Kangas hopes STEM outreach buds greater interest among area students
Two FIRST® LEGO® League teams compete at the Alamogordo FLL qualifying event, which was hosted in collaboration between the 704th Test Group at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., and Alamogordo Public Schools. Heather Kangas, 704th Test Group K-12 STEM Outreach coordinator, is involved in local the FLL program. In her role, Kangas works to expose elementary, middle and high school students in the Alamogordo Public Schools system to science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, concepts. The 704th at Holloman AFB is a unit of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex, headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee. This photo was taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtesy photo)