Founder/Executive Director
STEM Greenhouse
Brilliant Social Change Agent
Keli is the founder and Executive Director of STEM Greenhouse, a nonprofit organization that fervently believes if you plant the seed in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math—aka STEM—and nurture the resulting curiosity, children will flourish! Keli adds her own fifth ingredient, which may be the most important: student mentoring. STEM Greenhouse, under her direction, runs afterschool programs at several Grand Rapids Public Schools and for Camp Blodgett.
Keli Christopher, Ph.D.
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- Category: Brilliance Awards Finalists 2020
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