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A Letter from Our Founder

The Story Behind IvyTech

How one kid's obsession with Roblox Studio, a veteran educator, and a software engineer built something families now rely on every week.

Hi, I'm Stella.

My name is Stella Emrick, M.Ed. I am a Texas certified educator with over 20+ years in education in the Rio Grande Valley — as a teacher, Assistant Principal, Principal, district curriculum coordinator, and regional & state curriculum writer (TCMP: Texas Curriculum Management Project). I have spent my entire career studying how children learn, what makes a curriculum actually work, and what happens when a student finds something that genuinely challenges and excites them.

When that happens — they become unstoppable.

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Where It All Started

It Started With One Kid

Our godson is one of those kids. Gifted, creative, and obsessed with building inside Roblox Studio. Not just playing Roblox — building it. Designing maps from scratch, figuring out mechanics on his own, creating worlds other players actually want to explore.

Watching him light up inside Roblox Studio is what started all of this.
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20 Years of Expertise

He Wanted to Learn More. We Built It.

He wanted to learn more. He wanted to build better. We looked for structured live programs that could teach him properly but couldn't find exactly what we were looking for.

So we built it. Twenty years of curriculum expertise went into designing every level, every milestone, and every skill inside this program. Vetted by Texas educators.

My husband is a software engineer of 20+ years. He guided our godson through the technical side of Roblox Studio, helped shape the technical curriculum, and made sure what we were teaching was real — not watered down, not just a game, but actual coding and game design fundamentals.

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Proven at Age 7

Roblox Paid Him at 7 Years Old

Our godson went through the curriculum, leveled up his skills, and published a map. Roblox paid him his first Robucks at 7 years old. Earned by building something other players loved enough to keep coming back to.

Earned — not given. Built — not bought.
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A Community Grew

Friends Asked. Families Joined.

His friends got interested in playing and creating maps. Their parents reached out. Other families started asking if their kids could join.

What started as something deeply personal became a full live program with real teachers, a structured curriculum, and students who look forward to logging on every single week.

That Is Our IvyTech STEM Program.

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Built
By an educator with 20+ years of curriculum design
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Backed
By a software engineer of 20+ years
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Proven
By a 7 year old who even got Roblox's attention
Stella Emrick, M.Ed.
Founder & Curriculum Director, IvyTech STEM Academy

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