
About Get STEMulated
Don’t miss our upcoming summer and afterschool programs designed to expose youth to future careers in STEM!
Our Mission and Vision
Get Stemulated's mission is to empower youth through STEM. We envision a future where our future leaders believe they can change their world through STEM. We are a national evolving organization, offering year-round out-of-school STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) programming for youth in grades 3-12 in Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana and other locations across the country.
Founded in 2017, Get Stemulated is one of the more diverse programs devoted to empowering participants that would normally not get exposure to industries in the STEM fields. Our comprehensive programs are designed to engage, increase confidence, and introduce STEM careers to young people who have been historically marginalized by providing meaningful, hands-on STEM programming through after school, summer camps, and other community events.
The world’s greatest challenges need new STEM ideas and insights. Yet half of the world’s potential idea makers—underrepresented minorities—are discouraged from developing vital STEM ideas.
We encourage with more ideas from our participants that will create more solutions to benefit us all.
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Inclusivity Statement
Get Stemulated's mission is to empower youth through STEM. We envision a future where young leaders believe they can change their world through STEM. We are a national women-led organization, offering year-round out-of-school STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) programming for youth in grades 3rd-12th in Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana and other locations across the country.
Founded in 2018, Get Stemulated is one of the more unique programs devoted to empowering future leaders in STEM. Our comprehensive programs are designed to engage, increase confidence, and introduce STEM careers to youth who have been historically marginalized by providing meaningful, hands-on STEM programming through after school, summer camps, and other community events.
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The world’s greatest challenges need new STEM ideas and insights. Yet half of the world’s potential idea makers—underrepresented minorities—are discouraged from developing vital STEM ideas.
We believe that more girls with more ideas will create more solutions to benefit us all.
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At Get Stemulated, we cultivate a culture where risk is rewarded, curiosity is encouraged, and creativity is expected.
Get Stemulated participants are connected, brave, and resilient. Get Stemulated makes our talent pool more successful and inspires them to take on the world’s greatest challenges.

8% STEM job growth through 2029
compared to 3.7% for all occupations
Women hold 34% of STEM jobs
but even fewer in computer science & engineering.
4 out of 5 STEM college students
decided to study STEM in high school, or even earlier
Growth in STEM jobs is 3x faster
than non-STEM jobs over the past 10 years

Monique M. Sanders, MBA
Chief Executive Officer Founder
Monique M. Sanders is the CEO and Founder of Get Stemulated Foundation, Incorporated. Her organization’s aim is to provide supplementary educational training and practical tools to strengthen the fundamental lessons in curriculum geared towards science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); to further promote career awareness and technical preparedness upon graduation.
Ms. Sanders’ experience working with organizations such as the U.S. Coast Guards, Capital One Bank, Syngenta Crop Protection and Johnson & Johnson Companies has been the foundation of her career development in the fields of agrochemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing, engineering, human resources, procurement, and project management. Ms. Sanders currently serves as a Senior Technical Safety Engineer at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine and is a Certified Functional Safety Engineer and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. She holds the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering from Louisiana State University and a Master of Business Administration, Project Management from Columbia Southern University.
Monique’s passion is to harness the value of her professional experiences in industry to leverage future capabilities for youth; fostering the development of skills that will generate more confidence in their ability to solve global problems through innovation. In addition to her extensive professional experience, Monique serves the Athens Clarke County community in several leadership capacities as member of the ACC Planning Commission, Athens Community Career Academy Board of Directors, Historic Athens Advisory Board-Corporate Liaison, Family Connection Communities in School of Athens Board of Directors and has chartered the only two National Society of Black Engineer (NSBE) Jr. Chapters in Athens at Barnett Shoals Elementary School and JJ Harris Elementary School through her leadership as the Service to Youth Facet Chair in the Athens Chapter of the Links, Incorporated.
Monique is the recipient of the Athens Chamber of Commerce’s Gamechanger Award, Rotary Club of Athens’ Vocational Excellence Award and the 35th Annual Emancipation Proclamation Pioneer Award and was most recently nominated for the ATHENA Leadership Award by the Athens Chamber of Commerce. She continues to be inspired by Mahatma Ghandi’s quote, 'The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.'