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When it comes to hiring, FIRST looks for the same things as a lot of other employers. Once you get past the specific skills and experience required for a particular role, we start looking for..

Reach new heights in apparel from the exclusive, limited-edition FIRST^® RISE^SM, powered by Star Wars: Force for Change, merchandise collection available in the FIRST Store.

FIRST Alum Amanda Pham is from FIRST Tech Challenge Team 5875, GENIUS, in Marietta, Georgia. She says the strong role models she met through FIRST sparked her passion for volunteerism. Amanda is..

When I wrote an essay to apply for Northeastern University’s full-tuition NU-FIRST Scholarship, I found it difficult to convey what FIRST meant to me in just 500 words. FIRST not only taught me..

Hello FIRST Alumni,

Together with our mentors, volunteers, and sponsors, FIRST^® is inspiring FIRST ..

FIRST^® mentors and coaches are building tomorrow by volunteering their time, sharing their knowledge, and guiding students throughout the season. They are impacting 660,000 students and 79,000..

Tesla’s Rahil Mehta, a FIRST alum and mentor, works with students on FIRST Robotics Competition Team 668 in San Jose, California.

"I’ve always been a car person, but what also attracted me to..

Jonathan Schwartz and Max Friefeld bonded over their shared passion for engineering, robotics, and entrepreneurship as college students. They started a 3-D printing software company as college..

FIRST alum Melanie Sanchez had a transformative meeting while competing with her FIRST^® team at the 2018 FIRST Championship. There, she met Tesla’s Chris Reilly and learned about an opportunity to..