Fab Lab El Paso

We were honored to welcome Chief Metallurgist Brad Wesstrom from Freeport-McMoRan to the Fab Lab Makerspace during La Nube’s Engineers Week! ⚙️

Students and guests had the incredible opportunity to learn all about the power of copper - from how it’s mined and processed to how it’s produced right here in El Paso and the vital role it plays in powering our everyday lives. Thank you for inspiring the next generation of innovators and engineers! 🧡✨

Visitors to La Nube STEAM Discovery Center can participate in our free Monthly Maker Series workshops, where there’s always something new to learn. In honor of Black History Month and Heart Health Month, our February DIY Heart Monitor Workshop connects history, science, innovation, and hands-on learning to create and code a pulse sensor that will register your heart rate into a visible graph.🫀

Registration opens 30 minutes before each session at 1 PM and 3 PM, every Saturday and Sunday in February.

Check out the website to know more about the workshops! https://loom.ly/_mUw_Zk

Our first Skills Link Series session was a success, and we’re excited to keep continue with the second session!

We’re back with Session Two of the Skills Link Series, a hands-on training program designed to prepare teens (15+) and young adults for the future of work while connecting them with industry professionals.

This session focuses on Advanced Manufacturing and introduces the fundamentals of 3D modeling using Tinkercad, a beginner-friendly CAD platform. Participants will combine guided LinkedIn Learning with hands-on activities to build core skills in modeling, patterns, and geometry, then apply them through creative and collaborative projects.

Industry Instructor: Luis Ochoa
Founder of Kraft3D, Inc and Director of Operations at Infinite Elements, with expertise in additive manufacturing, product development, and sustainable design.

📅 Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM–2:00 PM MT
📍 Microsoft El Paso Innovation Hub

Free and open to the public — space is limited!
A $40 learning stipend is available for the first 30 participants who register and attend.

Special thank you to Microsoft and the Microsoft El Paso Innovation Hub for continuing to support workforce development opportunities for the El Paso community.

Register here: https://loom.ly/WzJVRfI

The eduFAB summit brought together an incredible global community of educators and makers:

◆ 350 registered educators representing 79 countries
◆ 50 presenters and contributors from 20 countries
◆ Our first-ever Spanish-speaking session, expanding access and inclusion

Two standout sessions showcased how makerspaces can connect creativity to real-world skills and pathways:

Cathy Chen Arriaga, Executive Director of Tech Frontier & Fab Lab, shared how makerspace activities can be intentionally designed to build career-ready manufacturing skills. Her talk connected common tools like 3D printers, CAD, and microcontrollers to Industry 4.0 roles, helping educators reframe classroom projects as pathways to advanced manufacturing, teamwork, quality control, and data-driven problem-solving.

Michelle Delgado, STEAM Instructor and Toy Designer for Fab Lab El Paso, explored how designer toys can serve as a creative framework for STEAM education. She walked through the process of taking a concept from character design to a finished collectible, showing how art, digital design, and fabrication tools can come together in student-centered, hands-on learning experiences.

We were grateful to be part of this global, practitioner-led gathering and to contribute alongside so many educators sharing timely ideas and best practices around makerspaces and digital fabrication in education. Thank you to the Fab Educators Summit team for creating space for connection, learning, and collaboration across the global community.

🚀 Calling teens (15+) and young adults!
We’re excited to introduce a second year of the Skills Link Series, a hands-on training program preparing our community for the future of work and connecting participants with industry mentors.

Designed for ages 15+, this series offers career-ready, practical training in high-demand technology fields like Advanced Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Data Science. Each curated session features industry-led instruction, certification pathways, and participant stipends.

🛠 Kick off the year with our inaugural digital skilling workshop:
Topic: Advanced Manufacturing – Fundamentals of 3D Printing
Instructor: Alejandro Silva, Robotics Engineer at ARC Aerospace & Defense Systems and former Researcher at the UTEP Aerospace Center

📅 Saturday, January 31, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM–2:00 PM MT
📍 Microsoft El Paso Innovation Hub

Free to public but spots are limited! & a $40 learning stipend is available for the first 30 participants who register and attend.

Special thank you to Microsoft and Microsoft El Paso Innovation Hub for helping make this opportunity accessible to the El Paso community.

👉 Sign up today: https://bit.ly/skillslinkseries