Creating Curious Minds
About Educreate
Educreate is a San Diego-based 501c3 nonprofit organization (Tax ID# 93-1851798)
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OUR MISSION
Educreate empowers curious minds through hands-on, joyful experiences that build skills, spark imagination, and inspire lifelong learning. From textile arts to technology, our programs help young makers discover not just what they can create, but who they can become.
OUR VISION
Educreate imagines a world where curiosity and creativity thrive — and where every child sees themselves as a confident creator, problem-solver, and difference-maker in their community and the world beyond.
OUR PRIORITIES
• Educational focus on textile arts and technology
• Spark student curiosity and creativity in safe, stimulating hands-on settings
• Embrace the power of STEAM learning and the essential workforce-ready skills students develop
• Strengthen academic competencies in reading comprehension, mathematics, problem-solving, critical thinking, and more
• Cultivate valuable life skills including collaboration, communication, decision-making, and project and time management
• Instill entrepreneurship through creating and providing access to leadership, mentorship, and internship programs
• Broaden student awareness of potential post-secondary academic avenues and career paths
Our Values + Guiding Principles
Education
Collaboration
Creativity
Believing in the power of learning and our duty to educate ourselves and others for the betterment of the world. Education isn’t just acquiring knowledge, it empowers individuals to become lifelong learners, able to adapt to a rapidly changing world.
Creativity
Collaboration
Creativity
Encouraging the use of imagination and inspiration to build a foundation of knowledge of a discipline or skill. Then by practicing it through exploration and experimentation, one can develop the ability for artistic expression.
Kindness
Collaboration
Collaboration
Cultivating compassion is a powerful way to shape our future generation. By modeling for students the importance of kindness, understanding, and empathy, we equip them with the skills and mindset needed to create a more caring world.
Collaboration
Collaboration
Collaboration
Fostering a cooperative spirit in the classroom enables students to learn firsthand the value of teamwork by showing how group members can capitalize on each other's skills and resources to solve problems, complete tasks, and improve a project's outcome.
Integrity + Accountability
Integrity + Accountability
Integrity + Accountability
Being honest and saying what we mean and meaning what we say. Demonstrating that everything we do and say can be trusted and living up to the trust that others place in us.
Thoughtfulness
Integrity + Accountability
Integrity + Accountability
Careful deliberation and mindfulness before acting leads to being attentive to the needs and interests of others and to treating all people fairly, equally, and with kindness and tolerance.
Responsible Action
Integrity + Accountability
Protecting the Planet
Acknowledging our duty to make the world a better place and responding in a way that fosters hopefulness for the future, a vision of what can be, and draws others forward in a positive way.
Protecting the Planet
Integrity + Accountability
Protecting the Planet
Responsibly using our natural and protecting our environment through active participation in conservation efforts and sustainable practices that lead to improved ecosystem health.
