# @rootlenc on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYd903A1tO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32739267-rootlenc-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/2e40899db5.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-21T19:55:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rootle! (@rootlenc) — https://gondola.cc/rootlenc

## Caption

Meet Ava, your friendly neighborhood scientist! 👩‍🔬🧪 She invites you and her friends to explore STEAM concepts in Mini Fab Science Lab! Don't miss the premiere on August 2 on YouTube and the free PBS app.

Ava N. Simmons, also known as Ava The STEM Princess® and Ava The STEM Ambassador™, is a 12-year-old science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) ambassador, entrepreneur, toy designer, author and creator of educational toy brand Team Genius Squad. Diagnosed with dyslexia and dysgraphia in 2021, Ava used STEM and entrepreneurial activities to help overcome her academic challenges and build her confidence. 

To share her learning journey and encourage others, Ava creates engaging STEM-based educational videos, authors STEM books, conducts peer-to-peer STEM activities in the community and develops STEM toys for children ages 5–13, including children who are neurodivergent or in underserved areas. Over 700,000 households have viewed her educational videos, and she has conducted thousands of peer-to-peer STEM experiments with children in the community, authored 3 books and developed 15 branded STEM educational toys.

#PBSNC #RootleNC #MiniFabScienceLab @teamgeniussquad

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- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 49
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 8

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PBS North Carolina | @mypbsnc | https://gondola.cc/mypbsnc | Television Network |
| Erin Lashley | @erintlashley | https://gondola.cc/erintlashley | Social Media Specialist |

## Tags

minifabsciencelab, pbsnc, rootlenc

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