Built in Clay County, Florida

If we can dream it, we can build it — together.

— Dom Hicks, Founder

The STEM Network, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit bringing hands-on STEAM learning to K–5 students, educators, and families.

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Official mission statement

“The STEM Network, Inc. empowers K–5 students and families through hands-on STEAM learning, community-based workshops, and future-ready experiences that build curiosity, confidence, creativity, problem-solving, and resilience.”

Meet the founder

Domanisha Hicks

Founder & Executive Director

A certified Florida Resiliency Coach, Ms. Dom brings more than two decades of experience across coaching, fitness and dance instruction, volunteer leadership, and small business.

As a former school PFA board secretary and volunteer coordinator, she learned what it takes to turn care into organized, consistent support. She chose Oakleaf as her village and built The STEM Network around one guiding principle: when teachers, students, and families are supported, communities thrive.

Domanisha Hicks smiling in a navy blazer with gold buttons
20+ years turning leadership into community impact
  • Certified Florida Resiliency Coach
  • Fmr. Oakleaf Village Elementary Parent Faculty Association Secretary, Volunteer Coordinator & Fundraising Liaison
  • Event coordination, project management & food drive initiatives

What we do

We strengthen the whole learning ecosystem.

Lasting opportunity is built when the adults around a child have the tools, confidence, and community to keep curiosity growing.

01

Support Educators

We connect teachers with practical tools, classroom resources, and professional development that help ideas become hands-on learning.

When teachers are supported, students soar.
02

Inspire Students

Our hands-on programs invite K–5 students to question, build, test, and try again — developing curiosity and future-ready skills along the way.

03

Empower Families

We give parents welcoming ways to participate, making families true partners in learning and turning STEM into a shared community experience.

How it started

She saw the gap — then built the bridge.

Domanisha “Ms. Dom” Hicks saw dedicated teachers stretching limited resources, students eager to explore and create, and parents ready to help but unsure where to begin. She believed there was a better way. The STEM Network was built to connect that energy — and turn it into opportunity.

TeachersEquipped to lead
StudentsFree to discover
FamiliesInvited to build
It takes a village to raise a child. It takes a community to raise a future. Take your seat — the mission needs you.

Thinkers. Doers. Builders.

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Bring your ideas, your hands, and your heart. Help create real opportunity for kids, families, and classrooms across our community.

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Bring your time, talent, partnership, or support. There is a place for you in this mission.

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