Computer Science Teachers Association

Tarquinn Curry is a veteran educator with 22 years of teaching experience in Long Beach Unified School District. He currently teaches film, robotics, and coding at Jefferson Leadership Academies and leads AI courses for BOSS, a nonprofit that empowers students of color through mentorship and technology. Tarquinn serves on AI task forces for both the state of California and th...

When I applied for the CSTA IMPACT Fellowship, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. Like many educators, I already had a full plate. Between teaching, lesson planning, supporting extracurricular programs, and balancing family responsibilities, I wondered whether adding one more commitment to my schedule was a good idea.

What convinced me to apply was the opportuni...

Khamphet “Phet” Pease is an award-winning STEM educator and robotics club advisor at Wilson Middle School in the San Diego Unified School District, where she has taught since 2005. With a career rooted in equity, creativity, and project-based learning, she leads nationally recognized initiatives that empower underrepresented students through robotics, coding, and engineering....

Written by Alexandra Holter, Whitney Determan, Emilee Vlasin Milde, Lee Nelson, Hiedi Hecker, Clarissa Seidl

Equity in computer science is often framed around access: devices, schedules, and staffing. Those things matter. But they aren’t t...

If I had a dollar for every time someone told me I wasn’t living up to my potential, I’d have a lot of money, but I’d still have internalized that criticism, letting it live rent-free in my head while I tried to figure out what was wrong with me. Growing up, the world knew I was gifted, but it didn’t know I was autistic because I didn’t know myself.

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