7 Generation Games

Entrepreneur: Maria Burns Ortiz, Gonzalo Serrano

Founded: 2013

7 Generation Games is developing 7 Gen Ed Blocks, a no-code platform that enables educators to create interactive, culturally responsive literacy learning experiences in multiple languages. Since its founding, the organization has been focused on building narrative and gaming experiences that close equity gaps and improve outcomes for indigenous students and multilingual learners. Now they are working to adapt existing code libraries (originally used to develop proprietary games) into modularized, easily editable code blocks that educators can customize through a digital platform. This effort represents an attempt to scale their impact by putting more power into the hands of educators and enabling them to bring their content to life in engaging and culturally responsive ways.