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We are excited to connect with our alumni in Florida! Join Eboney Hearn, Executive Director, MITES, on Friday, March 20, 2026 at O’ Munaciello Coral Way in Miami and Saturday, March 21, 2026 at Tap 42 in Fort Lauderdale for food, beverages, engaging conversation, and fun as you catch up with fellow MITES Alumni. It’s not too late to register through the links in our Bio! Also, feel to come by as a walk in.

We’re looking forward to catching up and hearing all about how you’ve been!

Join MITES in Baltimore, Miami, and Fort Lauderdale this March for engaging conversation and fun as you catch up with fellow
MITES Alumni! We look forward to meeting with you and hearing all about how you have been!

Register for the MITES Meet-ups through the links in our bio or the QR codes.

Preliminary Results:

Total raised: $41,553
Total donors: 295
Lives changed: Countless

Every gift, whether $1 or $10,000, sent a powerful message to a young scholar: Your ideas matter. Your future is bright. You belong here. That is the power of this community and philanthropy done right.

Thank you for trusting me to tell our story. Thank you for believing in our mission. Thank you for showing up.

With deep gratitude and renewed purpose,

Eboney Hearn ‘01
Executive Director, MITES

When I was admitted to MIT, my father said it was a prayer answered. He passed away during my sophomore year, but not before telling me his dream was for me to have the brass rat he never could.

Today, I run my own nonprofit, Mbadika, which supports youth innovation and entrepreneurship across communities worldwide. Our programs have reached students in 11 countries. And now I’m back in Cambridge, just down the street from where my life changed.

My bright future started because someone donated to MITES. Someone believed a girl like me deserved the chance to discover she belonged.

Now I’m asking you to be that person for the next student who’s been told they’re not enough.

Let’s finish strong together,

Netia McCray ’12, MITES ‘07
Founder, Mbadika

Only 36 more supporters are needed to reach our goal of 250 and unlock our $20,000 challenge gift.
Your gift today can help us cross the finish line.
Donate through the link in our bio!

We’re over halfway there! We are incredibly thankful to the 138 of you who have already contributed towards unlocking our $20,000 challenge gift. We only need 112 more to unlock it! Our programs are completely free for scholars, thanks to kind supporters like you who help shape the next generation of STEM leaders. Donate now through the link in our bio and make a meaningful difference today!

People often ask what keeps me coming back year after year. It’s the sparkle in their eyes. The collective energy of talented students discovering what they’re capable of.” – Dr. Wesley Harris

This is the legacy we’re building together. This is why your gift today matters.

An anonymous MITES alum has pledged $20,000 when we reach 250 donors.

We are already at 90 donors.

That means only 160 more supporters are needed to unlock the gift

Your donation today can help get us there!

The donation link is in our bio!

24 hours. 250 supporters. $20,000 unlocked. The MIT 24-Hour Challenge kicks off at midnight on March 12th — and MITES needs YOU to help transform the next generation of STEM leaders. Will you be one of 250 to make it happen?

Join fellow MITES alumni for our virtual 2026 Spring Reunion! Engage with former classmates and wonderful staff, participate in our Bose-sponsored raffles, and hear from Eboney Hearn, Executive Director, and MITES 2018 Alumna Annie Miall.

Share this invitation with fellow MITES community members, and let’s see whose cohort is best represented!

We hope to see you on Wednesday!

MITES Spring Reunion
When: Wednesday, March 11
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Where: Virtual (via Zoom)
The Registration Link in is our Bio!

Support MITES in fostering Bold Ideas and Bright Futures! On Thursday, March 12, 2026, join us and thousands of other MIT and MITES Alumni for the annual 24-Hour Challenge. MITES needs your help and is counting on our alumni, students, families, and friends to help us meet our 24-Hour Challenge goal.

If 250 of us make a gift of any amount, we will unlock a $20,000 challenge gift. Mark your calendars and help us make STEM more accessible to all. Together we can make a difference.

MITES Saturdays is still seeking applicants for these listed roles. Help foster an innovative community and support the next generation of STEM leaders by applying! Apply via the link in our bio.

If you know anyone that may be a good fit, please feel free to share this post or the application link with them.

Applications for MITES Semester and MITES Summer are open for four more days at mites.mit.edu! Applicants for these national programs must be in 11th grade at the time of application. Applications are due by February 1, at 11:59pm PST. Click the link in our bio to learn how to apply!

MITES provides cost free, transformative STEM experiences for students from under-resourced and underserved backgrounds-changing thousands of lives and the face of the STEM fields. For 50 years, MITES has been a leading national pre-college STEM program-a pioneer in building access and opportunity for students to pursue STEM.