Marie Francis, recycling program lead at Cook Inlet Tribal Council, shows off a butterfly cut from a sheet made of recycled plastic.
Each week, Anchorage youth fill a gray two-story building adjoining a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts shop for a hands-on look at possible careers they could someday have in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). They come as part of various after school programs and camps offered through Denełchin Lab, which opened in March 2023.
“Our primary goal is to have an earlier introduction to STEM technology for Alaska Native and American Indian students so there is increased representation in the STEM field,” says Brittany Vo, the fab lab program manager…