CCL-US Chance to Change Lives CCLUS is a 501c 3 nonprofit organization based in Pittsburgh PA founded with a vision to provide high impact experiential learning for students particularly from under served groups with the motive to empower them to become future STEM leaders. Our Empowerment Initiatives CCLKIDS Our K12 initiative founded and directed by Kriti Gupta provides educational leadership and wellness resources for elementary school and middle school students in underfunded school districts in south western PA. More information can be found at cclus. orgkids STEMNetX The vision of our marquee STEM empowerment initiativeSTEMnetX is to prepare underserved college students for twentyfirst century research and development careers in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics STEM fields.