For schools
BE Ingenious Innovation Labs™
BE Ingenious Innovation Labs™ brings hands-on STEM, AI, robotics, and career-connected learning directly into schools through immersive, school-based residencies.
Houston nonprofit · K–8 learning design
We design learning that helps every child see their own genius.
We empower students through identity-based, student-centered, technology-driven and future-focused learning experiences that prepare them to lead in a changing world.
1,000+Students Served
50+STEAM Experiences
25+Community Innovation Events
20+Industry & University Partners
Our Vision
To cultivate a generation of innovative leaders who transform their communities and the global economy through purpose, creativity, and technology.
The BE Ingenious Model
Four commitments behind everything we build.
Whether we are running a classroom, a camp or a school partnership, the same model prepares students for college, career and beyond.
01
Amplify the whole child
The Seven Dimensions of Wellness guide how we support every student — emotional, environmental, physical, occupational, social, financial and intellectual.
02
Engage families & communities
Families are the first experts on their children. We treat families and communities as co-facilitators of learning.
03
Empower learners through technology
Technology reinforces our curriculum and gives students hands-on, real-world exploration and problem-solving.
04
Build leaders with character
Citizenship and justice are core to the experience, so students grow into leaders who positively impact the world around them.
What we do
Three ways the model reaches students.
For students & families
Programs
BEyond School afterschool, STEAM Explorers Camp, STEAM Night Live and Family STEM Days — the model in action, year-round.
For educators
Ingenious Learning™
Ingenious Learning™ delivers K–8 curriculum design, educator training, and future-focused learning through our Ingenious Pathway™ in STEAM, Space & Aviation, AgriTech, Medical Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Emerging Industries.
Looking for our K–8 microschool?
The Ingenious School is opening in Houston's Third Ward.
Watch on CW39 Houston
Built by school designers
“Every child has brilliance. Our work is to make sure they have the access, experiences, and opportunities to turn that brilliance into impact.”
Founder and CEO Rochelle Brown Anderson is a fourth-generation Houston educator with nearly two decades across public, charter and private schools, district leadership and national curriculum publishing.
New School Design Award, Columbia University Teachers College
Organizational Development, Harvard Graduate School of Education
2026 ASU Prep Microschool Entrepreneur Fellow
VELA Founder
Programs & events
The BE Ingenious model, year-round.
After school, weekend evenings, summer camp, family days, and FarmForward™ coming Spring 2027.
Partner with us
Help us bring future-ready learning to every Houston child.
Schools & districts
Bring BE Ingenious Innovation Labs™ or Ingenious Learning™ to your campus.
Corporate & foundation partners
Sponsor programs, open your workplace to students or share expertise in tech, academia and business.
Give
Every gift funds scholarships and BE Ingenious Innovation Labs™. $50 = one week of hands-on STEAM materials for one young innovator.
DONATEBE Ingenious is a 501(c)(3). EIN 99-3254997. Gifts are tax-deductible.