STEAM Superheroes

STEAM Superheroes: Empowering Communities

United Against Cancer

STEAM Superheroes Collaborates with PanCAN to honor Subrina Wood

STEAM Superheroes is thrilled to announce an inspiring collaboration with @Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) for our upcoming comic book. This collaboration was made possible with the support and vision of Pamela Acosta Marquardt, Founder. This will be dedicated to STEAM Superheroes dear friend and former board member, Subrina Wood, who bravely fought pancreatic cancer until her passing last October.

In this comic book, our STEAM superheroes will represent the real-life champions engaged in the battle against cancer through research, clinical trials, surgeries, post-operative care and education. We are proud to have partnered with key members of the PanCAN team throughout the development of this project, including Tammy Buist, Senior Vice President of Business Development at PanCAN, who helped establish the collaboration and shape the vision for PanCAN’s involvement and Kristina Harris, PhD, Senior Director of Translational Research & Grants, who will continue working closely with the STEAM Superheroes team to help ensure the story captures both the spirit of heroism and the medical accuracy of the journey faced by patients and their families. Every one of us has felt the impact of cancer in our lives, and this project seeks to illuminate the true superheroes — the doctors, researchers, educators, and caregivers — who exemplify compassion and dedication in their work. Our goal is to foster hope for a future where cancer is no longer a death sentence.

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to share news about the comic book, along with future collaborations that aim to support patients and raise awareness.

If you would like to help bring this inspiring project to life and empower the next generation of cancer heroes, we would be grateful for your support. Please contact us at info@steamsuperheroes.org to learn more and you can donate at www.steamsuperheroes.org/donate.

COMIC BOOKS THAT INSPIRE

STEAM SUPERHERO COMIC BOOK

We are excited to collaborate with Ben Herrera, Robert K. Jeffrey, Amal Desai and Emmanuel Ordaz Torres on our inaugural comic book, which will feature real scientists and authentic scientific concepts. Ben and his team have a history of crafting characters for DC, Marvel, and independent authors. Our anticipation is high as we aim to transform scientists, engineers and researchers into STEAM Superheroes. Please meet our STEAM Superheroes team!

YouTube Channel

We launched our YouTube Channel! We will be sharing videos from STEAM Superheroes on careers, day in the life and our STEAM Superheroes Squad show.

FUTURE COMICS

We aim to develop a series of comic books and lesson plans that highlight various STEAM Superheroes and their careers. Your donations will help us sustain this series. Please visit our donate page! The inaugural comic book will debut April 4th at Awesome Con in DC.

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STEAM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Arts, Math) Superheroes

Can young people from any background pursue their dreams?

The scientists, engineers, researchers, and educators who founded STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) Superheroes, know the answer is an emphatic yes. All they need is the right inspiration. From Silicon Valley to Cape Canaveral, and from Europe to Asia to the Middle East, if you ask successful thinkers and innovators, “How many of you were influenced by Star Trek?” a sea of V-shaped palms will shoot up, a sign that all of us, from anywhere, deserve to live long and prosper.

“I will continue learning, changing, growing, and trying to become more than what I am.”

- Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation.

If the human race is to meet the challenges of climate change, AI, and global pandemics, we must have a strong pipeline of young people pursuing STEAM disciplines. We are aware that negative perceptions abound about scientists, researchers, and engineers. Their job is boring. They sit at a desk all day or are in a lab all day. They don’t know how to have fun and are too serious. It’s too hard.

We at STEAM Superheroes say, time to kick those archaic perceptions into the Transporter Room and phaser-blast those self-doubts! Come meet our STEAM superheroes who love cosplay, space travel, globe-trotting – people who are artists, athletes, musicians, dancers, writers, and gamers.

“They used to say that if man was meant to fly, he’d have wings. But he did fly. He discovered he had to.”

- Captain James T. Kirk

While the current generation of STEAM superheroes can’t fly, they’ve demonstrated world-changing superpowers that can make polluted water potable, create life-saving vaccines, reverse global warming, and put all the knowledge of humankind into the palms of our hands.

If you enjoy your phone apps, movie special effects, video games, ordering online, electric scooters, and advanced antibiotics, thank a STEAM superhero! They solve challenging problems and keep asking the right questions until they find a solution.

“That might be the most important thing to understand about Humans. It's the unknown that defines our existence. We are constantly searching, not just for answers to our questions, but for new questions."

- Captain Benjamin Sisko, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Our Logo

We wanted our logo to represent who we are. We are ordinary people whose goal is to inspire the next generation to have big and bold ideas to discover extraordinary solutions. By sharing ideas and working together, STEAM Superheroes across the globe will turn science fiction and the impossible into science fact and the possible.

“Things are only impossible until they are not.”

- Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation.

"We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty."

- Captain Malcom Reynolds, Firefly.

Our symbol is the lotus flower. It is a powerful symbol of resilience, growth, and transformation. Its ability to thrive in challenging conditions and emerge from the mud to blossom beautifully serves as a metaphor for personal progress and overcoming obstacles. The gradual opening of its petals represents the journey of small steps leading to full potential. This symbol not only reflects the strength to rise above difficulties but also emphasizes the importance of remaining grounded despite external challenges.

“We are going to stumble, make mistakes - I'm sure more than a few before we find our footing. But we’re going to learn from those mistakes. That's what being human is all about.

- Captain Jonathan Archer, Star Trek: Enterprise