Fab Lab has been recognized as a leader in youth education for creative technologies by El Paso Community Foundation, City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department, United Way of El Paso, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), Microsoft, Texas Commission on the Arts, Carnegie Mellon University Information Systems Department, and Fab Foundation (MIT), and Congresswoman Veronica Escobar.

From 2017 to 2018, Fab Lab was contracted for the installation of 10 makerspaces in 10 EPISD High Schools. In April 2018, Fab Lab sponsored the inaugural Makerspace Competition at STEAMX, the largest high school STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) Competition in El Paso.

In July 2018, Fab Lab hosted Maker Camp sponsored by Marathon Oil and powered by Make: Magazine, Maker Media, and Google. In 2019, Fab Lab partnered with Microsoft to launch the first ever certified coding short course in El Paso and launched the first Mobile Makerspace in our region with the help of El Paso Community Foundation, Hunt Family Foundation, and El Paso Electric. Fab Lab has been recognized by Congresswoman Veronica Escobar for outstanding creative technology service for the community.

Since the onset of the pandemic in 2020, Fab Lab has been prototyping and 3D manufacturing stopgap PPE such as N95 masks and face shields for the community. We have also hosted online workshops and programs to continue our support creativity and innovation. In February 2021, we will launch our Virtual Field Trips in topics 3D Printing, Robotics, and VR. The film “Disrupted Borders” which documents a grassroots prosthesis project incubated at Fab Lab El Paso premiered at Cleveland International Film Festival followed by Philadelphia Latino Film Festival in 2021. In 2024, Fab Lab El Paso opened its K-12 makerspace classroom on the 4th floor of La Nube STEAM Discovery Center, an internationally-recognized Children's Museum.