Build Your Future
Purpose-Powered STEAM Education
A Note From Our Founder
Build Your Future is a fresh take on STEAM. Founded in Fall of 2022, we aim to increase student engagement and retention by connecting coursework to community impact.
This work was inspired by ten years of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) advocacy. I encountered bright, hopeful students armed with the grades and test scores to achieve prestige. But they were hungry to discover more meaning, to identify their values, and to understand the role of education in their contribution to the world.
Our students deserve to be motivated by impact, not just achievement. They deserve to know how to apply their skills not only to preserving the status quo, but to creating the communities that they want to see. Build Your Future was created to fill that gap in the curriculum.
We are empowering the next generation through creative storytelling, interactive student workshops, community, and micro-grants for young changemakers. Visit our pillars below to find out how you can get involved!
Our Pillars
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Children's Book
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Student Workshop
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Microgrants
Founder - Raven Delk
Raven is an author, entrepreneur, and Honors graduate of Vanderbilt University with a long-standing commitment to STEAM for social impact. Her advocacy work began at a young age as a Teen Advisor for the United Nations Foundation’s Girl Up Campaign. In this role, she consulted on the campaign’s youth-focused communication strategy, raised thousands of dollars for educational programs for young women, and lobbied on Capitol Hill. She went on to become the US South Regional Lead for the campaign and served as a facilitator for the WiSci Girl’s STEAM Camp in Windhoek, Namibia.
Raven loves to sing and dance and is a delegate for the title of Miss North Carolina 2024.
Head of Curriculum - Teikeshia Delk
Teikeshia Delk is North Carolina native and gifted educator with over 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors. From classroom teacher to home-school mom to Director of a Private Preschool, she brings a wealth of knowledge and hands-on experience to educate children in the 21st Century.
Mrs. Delk has a Bachelors Degree in Education and a Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction. She is a loving mother of two and devoted wife.
