If someone asked you to explain it FIRST to a group of people who have never heard of it, how would you do it? For us, FIRST is more than just a robot. It's about challenging the Status Quo, and not only that, but also raising the bar for what people think about STEM disciplines. It's also about pushing the limits of what's possible and helping not only ourselves, but also mentoring those with less experience. It's about inspiring the community by going out and presenting yourself to the public. Our team is dedicated and growing. We are trying to become a role model for generations to come. In the last year alone we have almost doubled the number of women on the team. We went from having 18% women on our team to 46%. But growth is not our only concern. To ensure we don't repeat past mistakes of not passing down knowledge from one generation to the next, we've started an internal mentorship program. Where our freshman and sophomores built the entire firing mechanism for the Texas Robot Roundup over the summer under the guidance of our junior and senior team members. We have also begun to mentor other competing teams within our school that are relevant to STEM disciplines, such as our rookie team Odyssey of the Mind. Growing internally is not enough. Devastators expanded outside of our team and laid the foundation for our impact in the community. We started with our own school and 15% of HSA-Waco high school students are in the FRC. We were also one of the founding presenters of our school's first STEM festival. However, this is still not enough. We have made a vigorous effort to introduce the community to and promote STEM & FIRST. Some of the events where we have featured our robot include the Waco Arts and Science Festival, Waco Air Show, Harmony Sci...... middle of paper ...... the robot and realized he liked it, so now he will study at UT Austin for mechanical engineering. Then Cristian Lara, another member of our team, is now employed in creating iPhone themes. He was able to gain experience in this field because he learned programming from FRC. Christian will now study Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. Ultimately Rhiannon Hayes was able to decide on a career path due to her strong involvement in the business plan. In conclusion, the Ravagers are a group of individuals who work madly to better themselves and our community. As our head captain, Kenz Love, would say: “We may not have football, but robotics is college football. The only difference is that in robotics everyone has the opportunity to become a professional.” In conclusion, FIRST is more than the robot, it is about the experience students get from it.