The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) is a non-profit organization committed to significantly increasing Indigenous representation among science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education programs and career paths all across North America. This people group, due to many extenuating factors, has historically been on the outside looking in when it comes to STEM initiatives.

STEM is here. STEM is evolving. STEM is the future. The AISES Leadership Summit is focused on honing strategies to enable science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professionals and emerging leaders in STEM fields to think proactively about their goals. This annual gathering focuses on the core competencies and capacities of individuals. It stimulates participants to think about their responsibilities and the impact of their work and studies on the global STEM community. It enables participants to stop, think, and plot their incredible life journey, and it supports them as they process the lessons and opportunities they come away with.

In December 2018, AISES program officers hosted a workshop with close to thirty middle-school children from the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians reservation located in northern California.