Anchorage, Alaska Shannon Williams, a Yup’ik from Anchorage, has dreamed of becoming a paleontologist since she was five years old. Last year, a friend told Shannon about an opportunity to jumpstart her STEM career, and that’s when she became involved with the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program. Even though she just completed the eighth […]
Wasilla, Alaska In Alaska, many bright young students like Summer Morse don’t have local access to the quality of high school education necessary to academically prepare them for college level courses. In 2016, ANSEP took another step to alleviate this issue when it created a full-time high school component in partnership with the Matanuska-Sustina Borough […]
Wasilla, Alaska Ever since Jonah was a little kid, he was always interested in math and science. In 2013, he participated in his first Middle School Academy and became hooked on ANSEP. He spent his next two summers doing STEM Career Exploration and Acceleration Academy components before enrolling full-time in ANSEP’s new Acceleration Academy High […]
Kiana, Alaska Kaelyn Stalker, an Inupiaq from Kiana, Alaska, has always been passionate about protecting the state’s wildlife. Growing up, though, she never imagined it would become part of her daily life as a STEM professional. The summer before sixth grade, Kaelyn attended ANSEP Middle School Academy and learned how biologists use science and math […]
Palmer, Alaska Remington Buckley, Tlingit, is passionate about his home state of Alaska and dreams of becoming a wildlife ranger one day. Although he is still in high school, ANSEP has put Remington on the fast track to a STEM career. He first became involved with ANSEP in sixth grade when he completed Middle School […]
Palmer, Alaska When Sara Oomittuk, an Inupiaq from Palmer, was in elementary school, she hated math and science classes because the subject matter didn’t make sense to her. In sixth grade, Sara attended ANSEP Middle School Academy and realized how exciting STEM education could be. For the first time, she met students from other […]
Bethel, Alaska In many ways, Taylor Hoffman is your typical college student – he enjoys playing basketball, snowboarding, playing the guitar and ukulele, lifting weights and spending time outdoors hunting and fishing. However, Taylor is actually far from an ordinary college kid. Originally from the small town of Bethel, Taylor grew up living a traditional […]
Tuntutuliak, Alaska From the time he was a very young child, Randall Friendly was a good student who always enjoyed learning. He grew up living a traditional Yup’ik subsistence lifestyle in Tuntutuliak, Alaska, but Randall knew he wanted go to college. He just wasn’t sure what he wanted to study or how to make it […]
Aleutian Islands, Alaska Michele Yatchmeneff, Unangax (Aleut) from Alaska’s Aleutian chain, is many things, but a stereotype is not one of them. Practicing a traditional subsistence lifestyle that is common throughout rural Alaska, Michele has a first-hand understanding of the challenges many Alaska Natives face when pursuing STEM education and careers. Luckily for Michele, her […]
Tuntutuliak, Alaska Growing up in Tuntutuliak, a village with fewer than 400 people, Cody McIntyre didn’t initially think college was going to be part of his future. Now, at age 20, he is well on his way to earning an undergraduate degree in civil engineering and has his sights set on earning a doctorate. In […]
