The Michigan LSAMP has weathered the multiple challenges of significant leadership losses and changes, funding, conveying accurate data for assessment, legislation, and proving our successes despite those odds…not to mention COVID-19! Learn as MI-LSAMP Strategist and Director of the NxtGEN STEM Scholars Program. Matthew Nelson tells the story of how our Alliance pivoted to “The Next Level” with a comprehensive “Intentional Design Process” that improved how we operated and collaborated, and how we lived to tell a powerful story of innovation and impact.