Siembra

Siembra (from Spanish, meaning “to plant and to harvest”) is an organization whose mission is to build Latino participation in technical professions. While the western region is experiencing a shortage of college graduates with technical skills, Latino youth are underrepresented in their participation in college preparation and STEM technical training. Siembra provides a web-based platform that connects Latino youth and their families in culturally intelligent ways to their school’s counseling services and to a national network of mentors. The counselor’s time with students can be optimized by creating a culturally intelligent tool that students use to complete the guidance curriculum in an engaging, relevant and "game-ified" environment. The counselor is then able to easily access a student's achievement analytics, facilitating their curricular tasks that scales with the overwhelming demand for counseling services, reducing the 800:1 ratio while relieving schools of cost.