Connection, Innovation, and Impact

Join us for an inspiring event featuring a diverse lineup of speakers who will explore groundbreaking topics designed to equip you with the tools and strategies to unlock your students’ full potential.

August 3, 2025
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM PT

Columbia Memorial Space Center
12400 Columbia Way Downey, CA 90242

EnCorps invites educators, EnCorps alumni, STEM professionals, educational administrators, STEMx Tutors and students to join us for a dynamic lineup of activities and information sessions, including:

  • Insightful educational panels and fireside chats 
  • Networking opportunities with peers and fellow educators
  • Light breakfast, lunch, and dinner
  • Wellness activities designed to recharge your energy and provide a moment of calm
  • An inspiring keynote address given by our future STEM leaders
  • Opportunities to mentor and empower the next generation 
  • Exclusive swag gift bags 
  • A celebratory awards night honoring STEM thought leaders and changemakers

Join us for a day of connection, innovation, and impact! Register NOW!

Schedule

Guests will confirm their registration, receive their packet with their badges, food and drink tickets, swag, other important information.

LIVE STREAM START: 8:45 AM

EnCorps Executive Director Dr. Amy Hee Kim will set the tone of the conference, giving us the agenda for the day, an acknowledgement of our sponsors, and what to expect from some of the amazing sessions!

To follow, an inspiring keynote by STEM Academy of Hollywood Students (Rising Seniors) will kick off the morning.

Industry professionals from a mix of backgrounds and roles in Education will come together to discuss how schools and their organizations are pivoting with the current changes in education.
Speakers:
Nicole Wellman Noble, Alestra Flores Menendez, and Marisol Perez (LAUSD)

This conversation around healing, mental health, and partnership offers solutions for struggling students from our panel of industry leaders. We will focus on students who have experienced trauma and offer guidance for educators to help families, their schools, and themselves.

Moderator:
Angel Beamer
CEO & Founder:
Shawn Brown, Rosebud Academy
Guest Psychologist:
Pat Adams

A guided mindfulness intention setting exercise will be a great break in our morning. Empowering our positive energy and bringing our light to any room we enter will be the goal of this short break.

Host: Raychel Espiritu

Our EnCorps STEMx Tutors come from a mix of STEM backgrounds and offer their students great insights from real world experience. And of course, they help middle school students excel in Math – showing great improvement in self esteem, problem solving skills, and Math overall. This panel will host 3 students and STEMx Tutors who will discuss how they work together and how their relationship has improved their school community.

Moderator: Ramiro Lobo, EnCorps, Director of Impact and STEMx Tutors Program

Panelists: EnCorps Tutors, their student’s, and parents

Grab a taco plate and connect with friends. If you’re feeling up to it, play a game for a door prize.

STEM Projects will be all around us. For our amazing curated art walk, this group of students from the STEM Academy of Hollywood will showcase their STEM projects and share a bit about their work.

Presented by: Carolyn Fernandez
STEM Academy of Hollywood Students

Take a quick break!

Your storytelling can always improve. Sometimes in STEM it’s easy to replicate something you’ve seen and think it’s a winner. Our presenter, Isaias Hernandez, recently in Vogue (!) and in partnership with LAUSD CTE, will offer great tips on creating a natural narrative around STEM topics!

This panel will talk about how to get our students ready for the workforce. What are some ideas for workforce preparation for high school students? How can CTE coursework help?

Moderator:
Amy Kim
Guests:
Monique Austin, Gilead Science, Jill Armington, and Maud Rao

In today’s demanding professional landscape, educators are expected to perform, inspire, and lead with clarity—even under constant pressure. The Resilient Educator Lab training experience, OWN YOUR STORY & Prioritize Your Wellbeing, helps educators slow down, reconnect with themselves, and build the inner strength required to thrive in the face of challenge. Through a MINDstyle MAKEOVER Method, participants will gain the self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and compassionate leadership skills needed to bounce back from adversity, eliminate toxic stress, and lead from a place of truth—not burnout.

Presenter: Tabitha Christopher

Make sure you have your winning outfit on and good luck charm in tow. It’s time for a fun door prize giveaway!

Of course we have to get a group shot of our amazing audience!

LIVE STREAM START: 3:45 PM

It’s time to give our hard working educators and partners their “flowers.” During this 1-hour ceremony, we will acknowledge some amazing partners and educators we’ve had during the 2024-2025 school year and offer a light dinner. We hope you stay and join us!

Thank you to our generous partners!