Founded in 2011 by Link Toi Massey, a Physicist & Nuclear Engineer, whose mission it is to embrace the uninitiated and change the face of technology forever. The JEKL Foundation for STEAM Education has reached over 3000 youth through individual and partnership programming, expanding as far as Guinea, West Africa. Its signature STEAM IN A BOX! interactive science kits have been distributed to across the world and most recently a featured holiday donor opportunity through a collaborative partnership between the National Black Child Development Institute, The City & Country of Denver, and The Church of Latter Day Saints; 242 patrons purchased a total of 964 STEAM IN A BOX KITS!
JEKL programs are culturally competent and pedagogically tailorable and include such titles as GENIUS WORKSHOPS; THINK LIKE A GIRL! STEAM mentoring programming for girls; Scalable Video Game Design courses: CODE LIKE A KING!; CODE LIKE A GIRL!; CODE LIKE A BOSS!; MATH MADNESS; FROM BACKPACKS TO BRIEFCASE; TECH the TEACHER; DOC SHOPS: MAKER WORKSHOPS FOR GENIUSES.
The JEKL Foundation's FROM BACKPACKS TO BRIEFCASE program has supported Denver (CO) Chapter's mentoring program "Links To The Future", including STEAM IN A BOX!, as well as Circle City (IN) Links Chapter who has partnered with Link Toi and the JEKL Foundation to support its Real World Real Girl Conference to deliver the Keynote as well as 100 STEAM IN A BOX! interactive science kits.
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Tiffani Teachey is a Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) advocate/coach, professional speaker, and international bestselling author of the children's book What Can I Be? STEM Careers from A to Z, available in Spanish and French, and Saving Lives While Fighting for Mine: Stories Empowering Women to Win.
As an engineer with more than sixteen years of experience, Tiffani has a passion for inspiring the next generation to engage in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers. She was born and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, enjoys traveling and being a youth mentor. For more about Tiffani, visit her website at www.tiffaniteachey.com, follow her on Instagram and Twitter @tiffaniteachey, or like "Author Tiffani Teachey" on Facebook.
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