Our Mission

Empower underserved and at risk children an opportunity to pursue STEM careers and change their life trajectory.

What We Do

Teaching underserved children chess, math, and computer science to empower them to pursue STEM majors/professions with the support of professionals.

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Y STEM and Chess Inc. (YSC) is focused on resolving two current social problems, by providing a unique 21st Century methodology to learning called "Mastery." This approach focuses on how each individual learns best which helps spark curiosity and boost a child's progress in a learning environment.

Our main focal points:

The first focus is on our society’s unfulfilled need for students with a firm learning foundation. The second and the primary focus of YSC is fulfilling those needs, by working with the children of our socially and economically underserved population, to introduce and engage them in the world of STEM.

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Why Chess?

Promotes Brain Growth

Chess helps exercise both sides of the brain, greatly improves memory, raises IQ and test scores, and can even prevent Alzheimer's.

Enhances Problem Solving Skills

A highly sought after STEM skill is mastery in problem solving. Chess teaches proper planning, foresight, pattern recognition, and the role of consequences.

Recovery

Greatly promotes healthy brain growth when recovering from stroke or a disability.

Creativity

Many career paths in STEM require two critical skillsets: critical thinking and creativity. Many situations require us to have a strong bond between the creative and problem solving sides of our brains.

"When something is working, double down on it! So many people trend away from something because they don't like it even though it solves the problem."

Devin Nakano / Founder, Y STEM and Chess Inc.