Summer Physics Camp

"A diverse STEM workforce is vital to the country’s innovative capacity. Broadening the representation of different social and demographic groups in STEM occupations contributes to diversity and helps create a robust workforce that will be able to meet the demands of the future. To this end, the National Science Board’s (NSB’s) Vision 2030 emphasized the future need for STEM talent as well as the need to improve diversity among the STEM workforce (NSB 2020). Many factors influence entry and persistence in the STEM workforce, such as educational history, demographic representation among educators, and educational and employment environments or atmospheres. This section provides analyses of the STEM workforce demographics and the demographics of workers with their highest degree in an S&E or S&E-related field who were working in non-S&E or S&E-related occupations in 2021 to provide a benchmark in measuring STEM retention among underrepresented demographic groups.

https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20245/representation-of-demographic-groups-in-stem

"In 2021, while 24% of U.S. workers held a STEM occupation, 18% of female workers held a STEM occupation—three-fifths the rate of male workers (30%)"

We recognized this issue and in 2016, our team created this camp intended to initially uplift and inspire young women who were interested in going into any field of STEM. In these past 8 years, we have had the pleasure of working with hundreds of amazing students and now have expanded the camp to both young women and men. We are a fully inclusive, our core goal is to empower under-represented minorities in the fields of STEM. 

We acknowledge young students of ALL marginalized genders.

As we move forward, we will continue to be as inclusive as possible as diversity is our future. 

The future is to be built with the next generation's ideas and creativity.

Land Acknowledgement

The Summer Physics Camp is held at the New Mexico School of the Arts.

We acknowledge that the New Mexico School for the Arts resides on the ancestral home of Pueblo People. This region is named Oga P'oegeh in the Tewa language, meaning "white shell water place." We acknowledge the sacred relationship of the Tewa people to water, land, and non-human relations and the long history and culture of Indigenous people on this Earth and in this region. We are committed to preserving those relationships. 

We humbly request of you and ourselves an awareness and striving for self-education about this land, its original peoples, and the stories embodied within.