Upworthy News, Feminist, Zoom, MIT Solve, EdTech, HopeLab, Native Max Magazine, NDN Collective, CSTA, and many more.

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Our founder Danielle Boyer has 13.7k followers on Instagram and 14.4k on TikTok.

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We are available for interviews. Contact our team at media@steamconnection.org for inquiries.

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The highlights

Verizon Forward for Good Challenge Winner 

Our founder is a Teen Vogue Indigenous Youth Changemaker

A 2x invited guest of the White House 

2x MIT Solve Winning Solutions & Documentary Feature

With awards from L'Oreal Paris, Echoing Green, ASA, and more.

The Big Idea by MIT Solve x HP: An award-winning docu-series on three women innovators. "Indigenous Robotics" followed our founders life for over a year and it premiered at the MIT Museum Spring 2023. It is currently showing at film festivals, has won over 10 awards, and is hosted by Glamour magazine. Redglass Pictures started filming in 2021 and finished in 2022. (2023)

Yahoo: In The Know, a TV show on Gen-Z making change in their communities. The piece talks about our founder Danielle Boyer and our robots. (2023)

Good Morning America by ABC News special. (2022)

Honors Overview

Our founder, Danielle Boyeris a two-time guest, three time invitee of the White House to speak at the MTV Youth Action Forum and participant in the Tribal Youth Forum (2022). She was an invited guest by the First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden.

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Awards​

  • MIT Solve Gender Equity in STEM Challenge Winner (2023) - Alexandra Villanueva (Teen Ambassador) & Danielle Boyer

  • Echoing Green Fellow (2023)

  • CSTA (Computer Science Teachers Association) CS Hero (2023)

  • National STEM Festival STEMbassador (2023/24)

  • NDN Collective Changemaker Fellow (2023)

  • Teen Vogue Indigenous Youth Changemaker (2022)

  • MIT Solve Indigenous Communities Fellow (2021)

  • Verizon Forward for Good Winner (2021)

  • VentureWell Sustainable Impact Award (2022)

  • PEOPLE Magazine's Girls Changing the World (2020)

  • L'Oreal Paris Woman of Worth (2020)

  • EdTech IT Influencer (2022)

  • Brower Youth Award Winner by Earth Island Institute for environmental activism (2020)

  • ASA Prize for Equitable Education (2021)

  • Governor's Service Awards: Volunteer of the Year (2019)

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Feature Highlight

  • The Big Idea by MIT Solve x HP: An award-winning docu-series on three women innovators. "Indigenous Robotics" followed my life for a year and premiered at the MIT Museum and is currently showing at film festivals and is hosted by Glamour magazine (2023)

  • In The Know Yahoo TV Show Episode (2023)

  • Women of Worth NBC Special by L'Oreal Paris x NBC on Hulu

  • Winds of Change Cover Story for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society

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