Mission: MathMinds will host camps for Creating Future Female STEAM Leaders this week. Part of the center's goal is closing the skills gap created by retiring baby boomers, Jamison added. That can lead to higher rates of violence, crime and poverty, she added. ![]() "We have 89,000 young people who are currently disengaged (statewide)." ![]() Layering in the stigma of not attending college creates barriers to seeing what's possible," said Lucretzia Jamison, the center's executive director. "The population we serve is already marginalized. ![]() It primarily serves 18- to 24-year-olds, 54% of whom are Black, roughly 30% Hispanic, about 15% white, and about 0.2% Asian. The center provides support to disengaged youth across the city, suburbs and state who are unemployed and not college-bound.
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