Media
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 Washington Post, 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.
Our founder Danielle Boyer created STEM educational videos and has 31k+ followers on Instagram, 25k+ on TikTok, and 12k+ across Threads and Twitter.
We are available for interviews. Contact our team at media@steamconnection.org for inquiries.
The highlights
Washington Post Next 50
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 Boyer is a two-time guest of the White House to speak at the MTV Youth Action Forum with Selena Gomez and participate in the Tribal Youth Forum and was a special guest of Dr. Jill Biden and Deb Haaland to the White House celebration of Native American Heritage Month (2022). She was a featured speaker of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Science, and Cultural Organization) at their headquarters in Paris, France on AI and Indigenous languages (2025). She is a featured story in The Big Idea by MIT Solve x HP, an award-winning docu-series on three women innovators. "Indigenous Robotics" followed her life for a year and premiered at the MIT Museum. It has been featured by SXSW, won a Webby Award, won a Tribeca X Award, and is an official selection of Sundance’s Brand Storytelling (2023-24).
Award Highlights
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Washington Post Next 50 Changemaker (2025)
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Taco Bell x Ashoka Ambition Accelerator Finalist (2024)
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Digital Media Youth Voice by the Institute of Digital Media and Child Development (2024)
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National STEM Festival STEMbassador + TikTok Partner (2024-25)
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Echoing Green Fellow (2023)
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MIT Solve Gender Equity in STEM Fellow (2023-24)
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NDN Collective Changemaker Fellow (2023-24)
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CSTA (Computer Science Teachers Association) CS Hero (2023)
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American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Sequoyah Fellow (2022)
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Teen Vogue Indigenous Youth Changemaker (2022)
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VentureWell Sustainable Impact Award (2022)
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EdTech IT Influencer (2022)
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MIT Solve Indigenous Communities Fellow (2021)
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Verizon Forward for Good Winner (2021)
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ASA Prize for Equitable Education (2021)
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PEOPLE Magazine's Girls Changing the World (2020)
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L'Oreal Paris Woman of Worth (2020)
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Brower Youth Award (2020)
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Governor's Service Awards: Volunteer of the Year - Given by Governor Gretchen Whitmer (2019)
and more
Feature Highlight
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The Big Idea by MIT Solve x HP: An award-winning docu-series on three women innovators. "Indigenous Robotics" followed her life for a year and premiered at the MIT Museum. It has been featured by SXSW, won a Webby Award, won a Tribeca X Award, and is an official selection of Sundance’s Brand Storytelling and is hosted by Glamour magazine (2023-24)
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San Diego Magazine Cover Story (2024)
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In The Know Yahoo TV Show Episode (2023)
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Women of Worth NBC Special by L'Oreal Paris x NBC on Hulu
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Winds of Change Cover Story for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society