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The late Dr. Woodie Flowers lovedFIRST^®, and in return was beloved by the FIRST community. He was a gifted and empowering professor who championed and implemented a hands-on learning philosophy that..

Thanks to the hard work, dedication, and passion of our outstanding FIRST^® mentors, we are able toprovide life-changing STEM opportunities to hundreds of thousands of students around the world each..

National Mentoring Month celebrates and highlights the importance of mentoring within our communities, schools, and organizations. At FIRST^®, our coaches and mentors are vital to the success of our..

Meet FIRST^® alum Connor and learn how General Motors is using Computer Science to impact sustainable energy – and how his FIRST experience prepared him for his career.

By Dave Tomko

As a youth-serving organization, our commitment to inclusion is in service of ensuring that all young people feel belonging and thrive as part of our global robotics community. In an effort to..

Hear from Hollidae (he/him) about his thoughts on labels and how he has come to realize he is More Than the words and people that try to define him.

 FIRST alum David Nguyen (FIRST Tech Challenge Team 8644: The Brainstormers) and his peers on Team Northeastern recently placed third out of 850 teams in the prestigious ANA Avatar XPRIZE robotics..