2025-2026 Impact Report
Program Highlights
SCALING UP IN TEXAS
Our Texas Mobile STEM Lab Expansion included 9 Simultaneous Ribbon-Cutting Events!
This major expansion — our biggest yet, grew capacity to serve more than 75,000 students at 270 schools each year.
The program expansion has also nearly doubled the size of our staff. These road warriors crisscross the state, bringing engineering design challenges to life for K-8 students. Read More.
New Labs Took to the Road
Student Capacity Added!
More Schools We Can Visit in Texas
New Educators Have Joined Our Team
At a school visit, I wrapped up class by asking students what they enjoyed most when one student responded simply, “I like the way that you talked to us.”
It was a reminder that students are paying attention to more than the activities themselves. We are building confidence, fostering belonging, and showing students that their experiences and perspectives matter.”
— Ariel Steele, Educator aboard the Texas Mobile STEM Labs
Breakout Box: AI Mission
It’s Students vs. The Power Grid in New AI Challenge
Debuting in 2026, our newest Breakout Box: AI Mission transforms school parking lots into an interactive AI challenge, where students work in teams to stop a simulated cyberattack on the nation’s power grid. Read More.
Impact: Building Student Confidence In New Careers
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94% of students say it increased their awareness of careers that use AI
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95% of students say it increased their awareness of how AI can be used to solve real-world problems
AI Informs Learning Design
This year, Learning Undefeated partnered with a global health technology leader to use AI as a behind-the-scenes design tool—not just a topic to teach. By synthesizing employee stories at scale, AI surfaced shared mindsets and values that now guide curriculum, ensuring authentic, equitable, and scalable learning experiences for students nationwide.
GAME ON
Manufacture Your Path Builds the Manufacturing Workforce of Tomorrow
Career exploration is most powerful when students can play, explore, and solve real-world challenges. In just its first year, Learning Undefeated’s Manufacture Your Path program shows that when learning is immersive and hands-on, students don’t just learn about careers—they begin to see themselves in them.
As millions of manufacturing jobs loom on the horizon, Learning Undefeated is reimagining career exploration through play, equity, and access—presented on the SXSW Edu stage in Austin, this spring. Embedding emerging industries into K–12 learning? Game on.
Learn More.
Year One Impact: Manufacture Your Path
Students
Schools
Teachers
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of Students Said the Breakout Box Made Manufacturing FUN!
- 63%
63% of students became more interested in exploring manufacturing outside school
- 60%
60% of students reported learning skills applicable to a manufacturing career
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Since the visit, I’ve noticed a significant shift in how students talk about their post-secondary options. Several students who were previously undecided are now asking specific questions about vocational pathways and modern manufacturing apprenticeships.
The ‘Manufacture Your Path’ visit successfully demystified the industry, moving it from an abstract concept to a tangible, high-tech career goal for them.”
— Jose Dominguez,
College Career Advisor Travis Early College High School, Austin, TX
Emerging Leaders in STEM
With Program Alumni Ready to Change the World
Now in its 12th cohort, Emerging Leaders in STEM—a supercharged, industry aligned biotech training—expanded to new locations in New York, Philadelphia, and Ohio, along with cohorts in greater Washington, DC and Texas.
More than 750 alumni strong, this program fast tracks students into the world of biotechnology, equipping them with the skills they need to step confidently into internships and entry level lab roles.
Alumni Spotlight: Emerging Leaders Class of 2021
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“The tour of REGENEXBIO cemented to me what I wanted to do with my future and the environment I wanted to be in;
I realized that I wanted to be a bioengineer that worked to produce the most ideal and cutting-edge of patient solutions amongst like-minded people.”
—Akshya Mahadevan, Emerging Leaders alumna
Learn more about how Emerging Leaders in STEM is opening doors to biotech careers.
New Breakout Box:
BioManufacturing Mission
Building the Manufacturing BioTech Workforce of Today
Now in its third year, our collab with the country’s largest medical center is building Houston’s biotech pipeline.
Learning Undefeated’s new Breakout Box: Biomanufacturing Mission puts students on the front lines of biotechnology, training them on aseptic technique and how cells are grown to produce therapeutics level lab roles. Read More.
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of students increased their awareness of biomanufacturing careers
%
of students reported confidence in their ability to learn biomanufacturing skills
New Collaboration:
PGSTEM Hub
Building the Manufacturing BioTech Workforce of Today
A founding member of the Prince George’s County, Maryland STEM Hub, Learning Undefeated has built a new online platform that connects students, educators, community organizations, and industry partners. The new platform centralizes resources, programs, and events to give Maryland students better access to STEM opportunities.
Publication Spotlight: By Kristin (Diamantides) Farfan
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“At Learning Undefeated, our approach is to “Start with Yes,” inspiring us to push the boundaries of what’s possible. Longtime team member Kristin Farfan was published for her work blending chemistry and data science topics in a new classroom activity.
Designed to make complex concepts engaging and accessible, Alien Elements challenges students to analyze data, identify patterns, and build their own version of the periodic table. By connecting chemistry with data science, the activity introduces real-world problem-solving skills.”
— Citation: Diamantides, K. (2026) Alien Elements: Exploring Data Science in Chemistry, The Science Teacher, 93:1, 46-52.
Expanding Our Mission Through Community Partnerships
When students gain meaningful access to STEM education, entire communities benefit. Learning Undefeated collaborates with school to develop programs that translate into stronger schools, student opportunities, a more prepared workforce, and thriving industries. The ripple effects of our work extend far beyond mobile labs—fueling long-term opportunity, resilience, and innovation at every level.
Learning Undefeated Network Partners
SPOTLIGHT
Duval County Schools
in Florida
IMPACT:
K-12 Students
CHALLENGE:
Design 19 engaging, career-connected learning experiences to introduce students to CTE pathways. Curriculum topics includes architecture, engineering & construction, advanced manufacturing, energy, aviation, maritime logistics, environment, technology, and data.
SPOTLIGHT
Prince William County Schools in Virginia
IMPACT:
K-12 Students
CHALLENGE:
Lead design & buildout of three interdisciplinary mobile laboratories to serve Virginia’s second-largest school system. Topic focus areas include robotics, AI, chemistry, physics, and environmental science.