Math Education Accessibility
The language of math requires specialized screen readers for blind and low-vision learners. We connect math-loving hobbyist programmers with existing accessibility efforts and help them meaningfully contribute.
Projects
Selected Active Projects.
Collaborations underway across accessibility, healthcare, community advocacy, and research. Each one began with someone caring deeply about the problem — and an unlikely partner willing to help.
Nuevo Amanecer Mujer Integral
NAMI doesn't always have the capacity to execute their community members' ideas for small businesses, creative reuse projects, and community events. Orchid serves as a conduit, matching students and volunteers to support those initiatives.
Synthetic Hospital Data
Decisions that affect healthcare are often justified using analyses of protected patient data. We make it possible for students, volunteers, and advocates to develop and test those analyses using realistically complex synthetic data.
Other projects
More ideas taking root.
Postpartum LARC Study
Analyzing contraceptive access at California hospitals to support physician-led advocacy.
Life After Caltech Podcast →
A student-alumni podcast sharing authentic stories of Caltech graduates.
Laelia Store
A virtual resale shop as a training platform for community members to build digital and business skills.
Shade Structure Project
Helping a renter in Alhambra work with the city on a code-compliant shade solution.
GeoTES
Geological thermal energy storage research exploring repurposed oil wells as thermal batteries.
Capsida Interns
We placed two students from Moorpark College in paid internship positions on the research team at a growing gene therapy company.
Vaccine Hesitancy
A practical learning experience exploring survey data on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the pregnant population at a hospital in the California Central Valley.
Have an idea for a new project or want to get involved?
New seeds are always welcome.