Innoverge is a global youth-run organization focused on combining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics with empathy, storytelling, leadership, and ethics through STEMxHumanities educational initiatives. Founded in 2017, Innoverge has grown to a worldwide impact, focusing on developing longer-range programming within underserved and underrepresented youth communities. 

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2023 Impact at a Glance:

• Around 1,000 students impacted through educational and chapter initiatives
• 50+ STEMx workshops and programs conducted
• Expanded to 19 new regions worldwide
• Distributed 4 chapter grants from the United States to Liberia

Total Impact to Date:

• A total impact of over 10.8k students worldwide
• 450+ workshops, programs, and camps conducted in total
• A global team of 96+ regional chapters, past and present
• 120+ lesson plans developed focusing on real-world and intersectional STEM

Educational Initiatives:

STEMxLaw 2023 Education Program 

• Duration: 5 days
• Impact: 10 students
• Grades: 6th – 8th
• Location: Keller Regional Gifted Center (Chicago, Illinois)

During the summer of 2023, Innoverge organized our annual Summer Education Program: STEMxLaw, a series of workshops immersing 6th-8th grade students into the intersection of STEM and civics on topics ranging from forensic case studies to DNA analysis to the structure of government. We partnered with Keller Regional Gifted Center, a gifted and talented middle school in Chicago, Illinois.

Read about the impact the program had on our blog post here. 

Regional Chapter Initiatives 

• Impact: 820+ students
• Events: 48+ workshops
• Micro-grants: 4

This year, Innoverge hosted workshops across regions worldwide, ranging from Uganda to India. Workshop locations include but are not limited to: Charlotte, North Carolina; Katy, Texas; Masaka, Uganda; Round Rock, Texas; Pune, India; San Mateo, California; New Brunswick, New Jersey; San Ramon, California; Houston, Texas; and Redlands, California.

Our youth Regional Directors are supported by a vast range of resources: fully developed lesson plans and curriculum guides, micro-grant funding, onboarding support, logistical resources, and bi-annual events. See one of our spotlights below:

San Mateo, California – Isabella Nguyen worked with the Education Team to co-create our STEMxSciFi curriculum. She hosted a five-day sci-fi workshop with her Co-Director, Tessa Sundar, at the San Mateo Public Library.

Charlotte, North Carolina – Veda Dayananda and Nikhil Sarda co-hosted an egg drop workshop with 16 students at Charles H. Parker Academic Center. Students designed and constructed containers to safely protect an egg dropped from a height.

Pune, India – Aditya Pachpande worked with the Education Team to create and teach interactive programming curriculum. 

Programming Initiatives:

• 4 monthly newsletters
• 2 blog posts 
• 2 fireside chats

Innoverge’s PR team worked to increase accessibility and equity in STEM and leadership related opportunities. 

Each month, Innoverge releases a newsletter highlighting free and accessible opportunities, scholarship, and educational programs for students. In 2023, the newsletters have accumulated 300+ opens and 980+ total publication visits. Read our newsletters here. 

Something new that the PR team added this year was releasing blog posts that discuss current events happening in the STEM world. The blogs have accumulated 136 opens and 217 total publication visits, totalling a 350+ impression reach. 

In addition, the PR team curates and invites various leaders at the intersection of STEM and social impact fields. In total, one fireside chat was conducted, featured below and on our YouTube channel. 

Tina Bou-Saba – Founder and Venture Capitalist