Immersing Students in STEAM+CS Education!

Uplift, Inc.'s STEAM+CS Classes

Uplift, Inc. creates, investigates, and guides K-12 students through innovative educational experiences in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics, and Computer Science (STEAM+CS), teaching them to solve everyday problems as they advance toward making real world impact. This translates into face-to-face out-of-school classes in computer programming, app development, engineering, robotics, electronics, game design and development, animation & illustration, and more!

We also design and develop learning technologies to support these topics, reading, history, health, and a host of other expository content.

Myles & Ayesha

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Urban Kid

Check out our 2013-2021 Accomplishments!

  • The Lab for Artificial Intelligence and its Applications (LAIA) is now at Uplift, Inc., July, 2021.
  • Leshell Hatley/Uplift, Inc. to present at 2015 DML Conference, June 2015.
  • Leshell Hatley/Uplift, Inc. speaks at Creative Mornings DC, May 2015. Theme = Robot
  • Uplift, Inc. celebrates Scratch Day DC 4 (May 015)
  • Share Fund renews funding for 2015. A huge thanks for their support!
  • Yahoo! supports Spring 2015 Game Design Competition.
  • Leshell Hatley and colleagues write book chapter on Culture, Learning, & Technology (book coming soon).
  • Uplift, Inc. partners with Howard University, Computer Learning & Design Center (CLDC).
  • Uplift, Inc. receives anonymous donation (December 2014). Thank you.
  • Uplift, Inc. secures another round of funding from The Richard E. and Nancy P. Marriott Foundation. Thank you! (December 2014)
  • Uplift, Inc. partners with Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Alexandria/Fairfax Alumni Chapter to form a 2014 US First Robotics Competition team; wins US First Research Competition portion.
  • Uplift hosts 3rd Annual Scratch Day DC Event - View Photos (May 17, 2014)
  • Leshell Hatley, Executive Director, becomes coach (is team manager) of 'Juxtopia Imhotep' - an all African-American Girls Team in the QualComm Tricoder XPrize Competition to make a handheld medical tracking device. Press Release. (February 2014)
  • Uplift, Inc. receives funding from the ShareFund for 3rd year in a row. Thank you! (February 2014)
  • Uplift, Inc. secures funding from The Richard E. and Nancy P. Marriott Foundation. Thank you! (December 2013)
  • Uplift, Inc. hosts the STEM (Robotics) Experience at the 2013 AKA Girls Rock! Conference (November 16, 2013)
  • Leshell Hatley, Executive Director or Uplift, Inc., introduces Girl Scout Troop 5033 to engineering & robotics at George Mason University (November 5, 213).
  • Uplift, Inc. partners with Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Alexandria/Fairfax Alumni Chapter to form a 2013 US First Robotics Competition team called 'The Horricanes.'
  • Leshell Hatley, Founder & Executive Director of Uplift, receives the 2013 Women of Color STEM Conference Entrepreneurial Leadership Award.
  • Uplift is teaching Robotics at Tree of Life Community Public Charter School during the Fall 2013 semester.SYEP 2013 students design and launch 'Water Drops,' a website, app, and game about the importance of drinking water. Official launch date = August 12, 2013.
  • Check out and download the Water Drops App now!
  • Cesar Chavez Fellows launch 'Our Voice Chavez' Suggestion Box App
  • Uplift hosts 4 Fellows from Cesar Chavez Public Charter School
  • Youth APPLab student publishes 'Baby Sitting 101' app to Google Play.
  • Uplift hosts Scratch Day DC 2013
  • Uplift finishes pilot Girls Robotics lessons at Hoffman-Boston Elementary School
  • Youth APPLab teaches teens how to make an app at NSF's "Bring Your Son & Daughter to Work" Day
  • Uplift was honored by NSBE-DCAE for STEM Education.
  • Uplift won a grant from ShareFund DC in January 2013.
  • Pictures from all can be found on our FB page.

A Few of Our Supporters




(Google Rise)

The ShareFund DC


Howard University: Computer Learning & Design Center

and a host of individual donors!