Keidy Alcantara

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Keidy Alcantara is a scholar whose work sits at the vital intersection of equity, identity, and sociopolitical engagement in STEM education. Her research centers on how youth from historically underrepresented groups—particularly young women of Color—navigate, resist, and reshape engineering and science learning environments. In her widely cited 2023 paper, *Sociopolitical Solidarity in STEM Education*, Alcantara introduces a framework for youth-centered relationships that move beyond viewing learning as mere achievement data, instead foregrounding collective agency and justice-oriented practice. This work, which has already garnered 11 citations, signals a growing demand for her critical perspective. Her 2021 study, *Engineering Care*, further demonstrates her impact by analyzing video data of a high school robotics team to reveal how two young women of Color establish positional identities that disrupt narrow definitions of engineering competence. Through this work, Alcantara shows how in-the-moment interactions can empower youth to challenge who is seen as a legitimate participant in STEM. Her contributions are reshaping how educators and researchers understand care, solidarity, and identity in engineering education, making her a rising voice in the movement toward more just and inclusive STEM learning spaces.