The mission of FIRST® is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership. By engaging kids in kindergarten through high school in exciting, mentor-based, research and robotics programs that help them become science and technology leaders, they evolve into well-rounded contributors to society.