STEAM Café & Florida Higher Education Coalition

About STEAM Café & Florida Higher Education Coalition

The learning center & café will be a sustainable nonprofit formed to benefit reentry citizens and their families in Naples, Florida. It is a startup that is currently in the conceptual stage but we are working diligently to find seed money so that we can move into our unit and begin operations. We welcome any reentry citizens who would like to volunteer to help make this much needed Center a reality. Our team envisions a Florida where reentry citizens have a fair and equitable chance at employment by acquiring highly sought-after skills in the global workforce. To make job training available to all reentry citizens so that they can demonstrate their value to their communities and themselves. The STEAM Café was created for and will be operated by reentry citizens (formerly incarcerated) Families throughout Florida suffer when a loved one is incarcerated. We want to provide them with support and hope during this difficult time. We want to be able to eventually educate and provide counseling to the partners/spouses and children of incarcerated citizens in an effort to decrease the systemic issues, including racism and poverty in the US. We value all humans despite any mistakes they have made. We feel that anyone who is accountable deserves a second chance to give back to society in a positive way. We hope that our STEAM Café will inspire our learners to use our business model to open more reentry cafes in other communities. Including marginalized populations and welcoming policies that celebrate Diversity-Equity-Inclusion are central to our mission. Our founder, Kristina is a disabled 'older' woman with a passion for educating and helping all people. She has used her time 'at home' to earn various degrees and certificates to prepare for the opening of her dream Learning Center and Café. Volunteers welcome!! kristina.steamcafe@gmail.com

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