KiSA Origins

Started as a lunch...

The rest is history.

2022

March 2022

Met at the 48th NSBE National Convention in Anaheim, CA.
Formed a separate group chat to meet on the last day for lunch.
Six people attended.
The group chat stayed on to share opportunities with each other.
Nee "Kenyans @ NSBE."

But there were more of us...

The rest of 2022...

Selling the vision.

2023

March 2023

Hit the 140-member mark, a year since the lunch.

July 2023

Rebranded from "Kenyans@NSBE" to "Kenyans in STEM Association."
Officially started building this 'thing.'

October 2023

KiSA pilot mentorship program for high school students in the United States.
Six students paired with six mentees.

November 2023

Lunch at AfroTech, Austin, TX.

2024

January 2024

First General Body Meeting
- KiSA Groundbreaking Meeting
  - First of many.

February 2024

Second General Body Meeting
- NSBE-50 Prep
KiSA @ BEYA, DC.

March 2024

Our third General Body Meeting
- A Chat with a Distinguished Engineer - Christine Abernathy.
KiSA lunch at NSBE50 Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.

April 2024

Our fourth General Body Meeting
- A Chat with a Serial Techpreneur, Jeff Mak'Ouma, CEO of Sevenett, the Kenya-USA Tech (KUSAT) Forum, and Navismart.

May 2024

Our fifth General Body Meeting
- KiSA's first graduation ceremony.
- Graduated three members.

July 2024

First International Students Forum

We keep moving.

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