History

The Student Association for STEM Advocacy was founded in 2020 by Steve Hyer and Frank Ferrari as a way to further expand STEM Advocacy efforts nationwide. After 8 years of leading the FIRST Robotics National Advocacy Conference, Steve and Frank saw the need to coordinate and grow student advocacy efforts in Washington D.C. and in State and Local government. Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, SASA has hosted the past two versions of the National Advocacy Conference training over 1,000 advocates in just the past two years alone while laying the groundwork for future virtual advocacy opportunities. After NAC 2020 we needed more help in organizing and expanding our growth as an organization leading to Jonah Sementkowski joining our ranks to help in our advocacy efforts.