Jason Martin is founder and executive director of nonprofit Community Guild that has created STE(A)M Truck, a mobile makerspace. Launched in 2014, the program reaches more than 4,000 elementary and middle school students across the state each year. It has been featured on CNN, WABE 90.1 FM and at the SXSWedu conference. STE(A)M Truck was awarded the Center for Civic Innovation’s Civic Impact Award in 2015.
Jason holds degrees from Columbia and Rutgers universities. He began working in public education after serving as a Teach For America corps member.
“Children are gifted with curiosity. Regardless of where they live or who their parents are, if we give them the opportunity, children will showcase their talents and imagination with even the most simple of things, like a cardboard box.”