SanDisk teams up with MESA

As National Mentoring Month comes to a close, a new collaboration will connect even more industry mentors with MESA students pursuing STEM degrees.   SanDisk, the memory storage solutions company, is teaming up with MESA to launch a mentor program.  The...

Coding reaches more students thanks to NVIDIA

More than 200 MESA teachers and 1,000 students across the state will boost their coding know-how through a $25,000 NVIDIA grant.  The Santa Clara-based technology company will fund ongoing teacher professional development in coding as well as hardware purchasing for...

Hello I must be going…

After twenty years with MESA, the last nine as Executive Director, I am retiring. At such a time one cannot help but become retrospective. Day-to-day you focus on the MESA students and you worry about their futures and you try to measure their progress and success....

The Importance of Digital Literacy

 Last week, California lawmakers and business leaders called for computer science in high schools to be upgraded from an elective to a core math class for college admissions. This week, which is designated Computer Science Education Week, educators and...