Published in Salt Lake Magazine June, 26 2017, written by Amy Whiting
It was 2015 and Kristy Sevy was running out of answers to her daughter’s questions. She found herself filling up shelves with wasted science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) toys and constantly Googling to explain how things worked. “Kids are growing up in a world where problems are shoved in their face constantly, and because of that they are asking more questions. As an adult, I felt a responsibility to do something about it.” And so she did.
Kristy Sevy and co-founder Kyle Muir. Photo by: Adam Finkle.
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