Pando Populus, Inc.

Magenta House provides project-centered learning for middle school students, giving them the tools they need to create the future they hope to inhabit. The program engages them in developing innovative water and power sustainability solutions for real-world challenges where they apply STEAM knowledge and learn project development skills. Student teams flag their work “Magenta” to signal a different kind of future – one that’s water-wise and power-conscious.

Camp Pando is an immersive “boot camp” for young people reentering from juvenile detention, foster care, and dropping out, produced in partnership with Homeboy Industries and Learning Works Charter School in collaboration with LA Metro. STEAM-aligned and project-based, the program focuses knowledge and creative energies on helping public agency “client” Metro meet a real-world transportation and sustainability challenge – all the while students develop hands-on skills and knowledge needed for creative and green careers and economic advancement.