Andrew and Lyndell Clark have spent 16 years bringing STEM opportunities to thousands of Wollongong children.
As founders of the Project Bucephalus robotics teams, the couple mentor children from diverse educational, financial, and cultural backgrounds by teaching them the skills to compete in the FIRST Robotics programs. Andrew and Lyndell teach participants, around 70% of whom have a disability, to be proud of who they are and have claimed honours on every competitive level, including the highest award in the global program.
Andrew and Lyndell also founded the LEGO robotics programs, which reaches 11,000 local children and provides a platform for kids to experience competition, turning Wollongong into a robotics powerhouse.
Andrew and Lyndell have pioneered STEM programs for kids who may be falling through the cracks. Their Unstoppable program uses robotics to divert at-risk youth from crime and has been highly successful, with not a single participant reoffending over the program’s four years.