'Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) industries are booming in Massachusetts, but racial minority representation in those fields remains low.

About 600,000 people work in STEM occupations in the state; only 5% of those workers are Black and 6% are Hispanic, according to a report released last year by the Commonwealth Corporation.

To provide children of color as well as those from low-income families with a successful pathway toward STEM careers, the Kennedy College of Sciences (KCS) teamed up with The Calculus Project (TCP) to offer local students an advanced mathematics summer program.'

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