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About us

STEM Family grew out of Bekir Mugayitoglu's doctorate study into how to teach children how to code and computational thinking -- including how to do so without expensive software or lots of screen time.

After graduation, he partnered with Margaret and Kursat, two designers (and parents), to explore how to communicate great computational, art, engineering, and other STEM teaching strategies in online, easy, accessible ways for parents and teachers.

Meet us
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Bekir Mugayitoglu

Founder
California, by way of Pittsburgh and Turkey

Bekir holds a doctorate from Duquesne University, in educational design. He is passionate about STEM education, especially offline activities for young kids.

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Margaret Hagan

California, by way of Pittsburgh, Chicago, Budapest, and Belfast

Margaret is a designer (as well as a lawyer, a PhD, and a mom). All the drawings on the site are her work. She is excited to bring her passion for crafts and art into the world of STEM, and bridge engineering work into creative confidence.

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Kursat Ozenc

California, by way of Pittsburgh and Turkey

Kursat is a User Experience designer with a PhD from Carnegie Mellon in design. He is a dad who loves to play with his two boys -- and is curious about how to make lightweight, easy ways to create meaningful play between parents and kids.