Preparing San Antonio’s Next-Gen Innovators

The Kelly Heritage Foundation works with an array of partners to prepare and connect San Antonians to life-changing career opportunities in our region’s advanced technologies: aerospace, cybersecurity, robotics, space science and much more.

The nonprofit contributed over $400,000 in to innovative efforts that touched the lives of hundreds of young people last year:

• A computer build program, where, through the San  Antonio Museum of Science and Technology, 100 students learned to design and assemble top-of-the-line systems which they got to take home
• A  drone technology building and pilot program by the Dee Howard Foundation for schools across the region
• The latest cohort of space exploration talent undergoing the WEX Foundation’s project-based Lunar Caves Analog Test Sites (LCATS) program

This year, the organization will take existing and new learning experiences to another level for even more young people across our community.

Kelly Heritage Foundation President Jim Perschbach will provide a quick overview of recent milestones and big plans ahead for the nonprofit and will be happy to take questions from those interested in participating in the organization’s work.

Guests will also get to meet students who have already taken part in foundation-supported programs and hear directly from them about their plans ahead as they continue in their educational and future career pathways.

 As always, there will be plenty of technology demonstrations by students and industry professionals alike, both in Capital Factory and across the hallway at the AREA 21 innovation exhibit hall,  presented by the San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology (SAMSAT).