Leading California in STEM diversity

As a leader in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in California, MESA has a strong presence in this year’s third annual STEM Symposium.  The event brings together more than 3,000 STEM educators, influencers and industry representatives at...

Success in Silicon Valley

Mix more than 200 undergraduate MESA students  in Silicon Valley with dozens of industry professionals and the result is electric.  During MESA’s  12th Student Leadership Conference students gained the soft skills imperative to be a competitive employee in...

Leadership, Networking in Silicon Valley

Building strong leadership skills among STEM students is a key tenant of MESA’s method. MESA provides students all along the education continuum ways to benefit from the communication, networking and other soft skills that create successful STEM...

Partner spotlight: Cisco

A key part to MESA’s success lies in the program’s long history of strong industry partnerships. Recently, Cisco Systems, Inc. has teamed up with MESA in a number of ways. The technology company’s largest collaboration is the MESA Cisco...

MESA hero, mother passes away

The MESA family has lost an early pioneer of the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education realm with the passing of the program’s co-founder Mary Perry Smith. MESA began in 1970 with Smith and other visionaries, who wanted to develop academic...