ConnectSTEM alumni and advanced student leaders return to teach and guide the next generation.
EMET-STEM was co-founded by two ConnectSTEM alumni who chose to return and give back, and is guided by its directors.
3 Years with ConnectSTEM
1 Year with ConnectSTEM
ConnectSTEM Alum → Scripps College
General Manager, Academic Classes
Baylor University
After reflecting on how much they had learned and received through their time with ConnectSTEM, Taehong Kim and Kelly Kim began asking fellow alumni whether they felt the same way.
Many strongly agreed.
Rather than simply moving on, they wanted to give back by sharing what they had learned with younger students. That shared desire brought alumni together and helped initiate EMET-STEM—a free educational initiative created to provide academic guidance, mentorship, and encouragement to students who can benefit from it.
What began with two students wanting to give back has grown into a broader alumni-led community of instructors, program leaders, counselors, and mentors supporting the next generation.
The goal was never simply to receive opportunities, but to pass them forward.
Fourteen ConnectSTEM alumni now serve as instructors, general managers, and student counselors through EMET-STEM, providing free academic instruction and leadership to students in grades 5–11. Their work spans advanced AP courses, core science and mathematics classes, academic program management, and student guidance.
ConnectSTEM alumni serve EMET-STEM as instructors, general managers, and student counselors, delivering free academic instruction and leadership to students in grades 5–11.
EMET-STEM also provides free English pronunciation and speaking instruction to elementary students in Grades 1–3 in Korea.
In 2026, one participating student received a Special Prize in the English Speaking category at the 31st Ocean Day National Arts Festival.
English Pronunciation & Speaking
English Speaking Category
2026 Special Prize — English Speaking Category
31st Ocean Day National Arts Festival
(제31회 바다의 날 기념 제30회 전국문예대회)
After three years of sustained research experience with ConnectSTEM, advanced high school researchers also contribute to EMET-STEM by teaching mathematics to younger students.
Seventeen ConnectSTEM alumni and advanced student leaders currently support EMET-STEM through teaching, academic leadership, and student guidance.