Pleasant Grove, UT — Marlon Lindsay, founder and CEO of 21stCentEd (A virtual STEM and CTE academy), announces the urgency of providing STEM education for all – especially for black, brown, and other minority communities. "Absent from economic opportunities created by a STEM education – for the most part – are black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC)," says Lindsay. He continues, "It is not merely a social good or altruism to include these historically underrepresented groups; it's an economic imperative." STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math – when taken together as an integrated discipline, provides opportunities for students to develop the enduring skills of critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration. A STEM project, by its nature, is an experience in the skills dubbed as 21st-century skills.