ABOUT
STEM THE ART's President and Co-Founder is David Wong, a senior at the Orange County School of the Arts in the Creative Writing conservatory. David is passionate about playing the oboe, writing creative nonfiction, and studying how scientific innovation impacts society. In his free time, he enjoys playing with his dog, reading, and gardening. From a young age, David has noticed the growing need for education that bridges STEM with the humanities/arts and founded STEM THE ART to bring interactive, interdisciplinary education to students of all backgrounds.
ABOUT
STEM THE ART's other Co-Founder is Katherine Wong, a recent Stanford graduate who is passionate about both STEM and arts education. In addition to being a writer and musician, Katherine is also extremely interested in academic subjects from biology to natural history. Growing up, Katherine recognized that most school curriculum addressed STEM and the arts as being completely separate topics. She was often met with the stigma that artists and scientists were polar opposites, and one couldn’t simultaneously be the other.
Despite the preconceptions, STEM has many applications within the arts. In 2019, STEM THE ART was founded to bring a unique outlook on STEM and arts education to young scholars. Since then, STEM THE ART has brought hands-on lessons to organizations such as OCEAA (a TK-8 school in Santa Ana, CA), Discovery Cube OC, and Miracle for Kids to encourage students to bridge their interests and approach learning from different angles.
