Posts by Jen Lee Reeves
Attend the next BOOST by Born Just Right
A key mission of Born Just Right is to raise awareness about the power of design and STEM education. It also works to build support and grow a community for kids and parents that fosters learning. The learning happens best during our BOOST by Born Just Right workshops. Our most recent one happened last year…
Read More +Anaiss and her Wheelchair BOOST Invention
Each and every participant who joined in our most recent BOOST workshop came to the event with different views and ideas of what interests them. Anaiss came in with an open mind and left five days later with an actual boost to help her reach for items there were just a little difficult to grab.…
Read More +Introducing Boost by Born Just Right
We are so excited to announce the curriculum that makes Born Just Right’s workshops deliver design opportunities to kids with disabilities is officially a part of our organization. After it originated as Superhero Boost/Cyborg, we are renaming it BOOST by Born Just Right. Kate Ganim joins Born Just Right as its new Senior Program Director…
Read More +Born Just Right – The Book
For the last year or so, we’ve been working with an editor at Simon & Schuster to launch a book that is about Jordan’s adventures. I’m super excited to share this book with you. The Born Just Right community has been with us from the very beginning. I met so many of you because of…
Read More +BOOST by Born Just Right on NBC Nightly News
We are so thrilled Superhero Boost (now named BOOST by Born Just Right) was featured in an NBC Nightly News piece by Joe Fryer. He featured some of our kids at work during our workshop this year. Ryder Ryder was the youngest participant in the 2018 BOOST. He loves snakes and he wanted to work…
Read More +Sydney’s BMX Bike Arm
We are so thrilled to see some of our Superhero Boost (now named BOOST by Born Just Right) participants’ work toward a new prototype since this summer’s workshop. As they report out details of their work with us, we’re going to share them with you! First up: Sydney! We are so excited to see her working…
Read More +Take a Glimpse Into the Superhero Boost Experience
We are so honored Autodesk created a video that gives you a real idea of Superhero Boost (now named BOOST by Born Just Right) and what we hope kids can grow out of the experience. Check it out: Our eight kids are learning how to continue working on projects – most were paired up with design…
Read More +The Story of Superhero Boost (now BOOST by Born Just Right)
The story of Superhero Boost (now called BOOST by Born Just Right) starts way back in January 2016. Jordan and I were invited to attend an event in San Francisco called “Superhero Cyborgs” and it’s where the Project Unicorn idea happened. We were so lucky to get to know Kate Ganim of KIDmob and work…
Read More +Parenting is not THAT different with a teen
[This post is sponsored by the Center for Parent and Teen Communication. All opinions are my own.] Then My high energy toddler could run circles around all of us and repeat back every detail of the movie he watched just once. I was “Mr. Credible” and Cameron was “Dash.” We would play pretend characters just…
Read More +Sharing a Rockstar Kid Story to Mom 2.0 Summit
When I announced to friends, family, and colleagues in a baby announcement email about how Jordan was born with one hand, I had a couple of people react by saying they expect I’ll write a book someday. And they’re right. I am working on it. First, Jordan and I have a book about her life…
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