STEM, ESL, Teacher Education and Training, and Global Outreach ~
STEM, ESL, Teacher Education and Training, and Global Outreach ~
Summer programs for K-12 students and their families to increase STEM educational opportunities in underserved communities. Education is the gateway to poverty alleviation and can build communities.
Ventaja provides:
Ventaja Educational Services is excited to announce new additions to our 2026 program!
We will continue our STEM and Literacy Camp in:
Pueblo Nuevo, Panamá.
Cañitas, Panamá.
Curundu, Panamá.
Colon City, Panamá
This will expand our impact by engaging students through hands-on STEM activities and culturally relevant literature experiences.
There were 20+ local volunteers. These volunteers included kitchen workers, classroom aids, and teachers.
Volunteer News
Ventaja 2025
Study abroad students and local volunteers participated in a hands-on training to prepare for the camp session. It included curriculum implementation, and classroom strategies.
Ventaja 2026
This will ensure all Volunteers are fully equipped to support meaningful, student-centered learning.
7 study abroad students from the HBCU Prairie View A&M University also were trained. The students included 5 undergrad students and 2 doctoral students.
In preparation for Ventaja 2026, we are introducing an extended two-day volunteer training!
2025 Ventaja Highlights
Cultural enrichment was provided through a local field trip to the Panama Canal as well as community engagement.
Students engaged in interactive science projects centered on the Panama Canal theme.
Students participated in reading sessions with guided discussions and group participation.
Past Accomplishments!
We implemented a Ventaja camp on the Georgia Southern Campus in June 2021! With a small group of students we brought many first generation students to the campus for a weeklong STEM program. In the end we received a National Award from Insight Into Diversity Magazine for 2021!
Hear from our past students
Our biggest impact is with our students and the value that we can add to students’ lives and their families. Our first summer camp took place in Panamá City, Panama in 2017. The students created this video as a “thank you” to the teacher volunteers.
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Press and Global Engagement
Check out our feature in the 2019 Georgia Southern University Newsroom.
Our founder, Dr. Beverly A. King Miller is an Assistant Professor at Georgia Southern University. The university featured Ventaja as an example of faculty engagement in global classrooms. The article highlights Dr. King Miller’s work in Panamá and the STEM camp for K-12 learners.
COVID 2020-2022
Helping with Food Insecurities in Panamá
Ventaja funds food bags for our students and families in Panamá.
Our work has also included disaster relief in Latin American communities!
KOAT Action News
“Community member ‘lighting up’ Puerto Rico”. Ventaja collected flash lights in response to Hurricane Maria to support families that lost electricity due to the natural disaster.