We Believe
Project STEM Cascades takes seriously the reality that Young People of Color are powerful change makers
Young people as educators support STEM learning grounded in youth culture and peer relations
As leaders, they are uniquely positioned to disrupt traditional and inequitable approaches to STEM teaching and learning by building from their own lived experiences as Students of Color
We’re just here to bear witness.
About Us
Our project is called STEM cascades because that is often the structure of organizations in which youth are teachers: slightly older people teaching, facilitating, or supervising slightly younger people with a goal of learning.
STEM Cascades highlights the work of the organizations that uplift Young People of Color’s humanity in STEM learning and teaching.
We are thankful to our partners for their trust and partnership: The Young People’s Project, Learn 2 Teach, Teach 2 Learn, and local schools.
STEM Cascades builds on prior research carried out in long-standing collaboration with community partners
Learn More About Our
Prior Research
Positioning Adolescents in Literacy
Teaching and Learning (Abstract)
Opting in and Creating Demand:
Why Young People Choose to Teach Mathematics to Each Other
Check us out at the
NSF STEM for All Video Showcase
Over the past year, we have worked closely with our community-partners to support existing mentoring programs and organizational efforts. To learn more, check out this 3-minute video highlight of what we’ve been up to.
Meet the Team
We take pride in our intergenerational research team and our own experiences as mentors and mentees
Dr. Eli Tucker-Raymond
Principal Investigator
Dr. Maria C. Olivares
Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Kate K. Frankel
Co-Principal Investigator
Cliff Freeman
Graduate Student Researcher
CiCi Yu
Graduate Student Researcher
Juan Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
Graduate Student Researcher
Ryan Koa
Former Undergraduate Student Research
Rehnuma Kabir
Former Undergraduate Student Researcher
