By Keriayn Smith – Project Leader We often report the impact our programs have on students in Jamaica. This time around, we thought we would share the impact on some of our volunteers – who happen to be undergraduate students...

By Keriayn Smith – Project Leader November is SoSA’s busiest month! Yes, we hosted our 4th Annual Conference. Yes, we launched a symposium focused on ‘science policy’ and ‘the business of science’. But…a major driving force behind all that we do...

By Cheryl Stewart – PR Chair Given the overwhelmingly passionate response from the students we visited on their schools’ Career Days last time and our own excitement, it’s no surprise that we continued to connect Jamaican youth with established scientists....

By Cheryl Stewart – SoSA PR Chair We admit it: spending time with young people in the lab & watching the joy of discovery on their faces is addictive. As we thought about how to encourage more youth to consider...

By Cheryl Stewart – SoSA PR Chair Some S.T.E.P.S. ambassadors at the end of the day Now that the adrenaline has worn off & we’ve had some time to recover from hosting almost 200 students at our S.T.E.P.S. workshop last...

By Cheryl Stewart – SoSA Board Member When SoSA first held our STEPS workshops last year, we had 91 students from 11 primary and secondary schools attending. Thanks to you our donors, we more than doubled that this year with...

By Keriayn Smith – Chair, SoSA Board of Directors Our Stem Talent Expansion through Promotion of Sciences (STEPS) program was birthed from the vision that young Jamaicans can transform their challenging environments and the world by embracing, pursuing and applying...