STEM Preparatory Academy

 

Mission

STEM Preparatory Academy is dedicated to delivering a rigorous, college preparatory education with a specialized focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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Grants

Grant Year Amount Program Name Program Area Description
2016 $22,000 Nashville Newcomer Academy education Learn more

The NNA is a collaboration with Metro Nashville Public Schools designed to serve the district’s highest-needs English Language Learners and to provide both leaders and teachers with high quality professional development.

2015 $22,000 Nashville International Academy education Learn more

The Nashville International Academy (NIA), a partnership between Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) and STEM Prep Academy, addresses the unique needs of our city’s newcomer students, including both immigrant and refugee children. The overarching goal of NIA is to advance academic achievement and social integration through direct service delivery.

Jen Bailey is the Executive Director of the Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund, bringing her deep experience in community-based leadership, philanthropy, and movement-building to the organization.

Jen is the Founder of Faith Matters Network, a national Womanist-led organization accompanying spiritually-grounded leaders on their journey to heal themselves and their communities. Since its inception, Faith Matters Network has served over 25,000 leaders through its programs and initiatives. She is Co-Founder of The People’s Supper, a global initiative that has hosted over 2,000 gatherings in 135 communities to foster conversation and collective healing across lines of difference.

Committed to advancing social change through philanthropy and nonprofit leadership, Jen serves on the boards of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, the Fetzer Institute, and The Healing Trust, where she is the Board Chair.

An Ashoka Fellow, New Pluralist Field Builder, Aspen Ideas Scholar, On Being Fellow, and Truman Scholar, Jen holds degrees from Tufts University and Vanderbilt University Divinity School, where she was awarded the Wilbur F. Tillett Prize for accomplishments in the study of theology. Her work has been featured by On Being with Krista Tippett, CBS This Morning, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more. She is also the author of To My Beloveds: Letters on Faith, Race, Loss, and Radical Hope (Chalice Press, 2021).

email Jen: [email protected]