My Nonprofit Reviews

I first worked with AISES-sponsored outreach efforts to Native students in 1992, helping with programs directly on the Turtle Mountain reservation that summer and for many summers following, and cannot adequately describe the joy of seeing students come alive to the fun and usefulness of mathematics. As an advisor to a number of AISES programs since then, and a co-principal investigator for the current AISES Lighting the Pathways effort to advance the careers of Native college students, I can testify that I have rarely worked with other volunteers so deeply committed to seeing these students succeed in post-college careers in STEM fields, up to and including entering the professoriate to help create the next generation of Native science and mathematics professionals. It has been a rewarding and enriching experience for me as much as for the students who can trace their success in academia and industry to their mentoring by dedicated AISES professionals.