•  Enrolled in Whitney Model UN (Awarded in Los Alamitos Conference)
  
•  Key Club member (Awarded member of the Month)
  
•  Whitney Golf Team
  
•  Play flute in High School Symphonic Band
  

"I enjoy and prioritize communicating with those around me due to the social environment I lived through as a child. Due to the many social interactions I have had throughout my life, I am now able to easily approach children and cooperate with even those others may find troubling. Additionally, having three younger brothers has forced me in the past to do fun crafts to entertain them, so I am confident I will be a great addition to this group."

Gordon Nguyen​

HBHS Chapter Event Coordinator

Junior

Huntington Beach HS

• JV tennis team
  

• Piano
  

• Volunteers at a local pet shelter
  

• Won a gold medal at the regional science fair
  

STEM is a field that will be significant in the future, and it's neat that I can help the next generation of kids find their love of science.

​

Randy Kim

Brea Olinda Chapter President

Junior

Brea Olinda High School

TJ Hsueh

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

• Plays all sorts of instruments.
  
• Certificate of Merit Piano Level 8
  
• 52 community service hours in junior high.
  
• Troy HS Marching Band :D
  

I like to work with kids so that I can allow them to discover what they like about STEM. Lets have fun!

• Piano CM
  
• Cello CM
  
• ADHSHL I3 League JVB Champions
  
• FSD Honor Orchestra
  
• Past Participant of Incubate USC HackSC

"I think this is a great opportunity to serve my community as well as learn skills while cooperating with others. I have had an interest in STEM starting from 3rd grade. I have loved STEM ever since."

NAOMI HORIGUCHI

STEM Instructor

Sophomore​

Troy High School

• AP Scholar
  
• Troy Symphony Orchestra Second Violin First Chair and Section Leader
  
• Troy SERMO Club Co-President
  
• Troy Liberty in North Korea Co-Treasurer
  
• D. Russel Parks Community Service Award
  
  

​​​I believe it is better to be excited for something rather than nervous because nervousness usually comes from doubts while excitement usually means you are well-prepared and confident. I am thoroughly excited to work with kids and get them involved in STEM-based activities! 

Ian Ong

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Miranda Nicusanti

Assistant STEM Instructor

Curriculum/Fundraising Assistant

Brian Kim

STEM Instructor

7th grader

Kraemer Middle School

APRIL CHUN

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School 

David Pantoja

Member

Sophomore

Troy High School 

• National Junior Honor Society Member
  
• STEMup4Youth Leadership Award
  
• STEMup4Youth Community Service Award
  
• President's Award for Educational Excellence
  
•  LAUSD CyberPatriot Competition (2nd Place 2016 middle school division, 3rd place 2017 national division)
  
• CyberPatriot National Finalist
  

I love seeing connections and bonds the kids develop with STEM and us.

• Kraemer Middle School Distinguished Scholar 2017-18
• Kraemer Middle School Chamber Strings First Violin
• Writer's Guild Member
• Prelude Chamber Strings 2016-17

• Troy Principal's Honor Roll
  
• Computer Science
  
• Mathematics 
  
• Troy Marksmanship
  

:)

Natalia Bravo

STEM Instructor

• Founder & Co-President of the HBHS Uno Confederation
  

•  Vice President of the HBHS Vietnamese Student Association
  

•  Chaired GA at Surf City Novice
  

•  HBHS Link Crew Leader
  

•  NHS Member
  

• Avid MUNer

To be perfect is to embrace imperfection.​

•  St. Pius V Catholic School Principal's Honor Roll
  
•  1st Place in the 2016 St. Justin Martyr Regional Spelling Bee
  
• President's Education Award
  
• Troy Tech Student
  
• Troy High School Principal's Honor Roll
  
• Oracle News Writer
  
• 2nd Place in the 2018 Quill and Scroll Review Column
  
• St. Pius V Catholic Church Cantor, Choir Member, and Usher​
  
• Interests: Calligraphy, Games, Shopping, Singing, Slime, Theatre

​I love giving back to the community and seeing smiles brighten up and children’s faces :)

​

• Founder and President of the Unity Club. (teaches members how to make video games and apps using the Unity Engine)
  
• Fluent in C++, C#, Java, Swift.
  
• Finalist in Taipei University's National Problem Solving Competition, a C++ problem set contest.
  
• Published games on the Google Play Store.
  
• Troy Cyber Defense Summer Camp team winner. Won $15 gift card.
  
• Fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese, and a little Spanish.

​​I love teaching my classmates how to program and make apps and games, which is why I founded the Unity club. I gain an enormous amount of joy from helping others out. I love the STEM fields and I wish I can get more people to love it too. I believe that making video games is a way easier way to learn programming as it did for me, as opposed to learning how to code in general. I hope by volunteering, I can learn how to be a better human being and help kids get interested in STEM. ​

• ROTC
  

• Played cello in middle school
  

• Tennis
  

• Basketball
  

Trying is learning.

​

• Flute CM Level 9: Convention, Branch Honor, State Honor
  
• VOCE Solo Winds: State Finalist 2018, 2019
  
• FBLA National Finalist
  
• Cyberpatriot Semifinalist
  
• Taekwondo Black Belt
  

It's so meaningful to influence a child's life!

• Middle school Basketball team
  
• Middle school Soccer team
  

I enjoy teaching math to kids

ESTHER WU

STEM Instructor

JADEN CORDOVA

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School 

• CyberPatriot Team Captain
  
• Warrior Band Trombone Section Leader
  
• LB Quintet Lead Trombonist
  
• Walnut Quantum - Hydromechs Member
  
• Piano CM Level 10 Branch Honors
  
• MATY Vice President
  
• FSD RobotNation II 1st Place
  
• Random DIY Project Machine :)
  

The great things that the majority enjoys comes at the temporary hardships of the few. Yet the few labor on, for the ultimate goal is the success of the team. 

Daniel Wang

Assistant STEM Instructor

Cheryl Wang

Member

Freshman

Troy High School 

Eseuther Lee

Member

Freshman

Troy High School

• 3rd degree black belt taekwondo
• Likes STEM
• Participated in AppJam+ (offered by UCI)
• Played trombone for 2 years
• STEMup4Youth Most Valuable STEM Instructor
• STEMup4Youth Volunteer Service Award

STEM is something all children should be able to experience regardless of race, gender, and lifestyle.

Suparin (Leena) Pitaknarongphorn

Member

Sophomore

Troy High School

• Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM) Regional Math Contest Algebra One Team First Place (2019)
  

•  Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM) State Math Contest Algebra One Team Fourth Place (2019)
  

•  KSEA 9th Grade Grand Prize Winner (2019)
  

•  Camp Invention Counselor-in-Training (June 2018, 65 Hours)
  

•  Uni High Summer Enrichment Camp Counselor (June 2018, 30 Hours)
  

•  Uni High Investment Club (2018 - 2019)
  

•  Uni High Coding Club (2018-2019)
  

•  Uni High Tennis (2019)
  

•  Uni High Orchestra (2019)
  
  

I love helping people learn and understand more about STEM and what they can achieve with it.

​

Patrick Aventino​

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School 

Inaki Gustin

​Member

Senior

Troy High School

• Won first place for art in first grade
  
• Can speak Korean and English
  
• Did soccer for a season couple years ago
  
• Can play the piano
  
• Received many awards for being a good student
  
• Can draw and do well on projects involving hands
  
• Got a few certificates at an academy
  
• Did over 50 hours of community service over the summer and got a certificate
  
• Was a crew leader for church

I love working with kids, dogs, is able to do anything that I am told to do

• AP Scholar
  
• Troy Symphony Orchestra Second Violin First Chair and Section Leader
  
• Troy SERMO Club Co-President
  
• Troy Liberty in North Korea Co-Treasurer
  
• D. Russel Parks Community Service Award
  
  

​​​I believe it is better to be excited for something rather than nervous because nervousness usually comes from doubts while excitement usually means you are well-prepared and confident. I am thoroughly excited to work with kids and get them involved in STEM-based activities! 

Xiaoyi (Sam) Chen

STEM Instructor

Freshman

Troy High School

• NJHS Kraemer middle school
  
• Science Olympiad invitational Medalist
  
• Mathcount 2019 team KMS
  
• Johns Hopkins CTY Grand Award for International Talent Search
  
• Johns Hopkins CTY Study of Exceptional Talent Qualifier
  
• Distinguished Scholar Award 18-19 Kraemer middle school
  
• 1st place for Rubik’s cube challenge for Orange County Math Field Day
  
• Highest individual Score 17-18 Math Olympiad
  
• Second Degree Black belt
  
• Math Field Day School team(won 1st places, 3rd place)
  
• Participated App Jam ++ PYLSD 2019
  

I enjoy helping younger kids grow intellectually.

• One of the founders of the Sunny Hills High School Science-Olympiad Team
• Skills USA Member
• Sunny Hills High School Varsity Girls Golf Team
• Member of BAPS Audio Visual Team
• BAPS Charity Volunteer

• Science Olympiad States Championship Medalists
  

• KMS Science Olympiad Team Member (2nd at states overall)
  

• Science Olympiad Team "Most Spirited Award" 2015
  

• Former Senior Patrol Leader of Boy Scout Troop 723
  

• Life Scout Rank
  

• Troy Cross Country Team Member
  

• Orange County Community Youth Orchestra member

​

"STEM is a really cool way to look at everything around us, and sharing that outlook to kids is a great thing!"

• Troy JV golf team
  
• Troy NJROTC information security team
  
• Science Olympiad regional medalist
  
• Piano
  

I like helping kids learn STEM! :)

• OCAD Club Vice President
  
• OCAD Super Quiz 1st place
  
• OCAD school team 5th place
  
• Labdoo member

I like working with kids in STEM-related activities. 

• Principal's List
  
• Spelling Bee School Competition 3rd Place
  
• School Newspaper Editor
  
• Distinguished Scholar
  
• Math Field Day School Representative & won 3 Medals
  
• Girl Scout Bronze Award
  

I enjoy working with kids especially with the STEM experiments :)

• Johnson & Johnson Care to Recycle Contest Winner
  
• C21 Award (Placentia Library/PYLUSD)
  
• High Honor Roll
  
• Lion's Heart Member
  
• Piano
  
• Basketball
  
• Jijitsu 

I like working with kids and helping them with STEM activities.

• Elementary school daycare worker
  
• Golf player
  
• Karate for 3 yrs
  
• Speaks Chinese
  
• Has instagram meme page 
  
  

​

"I like working with kids since they can be fun to be around."

•  Piano (CM honors),
  
•  Girl scouts (silver and bronze award),
  
•  Middle school science olympiad
  
•  National junior honor society
  

Drink some positivi-tea :)

• THS Marching Band 
  
• Plays the snare drum
  
• Boy Scouts 
  
• Computer Science classes 
  

Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man. 

• National Junior Honor Society Member
  
• STEMup4Youth Leadership Award
  
• STEMup4Youth Community Service Award
  
• President's Award for Educational Excellence
  
•  LAUSD CyberPatriot Competition (2nd Place 2016 middle school division, 3rd place 2017 national division)
  
• CyberPatriot National Finalist
  

I love seeing connections and bonds the kids develop with STEM and us.

RAYMOND MO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Judith Park

Assistant STEM Instructor

• Brea Olinda High School Varsity Tennis Team
  

• Brea Olinda High School Frosh Basketball 2017-2018 (Captain) and Junior Varsity Basketball Team 2018-2019 (Captain)
  

• Volunteer at Fullerton Boys and Girls club with G.I.V.E Organization (Guitar Section Leader and S.T.E.M. 4th grade section leader)
  

• Brea Olinda High School G2G Club (Treasurer)
  

• Guitar (6 Years On Church Praise Team)
  

I've had past experience with volunteering in the stem field with the Boys and Girls club of Fullerton. It was encouraging watching the kids work diligently on their worksheets that we provided for them. Giving to the community, especially kids, and possibly playing a positive role in their lives is encouraging and exciting to experience first hand.

​i enjoy learning and spreading knowledge! the world is a better place when you can also give others what you have gained for yourself.

"Don't stress about the future; Work hard and be present"

• CyberPatriot Team Captain
  
• Warrior Band Trombone Section Leader
  
• LB Quintet Lead Trombonist
  
• Walnut Quantum - Hydromechs Member
  
• Piano CM Level 10 Branch Honors
  
• MATY Vice President
  
• FSD RobotNation II 1st Place
  
• Random DIY Project Machine :)
  

The great things that the majority enjoys comes at the temporary hardships of the few. Yet the few labor on, for the ultimate goal is the success of the team. 

NATALIA BRAVO

STEM Instructor

John Kozlowski

STEM Instructor

PhD Student

University of California Irvine

•  Boy Scouts of America (currently a life scout with the position of assistant senior patrol leader)
  
•  Troy's Cross Country Team
  
•  Troy's HOBY club
  
•  NYLT certified
  
•  Honors Society Award
  
•  Math Kangaroo Award
  
  Ever since I was a kid, I enjoyed constructing things such as Legos. Math, sciences, and the different forms of technology have always fascinated me. Because of my leadership training through scouting, I know how to deal with younger kids and encourage them.

​

"Everyone needs guidance."

• Drama club,
  
• UFC gym,
  
• health,
  
• computer science 

I am fine working with people of all age

• Troy High School Marching Band
  
• Science Olympiad Division B 3rd Place for Fossils 
• President's Education Award
• Travis Ranch Middle School Most Outstanding in the Field of Mathematics  7th Grade
• Travis Ranch Middle School Most Outstanding in the Field of Mathematics  8th Grade
  

     ¨The onion you are eating can be someone else's water lily."

Brian Kim

STEM Instructor

7th grader

Kraemer Middle School

Miseok Kim

​Training Manager

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School 

• Kraemer Middle School Distinguished Scholar 2017-18
• Kraemer Middle School Chamber Strings First Violin
• Writer's Guild Member
• Prelude Chamber Strings 2016-17

Ernesto Barraza-Valdez

STEM Instructor

Physics PhD Student

University of California Irvine

• Troy Principal's Honor Roll
  
• Computer Science
  
• Mathematics 
  
• Troy Marksmanship
  

:)

• Middle school Basketball team
  
• Middle school Soccer team
  

I enjoy teaching math to kids

Yuqing Liu

​Member

Senior

Fairmont Preparatory Academy

BRYAN SONG​

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

AIDEN CHOW

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

University High School

Joseph Oh

Member

Junior

Troy High School

Brian Kim

STEM Instructor

7th grader

Kraemer Middle School

Julia Tran

Member

Junior

Troy High School

Ryan Mya

 STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School

Andrew Hsu

Vice President

​STEMup4All Division Founder

Lead STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

•  FBLA Southern Section VP, State PR Council, and Chapter VP
  
•  Troy Science Olympiad Team Member
  
• I love Astronomy and Physics
  
•  Giving Children Hope VP

​

I like designing things :) whether in curriculum or otherwise... 

• 3rd degree black belt taekwondo
• Likes STEM
• Participated in AppJam+ (offered by UCI)
• Played trombone for 2 years
• STEMup4Youth Most Valuable STEM Instructor
• STEMup4Youth Volunteer Service Award

STEM is something all children should be able to experience regardless of race, gender, and lifestyle.

• National Junior Honor Society Member
  

• Parks Junior High School Honor Roll
  

• Thirteen Five Volunteer
  

• 2016 1st Place Cheerleading Jamz Competition
  

• 2016 1st Place Cheerleading Stunt Award
  

• Loves to travel
  

• Very artistic
  

• Favorite sport: Dance/ Cheer
  

• ​STEMup4Youth President's Volunteer Service Award
  

I love working with kids and I hope to inspire others to be more involved with their community.

• President's Education Award
  
• Lexington Junior High honor roll
  
• GATE student
  
• 4 years of Aikido and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
  
• Haskett Library volunteer
  

I enjoy teaching kids and make learning fun!

Puri Anusha

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Beechwood School

• Participated in UNICEF and FBLA.
  
• I used to play basketball.
  
• I like listening to music on my free time.
  
• I used to play the piano and the viola.

I enjoy helping out!

Jake Bae

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School

ZIYI GUO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Jaden Cordova

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School 

• AP Scholar
  
• Top Ten of Class 2018
  
• GLUE Club Vice President
  
• Active Guzheng Performer in LA County

I love science and would like to promote the charm of the STEM field.

Yi-an Hsieh

STEAMPORT Chapter President

Freshman

University of Pennsylvania 

• Beechwood Principal's Honor Roll
  
• SCSBOA (Southern California School Band Orchestra Association) first violin
  
• Battle of the Books Participant
  
• Contestant of MESA
  

Louise Chen 

Rowland Heights Chapter Secretary

Senior

John A. Rowland High School

ESTHER WU

STEM Instructor

Willow Huang

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

• Whitney High School Varsity Golf Team
  
• First Place in a junior high Stem Olympiad
  
•  Violin (7 years)
  
•  Camp Leader for Student Learning Center
  

​"Give more than you take." 

Brian Liu

STEM Instructor

Lam Phan

Fundraising Assistant

Senior

Troy High School

• FAST Swimming
  
• Troy NJROTC Marksmanship Team
  
• Troy NJROTC Information Security Team
  
• Troy NJROTC SeaPerch Team

I have a little bit of experience helping out with middle school kids, as I was the teacher aide for a year.

• JV Tennis Team
  
• Volunteering at VolunTEENS at Aquarium of the Pacific
• FBLA member
  
• Sophmore Class VP

​

Miku Shimono

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Canyon High School

• 3 time best delegate winner and 5 research awards for MUN,
  

• APA council exec board: dance representative,
  

• NHS exec board: co-president of internal tutoring,
  

• Junior trainee at Festival Ballet Theatre
  

• Harvard Business Program summer course

Work hard, play hard

Arthur Jiang​

Northwood Chapter President 

​Senior

Northwood HS

• Science Olympiad Regional and State Medalist
  
• 2nd place for State-Fish Art Program
  
• Won nationals and represented U.S in DECA Idea Challenge
  
• Play viola in Colburn Young Musicians Orchestra
  
• Played piano for seven years
  
• Troy Golf Team
  

STEM is fun:)

Chloe Heras

Assistant STEM Instructor

ESTHER WU

STEM Instructor

RIIGA TOYOSAKI

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School 

Ryan Mya

 STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School

• National Junior Honor Society Member
  
• STEMup4Youth Leadership Award
  
• STEMup4Youth Community Service Award
  
• President's Award for Educational Excellence
  
•  LAUSD CyberPatriot Competition (2nd Place 2016 middle school division, 3rd place 2017 national division)
  
• CyberPatriot National Finalist
  

I love seeing connections and bonds the kids develop with STEM and us.

• Sunny Hills Junior Varsity Volleyball Team
  
• Sunny Hills World Wildlife Service Club Cabinet - Event Coordinator
  
• Sunny Hills Math Lancer Award 
  

           I love science and kids!!

AIDEN CHOW

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

University High School

BING BING MA

STEM Instructor

Junior

Portola High School

• 7 years of playing cello
  

• Basketball club 
  

• Extensive knowledge of computers
  

• Art Club
  
  

I like to volunteer for helping kids and others

​

• Piano
  
• Viola
  
• Fundraiser committee leader for my dance studio
  
• Helped young kids learn programming at a summer camp
• Robotics, the main programmer for the robot
  
  •  world's championship and won the design award for our robot.
    
• CyberPatriot 10th in Nation

 I love working with kids because while I help them, they always end up teaching me a few things as well.

• President's Award for Educational Excellence National
  

• Junior Honor Society Member
  

• Piano Certificate of Merit Level 8 (preparing for Level 10 next year) 
  

• CyberPatriot Gold Division Semifinalist 
  

• Participant Neighborhood Education Project (community service club) 
  

• stArt Project (Neighborhood Edu. hosted project to teach elementary students about art)
  

• Life of Literacy Project (mobile libraries created for bilingual experiences (at Diamond Bar High
  

• School Korean School)) 
  

• 2018 Korean American Day Art Contest Honorable Mention
  

"Children are the key to our future so we must set an example for them to become greater than we are."

​

Kenneth Tang

​Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

• 3rd degree black belt taekwondo
• Likes STEM
• Participated in AppJam+ (offered by UCI)
• Played trombone for 2 years
• STEMup4Youth Most Valuable STEM Instructor
• STEMup4Youth Volunteer Service Award

STEM is something all children should be able to experience regardless of race, gender, and lifestyle.

• Participated in UNICEF and FBLA.
  
• I used to play basketball.
  
• I like listening to music on my free time.
  
• I used to play the piano and the viola.

I enjoy helping out!

RAYMOND MO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Samantha Huang

Assistant STEM Instructor

Patrick Florendo

Member

Senior

Troy High School

• OCAD Club Vice President
  
• OCAD Super Quiz 1st place
  
• OCAD school team 5th place
  
• Labdoo member

I like working with kids in STEM-related activities. 

• Troy Principal's Honor Roll
  
• Computer Science
  
• Mathematics 
  
• Troy Marksmanship
  

:)

• Piano (elementary)
  
• CAD (middle school - high school)
  
• Troy Swim team (high school)
  
• Community service at Chino Hills Library and tutoring at Fullerton Elks Lodge
  
• Experience with power tools

Don't c[Heaton] his tests"

Meggie Liu

Senior STEM Instructor

Rowland Height Chapter

Senior

Rowland High School

• Troy High School Marching Band
  
• Science Olympiad Division B 3rd Place for Fossils 
• President's Education Award
• Travis Ranch Middle School Most Outstanding in the Field of Mathematics  7th Grade
• Travis Ranch Middle School Most Outstanding in the Field of Mathematics  8th Grade
  

     ¨The onion you are eating can be someone else's water lily."

Catherine Wang

Member

Senior

Troy High School

• Troy Principal’s Honor Roll
  
• Best Buddies Member
  
• Troy Basketball
  
• Violinist
  
• Young Leaders of Orange County Member

I enjoy helping kids learn more and explore the STEM field!

• OCAD Club Vice President
  
• OCAD Super Quiz 1st place
  
• OCAD school team 5th place
  
• Labdoo member

I like working with kids in STEM-related activities. 

• Principal's award
  
• Heart of Hope volunteer
  
• Interest in tennis
  
• Enjoy art and science
  

I enjoy working with kids and helping out! :)

NATALIA BRAVO

STEM Instructor

HENRY LUO

 STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

•  Girl Scout Silver Award
  
•  Kraemer Middle School Science Olympiad Team (Second place at State competition)
  
• First place in Towers & Fast Facts at Kraemer Invitational
  
•  Second place in Detector & third place in Codebusters at Science Olympiad State Competition
  
•  Altar server at church
  
•  Level 8 in piano CM

I had a passion for STEM ever since learning about it as a child. I would like to pass this on to kids today in hopes that it will create many opportunities for them to learn and explore.

• CyberPatriot Team Captain
  
• Warrior Band Trombone Section Leader
  
• LB Quintet Lead Trombonist
  
• Walnut Quantum - Hydromechs Member
  
• Piano CM Level 10 Branch Honors
  
• MATY Vice President
  
• FSD RobotNation II 1st Place
  
• Random DIY Project Machine :)
  

The great things that the majority enjoys comes at the temporary hardships of the few. Yet the few labor on, for the ultimate goal is the success of the team. 

Daniel Lee

Member

Freshman

Troy High School 

•  Cal Poly Femineer participant since 2018
  

• Top 10 student 2018
  

•  Principle’s honor roll since 2017
  

•  Ap scholar with distinction
  

• Publicity of GLUE Club
  

•  Programming Club and CSF CLUB member

I like to make handicrafts.(e.g. Minecraft sword that can light up)

​

• Regents Fellowship UCI
  

• Engineer for 4 Years
  

• PhD Physics Student
  

• Mountain Biking​
  

​Sometimes it's more fun going up a rocky mountain than a paved road

Hana Cho

​Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Khuetu Doan

Web Design Manager

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Henry Luo

 STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

SIMON PARK

STEM Instructor

Senior

  Troy High School

BING BING MA

STEM Instructor

Junior

Portola High School

• Troy High School IB Candidate
  
• Troy High Link Crew Leader
  
• Chapman Holocaust Art and Writing Contest Winner - Art Catagory (year?)
  
• Yorba Linda Middle MathCOUNTS Team Training Assistant

I like working with kids :).

ALEXIS RYAARSDAM

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Nikky Lewis

Rowland Heights Chapter Vice President

Sophomore

Rowland HS

• Kraemer Middle School Distinguished Scholar 2017-18
• Kraemer Middle School Chamber Strings First Violin
• Writer's Guild Member
• Prelude Chamber Strings 2016-17

BRIAN LIU

STEM Instructor

David Kim

Member

Junior

Troy High School 

• Top 10 Overall at Notre Dame Greater Manila Elementary School
  
• Swimmer's Stroke Award
  
• Cerritos Park East Swim Club Member
  
• NSHSS member
  
• Troy Varsity Swim Team
  
• Troy Water Polo Team
  
•  Athletic Award

I enjoy being able to influence kids to see the joy in learning :)

Ernesto Barraza-Valdez

STEM Instructor

Physics PhD Student

University of California Irvine

NEELAM MISTRY

STEM Instructor

Senior

Valencia High School

• President's Education Award 2016
  
• Violinist in Rowland Honors Orchestra/Orchestra
  
• Oboist for 4 years
  
• Caring Through Music club member
  
• Long-term volunteer in elementary school since 2014
  
• Top 10 Student 2018

I hope to promote STEM subjects to kids.

• Middle school Basketball team
  
• Middle school Soccer team
  

I enjoy teaching math to kids

• Varsity Track and Field
  
• CyberPatriot
  
• Webnovel Author
  
• Gold President's Award 2018
  
• Experience with CAD
  
• Experience with Woodshop

Food should be eaten hot, nobody likes cold food..

Naomi Horiguchi

STEM Instructor

Sophomore​

Troy High School

KAVI MARU

STEM Instructor

Senior

​Sunny Hills High School

Lynette Chan

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

  Troy High School

• Elementary school daycare worker
  
• Golf player
  
• Karate for 3 yrs
  
• Speaks Chinese
  
• Has instagram meme page 
  
  

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"I like working with kids since they can be fun to be around."

• Vice President of Chess Club
  
• ABCUSD Recognition of Academic Achievement Award
  
• Member of California Scholarship Federation
  
• Science Olympiad team member
  
• Lab intern at Fullerton College
  
•  Science Department Award of Academic Excellence
  
• Red Cross Blood Donor Ambassador 
  
• Varsity Tennis player
  
• Cerritos Contest for Talented Teens
  
• 1st place winner for poetry and photography 
  
• Math and biology tutor
  
• Honor Guard

I enjoy teaching and interacting with kids whether it be through tutoring or community programs. No matter the subject, I love sharing my passions and watching them grow! I am also passionate about protecting the environment inspiring others to appreciate the beauty of nature through photography and blogging.

RAYMOND MO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

HENRY LUO

 STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

• STEMup4Youth Volunteer Service Award
  
• Principal's List Honor Roll
  
• Piano CM Level 9
  
• Lion Heart VP 2017-2018
  
• Lion Heart Golden PVS Award
  
• 1 year in Junior Chamber Music
  
• 2017 National Piano Playing Auditions: State Level
  
• 2017 MTAC Theme Festival Silver
  
• 2016 MTAC Theme Festival Gold

I enjoy teaching and inspiring kids in STEM! :)

• Sophomore Class President
  
• Troy High School High Honor Roll
  
• American Chemical Society Award Recipient
  
• American Association for Clinical Chemistry Southern California Award Recipient
  
• Certified in Adult and Pediatric First Aid and CPR
  
• Baking Enthusiast
  
• Audio file at heart 

I love working with kids and getting to see their eyes light up when they figure that they have created something great. 

• Presidential Award for Academic excellence in 6th grade.
  
• Piano (completed CM level 8 with Branch Honors) and National Guild Audition at National level).
  
• Play violin as a part of Prelude Orchestra for 3 years and currently part of Kraemer Chamber Orchestra
  
• Member of Kraemer Science Olympiad varsity team representing my school at Nationals in 2019 -Member of Student Site Council 
  
• National Junior Honor Society member in 8th grade

I love working with kids in my community and would like to educate them in different areas of S.T.E.M

• Nation Honors Society Member
  

• Academy of the Preforming Arts
  

• Student Council
  

• Agriculture/Hydroponics Club
  

• Red Cross
  

• Model United Nations (4 Commendations, 3 Outstandings, 3 Research Awards)
  

• Best Director and Best Production (2019 Play Festival)
  

• Accel. 2/Trig and AP Chem
  

• Parent Latino Initiative volunteer

​“Build the world you want to live in”

NOELLE HUMPREY

STEM Instructor

Ju-an Kim

Member

​Junior

Troy High School 

• NJROTC UX Commander
  

• American Red Cross Club
  

• FBLA -Bharatanatyam
  

• Tennis
  

• Badminton
  

• Swimming
  

• Piano
  

• Coyote Hills Ranch, Fullerton, Volunteer
  

• Member of Hope B- Lit which raises funds for underprivileged kids in third-world nations
  

• Kaiser Permanente Volunteer

"I want to be the change that the world needs"

ZIYI GUO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

• Troy Varsity Swim Team
• Freeway League Champions
• Troy CyberDefense Semi-finalist
• Past Swim Instructor for Chino Hills Aquatics

I like working with kids because they’re always creative. My goal is to make them interested in STEM subjects and to help them expand their knowledge. 

TINA (KEXIN) XIE

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School 

NEELAM MISTRY

STEM Instructor

Senior

Valencia High School

Ryan Mya

 STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School

ALEXIS RYAARSDAM

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

• NJHS Member
  

• Distinguished Scholar Award (2019)
  

• Lion's Heart Member 
  

• Jijitsu 
  

• President's Award for Educational Excellence (2018)
  

• Science Olympiad Medalist (Division A and B)
  

• Math Olympiad 
  

• Cub Scouts
  

• Rubik Cube
  

• Battle of the Books Participant (2015)
  

• Vice President of Linda Vista Elementary School (2015)
  

• West Yorba Linda Baseball Championship  (2014)
  

• ​Spelling Bee 1st Place (2014)

TINA (KEXIN) XIE

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School 

Natalie Arce

​Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

La Serna High School

Glory Vo

Member

Sophomore

Troy High School

Harrison Cho

​Member

Freshman

Troy High School

AIDEN CHOW

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

University High School

• Science Olympiad National Medalist 2019
  

• Science Olympiad State Medalist 2019, 2018
  

• Science Olympiad Regional Medalist 2019, 2018
  

• Science Olympiad Team Captain 2019, 2018
  

• National Junior Honor Society President, 2018
  

• Pressing Issues Publications and Service President, Founder
  

• Distinguished Scholar Award 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
  

• Teacher’s Choice Award Science 2018, Language Arts 2018, Math 2017 
  

• Reflections Arts Program Award for Literature 1st Place District, 2nd Place County 2018
  

• US Presidential Award for Academic Excellence 2016
  

• Youth Resident Leadership Academy 2019
  

• WEB Leader 2018
  

• Student Council 2016, 2015, 2014
  

• Fullerton Fire Department Letter of Recognition
  

I always aim to explore the world of science and to exchange ideas, extrapolate explanations, engage the minds of others...and most of all: encourage them to ask WHY

​

• Golf
  
• Drawing
  
•  Engineering Club
  
• Art Club
  
• OC Science
  
• Key Club /Youth Action team/ Math Olympiad

"I like Math-related activities, will join AMC 10 this year. I play Golf at our school, and current in the Varsity Team, I attend Art classes on a regular basis to learn basic art and drawing skills."

• AP Scholar
  
• Principal's Honor Roll 
• Troy Tech Student 
  
• CyberPatriot Competitor 
  
• ​Google Digital Garage Certified 
  
• Social Media Manager of Invention Club 
  
• ​Vice President of Cytech Orange County Chapter 
  
• Middle School ASB Treasurer 
  
• Middle School Basketball Team 
  

•  Troy NJROTC Executive Officer
  
• National Honors Society
  
• STEM Club President
  
•  Global Youth Mission Vice President
  
•  Troy NJROTC Team Black Commander
  
• California Girls State 2019

: )

• I’m an artist (attending art classes for 11 years)
  
• Had my artwork displayed
  
• I’ve done competitions for creative writing
  
• I’ve participated in competitions for math
  
• I go to Mary’s Kitchen to serve those in need
  
•  I’ve gone to the Tenderloin, SF during the summer to help those in need for the past two years
  

I like serving and helping others. I like teaching/tutoring people (school, drawing, etc)

NEELAM MISTRY

STEM Instructor

Senior

Valencia High School

Xiaoyi (Sam) Chen

STEM Instructor

Freshman

Troy High School

Neelam Mistry

STEM Instructor

Senior

Valencia High School

APRIL CHUN

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School 

Noah Kim 

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School 

Ernesto Barraza-Valdez

STEM Instructor

Physics PhD Student

University of California Irvine

RIIGA TOYOSAKI

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School 

NAOMI HORIGUCHI

STEM Instructor

Sophomore​

Troy High School

Anthony Kharrat

​Member

Sophomore

Troy High School 

Julia Lee​

Assistant STEM Instructor

Riiga Toyosaki

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School 

• Plays guzheng
  
• Play in an orchestra
  
• Volunteer outside of school
  
• Enjoys hiking

"I enjoy helping others."

• Member of Troy Drumline
  

• CyberPatriot Competitor
  

• President’s Award Recipient
  

• National History Day Finalist
  

• Epic gamer
  

“Don’t be so mayo”

​

• Cheer
  
• Tap
  
•  Jazz
  
•  Hip hop
  
•  Tennis 
  
• 7th-grade principal honor roll
  
• Photography
  
• Track team

"I enjoy educating young people about STEM"

NAOMI HORIGUCHI

STEM Instructor

Sophomore​

Troy High School

Michelle Solis

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Zensu Nguyen

HBHS Chapter Co President

Junior

Huntington Beach High School

• 1st place YVC Piano Competition & Branch Honors
  

• Glacier Falls FSC member
  

• Science Olympiad Division B medalist
  

• Math Field Day medalist
  

I enjoy helping kids pursue their passion in STEM.

​

•  Participated in UC Irvine Emerging arts.
  
• Strong interest and passion in Computer, Math and coding.
  
• Certificate from STEAM Studio: Engineering and Robotics in 7th grade summer.
  
• Like to make up arts & Crafts.

I would like to learn more about computer, coding and technology in general. I have a strong interest and passion in Math. I like to interact with different people. 

• Troy Principal’s Honor Roll
  
• Best Buddies Member
  
• Troy Basketball
  
• Violinist
  
• Young Leaders of Orange County Member

I enjoy helping kids learn more and explore the STEM field!

Lynvy Chang

STEM Instructor

Freshman

Troy High School

• OCAD Club Vice President
  
• OCAD Super Quiz 1st place
  
• OCAD school team 5th place
  
• Labdoo member

I like working with kids in STEM-related activities. 

Bethany Arabe

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Ryan Mya

 STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School

Cecilia Lee

Member

Sophomore

Troy High School

• USA Biology Olympiad Semifinalist
  
• UCSB Research Mentorship Program Alumni
  
• World Relief Chamber Music Co-President of Senior Center & Violinist
  
• Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Certificate of Excellence
  
• MusicArts2Youth Co-President
  
• Troy Rotary Top 100
  
• AP Scholar with Distinction
  
• Troy National Honors Society
  
• Lion's Heart Torchbearer Award
  
• Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
  
• President's Volunteer Service Gold Awards
  
• Troy QuizBowl Fundraising Adviser
  
• STEMup4Youth Leadership Award
  
• STEMup4Youth Most Valuable Lead STEM Instructor
  
• STEMup4Youth President's Community Service Award
  
• STEMup4Youth Volunteer Service Award

I enjoy helping others

Yuvika Salman

Member

Junior

Troy High School

• ThinkTogether  volunteer student tutor in Santa Ana
  

• Launch-a-business club
  

• Golf
  

• Drums

• Piano.
  

• Robotics team
  

"I like to try to make things easy and fun"

​

KAVI MARU

STEM Instructor

Senior

​Sunny Hills High School

• Past Troy Leo Club member
  
• Interested in computer science
  
• Plays guitar
  
• Plays bass
  
• Plays ukelele
  
• Plays double bass
  

Determination is the key to success. 

Benjamin Wang

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

BRIAN LIU

STEM Instructor

BING BING MA

STEM Instructor

Junior

Portola High School

• One of the founders of the Sunny Hills High School Science-Olympiad Team
• Skills USA Member
• Sunny Hills High School Varsity Girls Golf Team
• Member of BAPS Audio Visual Team
• BAPS Charity Volunteer

•  FBLA Southern Section VP, State PR Council, and Chapter VP
  
•  Troy Science Olympiad Team Member
  
• I love Astronomy and Physics
  
•  Giving Children Hope VP

​

I like designing things :) whether in curriculum or otherwise... 

• Cyberpatriot Competitor
  
• Part of Orange County Cello Ensemble
  
• Student at Ryman Arts
  
• Speech and Debate Competitor
  
• FBLA Competitor 
  

I love challenging myself and experiencing new activities! 

Kristi Lee

Member

Senior

Troy High School

SUPAVIT PITAKNARONGPHORN

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Ziyi Guo

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

• Medicine and Math Club President
• National Honor Society Member
• Orange County Courthouse Illustration Competition, 2nd place
• President’s Award for Education Excellence/Outstanding Academic Excellence Award of the President’s Education Awards Program
• Science Olympiad States Competitor

• Troy JV golf team
  
• Troy NJROTC information security team
  
• Science Olympiad regional medalist
  
• Piano
  

I like helping kids learn STEM! :)

• OA Korean Biliteracy Language Award
  

• AGAPE Love Volunteer
  

• Cerritos Aquatics medal recipient
  

• Student of the month

STEM is cool! :)

Ernesto Rivera

Member

  Sophomore​ 

 Troy High School 

Daeun Lee

Member

8th grader

Kraemer Middle School

Malavhy Kennedy

Assistant STEM Instructor

​Freshman

•  FBLA
  
• Speech and Debate
  
• Model UN
  
•  NJROTC
  
•  Sea Perch
  
• Academic Penthalon
  
• Middle School ASB
  
• Paw Pals (helped Special Education students)
  
•  Pals (sucicide prevention and like helped mediate arguments and tutor students)
  
• School Site Council Representative
  
• AVID
• Science Olympiad
• Mathlete
  
• Library Volunteer

​

​I like science and working for kids.

Andus Van Hao

​Member

Senior

Troy High School

• Archery
  
• Piano
  
•  Robotics club
  
• Interest in the sciences
  

STEM is fun!

Austin Fu

Assistant STEM Instructor

Freshman

Valencia High School

• Troy JV golf team
  
• Troy NJROTC information security team
  
• Science Olympiad regional medalist
  
• Piano
  

I like helping kids learn STEM! :)

RAYMOND MO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Nicole Vuong

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

La Mirada High School

Tyler Huynh

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Octavio Gutierrez

Member

Freshman

Troy High School 

Alina Choi

Treasurer

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

•  Girl Scout Silver Award
  
•  Kraemer Middle School Science Olympiad Team (Second place at State competition)
  
• First place in Towers & Fast Facts at Kraemer Invitational
  
•  Second place in Detector & third place in Codebusters at Science Olympiad State Competition
  
•  Altar server at church
  
•  Level 8 in piano CM

I had a passion for STEM ever since learning about it as a child. I would like to pass this on to kids today in hopes that it will create many opportunities for them to learn and explore.

Ansh Vashisth

 Aliso Viejo Chapter President

Junior

Orange County School of the Arts

• Orchestra
  
• Robotics team
  
• Invention club
• Badminton
  

"Always try first."

Miya Hsueh

Assistant STEM Instructor

Freshman

Troy High School

Yea-jin Lee

Sunny Hills Chapter  President​

• One of the founders of the Sunny Hills High School Science-Olympiad Team
• Skills USA Member
• Sunny Hills High School Varsity Girls Golf Team
• Member of BAPS Audio Visual Team
• BAPS Charity Volunteer

Joshua Cube

Member

​Sophomore

Troy High School

• Flute (middle school first chair)
  

• VBS Volunteer (3 years)
  

• Middle School Engineering Program (3 years)
  

• National Junior Honor Society
  

• WEB Leader Art

I like volunteering because it gives me joy.

• Academic decathlon
  
• Honor roll student
  
• Piano
  
• Technology

I like math and technology.

Yilin Chen

Assistant STEM Instructor

• Past Troy Leo Club member
  
• Interested in computer science
  
• Plays guitar
  
• Plays bass
  
• Plays ukelele
  
• Plays double bass
  

Determination is the key to success. 

BRYAN SONG​

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Riel Reynes

Assistant STEM Instructor

KAVI MARU

STEM Instructor

Senior

​Sunny Hills High School

• Troy Principal’s Honor Roll
  
• Best Buddies Member
  
• Troy Basketball
  
• Violinist
  
• Young Leaders of Orange County Member

I enjoy helping kids learn more and explore the STEM field!

• Principal's List
  
• Spelling Bee School Competition 3rd Place
  
• School Newspaper Editor
  
• Distinguished Scholar
  
• Math Field Day School Representative & won 3 Medals
  
• Girl Scout Bronze Award
  

I enjoy working with kids especially with the STEM experiments :)

• STEMup4Youth Volunteer Service Award
  
• Principal's List Honor Roll
  
• Piano CM Level 9
  
• Lion Heart VP 2017-2018
  
• Lion Heart Golden PVS Award
  
• 1 year in Junior Chamber Music
  
• 2017 National Piano Playing Auditions: State Level
  
• 2017 MTAC Theme Festival Silver
  
• 2016 MTAC Theme Festival Gold

I enjoy teaching and inspiring kids in STEM! :)

• OCAD Club Vice President
  
• OCAD Super Quiz 1st place
  
• OCAD school team 5th place
  
• Labdoo member

I like working with kids in STEM-related activities. 

Sebastien Valladolid​

Member

Senior

Troy High School

Claire Kung

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

• Alpha Chi Sigma Summer Research Fellowship (2016)
  

• Alumni Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2017)
  

• Student Member of the American Chemical Society @ UCLA (2017/2018)
  

• General Chemistry Teaching Assistant @ UCI (2018/2019)

"Science is liberating and should be accessible to everyone"

SUPAVIT PITAKNARONGPHORN

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Alexis Raya

​Fundraising Assistant

Senior

Troy High School

• ​Piano
  
• PTA Visual Art
  
• Presidential Scholar
  
• Reading 

I lava helping with the community and working with people :DD

•  CSL Premier Soccer Player
  
•  CSL 2016 Premier League Champions
  
•  Varsity Soccer and Track
  
• Basketball All-stars 2012
  
• 8 years of playing piano
  
• RSCS Spelling Bee Champion 2014
  
• JV Soccer Offensive and Team MVP
  
• Fresh/Soph Track Warrior Award
  
• Serves at Northpoint EV Free Church

I enjoy helping kids have fun whether it's at church, in other countries on missions trips, or at the soccer field. :)

Meet our "STEMbers"!

ZIYI GUO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

•  Basketball Captain
• Leadership President
• Yearbook
• Student of the Year at Fistler 

Always strive and prosper.

Imani Musembi

Kenya Chapter President

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Chris Kim

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Esha Salman

Assistant STEM Instructor

8th Grader

Beechwood School

NEELAM MISTRY

STEM Instructor

Senior

Valencia High School

• 3rd degree black belt taekwondo
• Likes STEM
• Participated in AppJam+ (offered by UCI)
• Played trombone for 2 years
• STEMup4Youth Most Valuable STEM Instructor
• STEMup4Youth Volunteer Service Award

STEM is something all children should be able to experience regardless of race, gender, and lifestyle.

• Troy High School IB Candidate
  
• Troy High Link Crew Leader
  
• Chapman Holocaust Art and Writing Contest Winner - Art Catagory (year?)
  
• Yorba Linda Middle MathCOUNTS Team Training Assistant

I like working with kids :).

• Sophomore basketball team at Troy HS
  

•  2 1/2 years in JROTC / Drill team commander
  

• 1 1/2 years of FBLA
  

• Asian diversity club secretary at Troy
  

“If you’re comfortable, you’re not growing.”

​

•  Golden Award for over 50 volunteer hours
  
•  Volunteer Counselor for Camp Invention
  
•  AP Scholar
  
•  Ongoing Honor Roll Recipient
  
•  Concurrently enrolled in classes at Saddleback College
  
• Member of the JV Capo Valley High School Surf Team
  
•  Member of Model United Nations
  
•  Student of the Year for Honor's Biology
  
•  Ongoing student in Engineering Courses

"Always try first."

• Science Olympiad States Championship Medalists
  

• KMS Science Olympiad Team Member (2nd at states overall)
  

• Science Olympiad Team "Most Spirited Award" 2015
  

• Former Senior Patrol Leader of Boy Scout Troop 723
  

• Life Scout Rank
  

• Troy Cross Country Team Member
  

• Orange County Community Youth Orchestra member

​

"STEM is a really cool way to look at everything around us, and sharing that outlook to kids is a great thing!"

• Science Olympiad States Championship Medalists
  

• KMS Science Olympiad Team Member (2nd at states overall)
  

• Science Olympiad Team "Most Spirited Award" 2015
  

• Former Senior Patrol Leader of Boy Scout Troop 723
  

• Life Scout Rank
  

• Troy Cross Country Team Member
  

• Orange County Community Youth Orchestra member

​

"STEM is a really cool way to look at everything around us, and sharing that outlook to kids is a great thing!"

•  Gold bracket competitor in SCVA
  

• CyberPatriot semifinalist
  

• Competitor in Speech & Debate Tournament of Champions
  

• FTC Think award
  

It’s better to have questions you can’t answer than answers you can’t question.

​

• Publicity Director for Foster Friends, a club aiming to help children in foster care
  
• Plays the violin in Troy’s Orchestra
  
• On Troy’s CyberPatriot team
  
• I volunteer at my church on a weekly basis
  
• I have won several History and Science competitions in middle school
  
• Honor roll student

Having four younger siblings, I’ve always loved children and am excited to work with them whenever I get the opportunity to.

Brook La

Curriculum Assistant

Senior

Orange County School of the Arts

• I play basketball and soccer
•  I came from Japan
•  I am a major Hypebeast
•  I can play the trumpet 
  

​Kids are fun to work with and I like their reaction to leaning new things. 

APRIL CHUN

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School 

• JUSA
  
• AYSO Soccer team
  
• YVC 2019 piano competition 1st place
  
• Many piano rewards
  
• Play cello
  
•  Principles High Honor roll

Learning is fun.

KAVI MARU

STEM Instructor

Senior

​Sunny Hills High School

ANDREW WU

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

David Van Dyke

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Yorba Linda High School

Hailey Holcomb

HBHS Chapter Vice President

Junior

Huntington Beach High School

Justin Kim

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Xiaoyi (Sam) Chen

STEM Instructor

Freshman

Troy High School

• USACO Club Vice President
  
• Entrepreneurship Club treasurer
  
• AP Scholar with Distinction
  

I'm a high school student attending Troy High School with goals to spread the word on STEM

Dominic Pak

​Assistant STEM Instructor

Fundraising Assistant

Junior

Troy High School

Atticus Kim

Member

Sophomore

​Troy High School

• Honor Roll
  
• National Junior Honor Society member
  
• Troy Volleyball and Softball!!
  
• Adventures in STEM participant
  
• President's Award recipient 
  
• President's Award REcipiant
• Troy Volleyball Captain and MVP
• Troy JV softball
• National Junior Honor Society Member
• CPR certified

Yay STEM!!!​

• Regents Fellowship UCI
  

• Engineer for 4 Years
  

• PhD Physics Student
  

• Mountain Biking​
  

​Sometimes it's more fun going up a rocky mountain than a paved road

Samuel Tao

Assistant STEM Instructor

7th Grader

Kraemer Middle School

• National Junior Honor Society Member
  
• STEMup4Youth Leadership Award
  
• STEMup4Youth Community Service Award
  
• President's Award for Educational Excellence
  
•  LAUSD CyberPatriot Competition (2nd Place 2016 middle school division, 3rd place 2017 national division)
  
• CyberPatriot National Finalist
  

I love seeing connections and bonds the kids develop with STEM and us.

• Previously trained in Piano and Clarinet
  
• An artist with over five years of art classes
  
• Fulton Class of 2016 yearbook staff
  
• Self taught in Cinematography and Film

I enjoy working with youth to promote creativity and individuality. 

• Johnson & Johnson Care to Recycle Contest Winner
  
• C21 Award (Placentia Library/PYLUSD)
  
• High Honor Roll
  
• Lion's Heart Member
  
• Piano
  
• Basketball
  
• Jijitsu 

I like working with kids and helping them with STEM activities.

• President of Japanese club
• Publicity of Girl Up
• Secretary of World First
• Mock Trial Attorney
• Model United Nations
• Canyon Varsity Tennis

I love challenging myself and help kids thrive!

• Honor Roll
  
• National Junior Honor Society member
  
• Troy Volleyball and Softball!!
  
• Adventures in STEM participant
  
• President's Award recipient 
  
• President's Award REcipiant
• Troy Volleyball Captain and MVP
• Troy JV softball
• National Junior Honor Society Member
• CPR certified

Yay STEM!!!​

•  Girl Scout Silver Award
  
•  Kraemer Middle School Science Olympiad Team (Second place at State competition)
  
• First place in Towers & Fast Facts at Kraemer Invitational
  
•  Second place in Detector & third place in Codebusters at Science Olympiad State Competition
  
•  Altar server at church
  
•  Level 8 in piano CM

I had a passion for STEM ever since learning about it as a child. I would like to pass this on to kids today in hopes that it will create many opportunities for them to learn and explore.

• Science Olympiad States Championship Medalists
  

• KMS Science Olympiad Team Member (2nd at states overall)
  

• Science Olympiad Team "Most Spirited Award" 2015
  

• Former Senior Patrol Leader of Boy Scout Troop 723
  

• Life Scout Rank
  

• Troy Cross Country Team Member
  

• Orange County Community Youth Orchestra member

​

"STEM is a really cool way to look at everything around us, and sharing that outlook to kids is a great thing!"

April Chun

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School 

Nina Takashima

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

• SCSBOA All-Southern 2017/2018/2019
  

• CBDA All-State 2018
  

• Dragon Kim Foundation Music Mentor
  

• OCSA Tri-M Music Honor Society Member
  

• Idyllwild Arts Symphonic Band Intensive Principal Flute
  

• Southwestern Youth Music Festival (2nd Place 2015/2017)
  

• Co-President of OCSA Helping Hands 
  

I love to encourage kids to get creative and think outside of their comfort box, especially in STEM.

​

• Honor Roll
  
• National Junior Honor Society member
  
• Troy Volleyball and Softball!!
  
• Adventures in STEM participant
  
• President's Award recipient 
  
• President's Award REcipiant
• Troy Volleyball Captain and MVP
• Troy JV softball
• National Junior Honor Society Member
• CPR certified

Yay STEM!!!​

SUPAVIT PITAKNARONGPHORN

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

• AP Scholar
  
• Troy Symphony Orchestra Second Violin First Chair and Section Leader
  
• Troy SERMO Club Co-President
  
• Troy Liberty in North Korea Co-Treasurer
  
• D. Russel Parks Community Service Award
  
  

​​​I believe it is better to be excited for something rather than nervous because nervousness usually comes from doubts while excitement usually means you are well-prepared and confident. I am thoroughly excited to work with kids and get them involved in STEM-based activities! 

• Section leader of band
  
• Science olympiad
  
• Piano player
  
• Loves art
  

I’ve worked with kids for a long time at my mom’s preschool and it’s really fun!

• President's Honor Roll
  
• Troy High School JV Water Polo
  
• Past Junior Olympics Swimmer
  
• Volunteer for English Learning in Foreign Countries
  
• Wagor International School of Excellence Speech Contest 2nd Place
  
• Graduated from Tzu Chi Academy

I love to help kids finding what they love and enjoy.

• Troy High School Marching Band
  
• Science Olympiad Division B 3rd Place for Fossils 
• President's Education Award
• Travis Ranch Middle School Most Outstanding in the Field of Mathematics  7th Grade
• Travis Ranch Middle School Most Outstanding in the Field of Mathematics  8th Grade
  

     ¨The onion you are eating can be someone else's water lily."

ANDREW WU

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

RIIGA TOYOSAKI

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School 

• Johnson & Johnson Care to Recycle Contest Winner
  
• C21 Award (Placentia Library/PYLUSD)
  
• High Honor Roll
  
• Lion's Heart Member
  
• Piano
  
• Basketball
  
• Jijitsu 

I like working with kids and helping them with STEM activities.

• Principal's List
  
• Spelling Bee School Competition 3rd Place
  
• School Newspaper Editor
  
• Distinguished Scholar
  
• Math Field Day School Representative & won 3 Medals
  
• Girl Scout Bronze Award
  

I enjoy working with kids especially with the STEM experiments :)

• Troy JV golf team
  
• Troy NJROTC information security team
  
• Science Olympiad regional medalist
  
• Piano
  

I like helping kids learn STEM! :)

Arrim Jung

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Gretchen A. Whitney High School

Darren Chen

Walnut Chapter President

Troy High School

• Troy High School - Principal's Honors Roll
• 10/2015 - 2nd place team (debate)
• 12/2015 - 3rd place team (debate)
• 2016 - Southwest National Championship (Debate) - Top 20 Speakers
• 2/2016 - 8th place team (debate)
• 3/2016 - 7th place team, 13th place speaker (debate)
• Judge for Orange County Debate League
• President's Award for Educational Excellence
• Member of American Red Cross Association (club)
• Member of Future Business Leaders of America (Public Speaking)
• Member of NJROTC (Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps) Team Black (unarmed exhibition and regulation drill)
• 2nd degree black belt
   
  

Angelina Tran

Social Media Director

STEM Instructor

Photographer

Troy High School

NOELLE HUMPREY

STEM Instructor

Boyue (Mary) Dong

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School 

• Troy High School IB Candidate
  
• Troy High Link Crew Leader
  
• Chapman Holocaust Art and Writing Contest Winner - Art Catagory (year?)
  
• Yorba Linda Middle MathCOUNTS Team Training Assistant

I like working with kids :).

Kenji Lin

Member

Junior

Troy High School 

• La Serna’s Principal’s List & Honor Roll
  
• California Scholarship Federation Member
  
• Spanish National Honors Society Member
  
• La Serna’s Newspaper Contributor 

I like working with kids because you can inspire them.

• Regents Fellowship UCI
  

• Engineer for 4 Years
  

• PhD Physics Student
  

• Mountain Biking​
  

​Sometimes it's more fun going up a rocky mountain than a paved road

Cheryl Yang

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Natasha Barsagade

Assistant STEM Instructor

Matthew Remley​

Member

 Sophomore 

Troy High School 

Audrey Nguyen

Member

Junior

Troy High School 

NAOMI HORIGUCHI

STEM Instructor

Sophomore​

Troy High School

Andrew Chun

Member

Freshman

Brea Olinda High School

• National Junior Honor Society Member
  
• STEMup4Youth Leadership Award
  
• STEMup4Youth Community Service Award
  
• President's Award for Educational Excellence
  
•  LAUSD CyberPatriot Competition (2nd Place 2016 middle school division, 3rd place 2017 national division)
  
• CyberPatriot National Finalist
  

I love seeing connections and bonds the kids develop with STEM and us.

• Swam competitively since the age of 5
  
• Haiku has won in a National Japanese-American poetry competition
  
• Play the trumpet in jazz bands, concert bands, and orchestras (performed in auditioned honor groups, competed in festivals (including the reno international jazz festival))
  
• Competes in MUN competitions
  
• Was a member of NJHS
  

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In my free time, I enjoy reading nonfiction articles, watching biology and astronomy based documentaries, and swimming.

• Troy Principal’s Honor Roll
  
• Best Buddies Member
  
• Troy Basketball
  
• Violinist
  
• Young Leaders of Orange County Member

I enjoy helping kids learn more and explore the STEM field!

NAOMI HORIGUCHI

STEM Instructor

Sophomore​

Troy High School

• Troy Science Olympiad Team
  
• Junior Olympic swim medalist
  
• Inland Valley Regional Spelling Bee participant
  
• Science Olympiad medalist
  
• USABO semifinalist
  
• plays piano and violin
  
• Troy High School Principal's Honor Roll
  

STEM-ing my way to the future. ; D

Ernesto Barraza-Valdez

STEM Instructor

Physics PhD Student

University of California Irvine

• STEMup4Youth Volunteer Service Award
  
• Principal's List Honor Roll
  
• Piano CM Level 9
  
• Lion Heart VP 2017-2018
  
• Lion Heart Golden PVS Award
  
• 1 year in Junior Chamber Music
  
• 2017 National Piano Playing Auditions: State Level
  
• 2017 MTAC Theme Festival Silver
  
• 2016 MTAC Theme Festival Gold

I enjoy teaching and inspiring kids in STEM! :)

•  Participated in UC Irvine Emerging arts.
  
• Strong interest and passion in Computer, Math and coding.
  
• Certificate from STEAM Studio: Engineering and Robotics in 7th grade summer.
  
• Like to make up arts & Crafts.

I would like to learn more about computer, coding and technology in general. I have a strong interest and passion in Math. I like to interact with different people. 

Joshua Hockman

Placentia Chapter President

Sophomore

Valencia High School

John Kozlowski

STEM Instructor

PhD Student

University of California Irvine

Andrea Florendo

Assistant STEM Instructor

 Sophomore​ 

Troy High School 

Christina Ahn

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

• National Junior Honor Society Member
  

• STEMup4Youth Rookie of the Year
  

• Parks Junior High School Honor Roll
  

• Mathematics Tutor
  

• Canning Hunger Volunteer
  

• Athletic
  

• Artistic
  

• Plays Violin & Piano

• ​STEMup4Youth Most Valuable Committee Leader
  

• STEMup4Youth Community Service Award

I like to help the community by inspiring others through working with kids.

• Math Olympiad Top 1% Elementary School Placer
  
• 2nd Year NJROTC Cadet
  
•  CyberPatriot Quarter Finalist
  
• Member of the Placentia Community Interact Club
  
• Member of the Rotary Club of Placentia

Be who you needed when you were younger.

• Honor Roll
  
• National Junior Honor Society member
  
• Troy Volleyball and Softball!!
  
• Adventures in STEM participant
  
• President's Award recipient 
  
• President's Award REcipiant
• Troy Volleyball Captain and MVP
• Troy JV softball
• National Junior Honor Society Member
• CPR certified

Yay STEM!!!​

• Past Troy Leo Club member
  
• Interested in computer science
  
• Plays guitar
  
• Plays bass
  
• Plays ukelele
  
• Plays double bass
  

Determination is the key to success. 

• Past Troy Leo Club member
  
• Interested in computer science
  
• Plays guitar
  
• Plays bass
  
• Plays ukelele
  
• Plays double bass
  

Determination is the key to success. 

• FBLA Nationals, 3rd place
  
• Cyber Patriot Nationals NJROTC 5th place
  
• Gold USACO Contestant
  
• Rancho San Joaquin Middle School Science Olympiad Team Competitor
  

Computers are a strong point for me. I have previously worked with children teaching them the basics.programming with languages such as scratch.

Noelle Humprey

STEM Instructor

HENRY LUO

 STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Esther Wu

STEM Instructor

• 2017-2018 Band Member at Marina High School
  
• Freshmen Representative on their band event committee
  
• California Junior Scholarship Federation Member 2019-2020
  
• Co-president of the Vietnamese Student Association 2019-2020
  
• Uno Club Treasurer

“Live life and have fun but not too much fun”

Isabella Buenaventura

Member

Sophomore

Troy High School

• 3rd degree black belt taekwondo
• Likes STEM
• Participated in AppJam+ (offered by UCI)
• Played trombone for 2 years
• STEMup4Youth Most Valuable STEM Instructor
• STEMup4Youth Volunteer Service Award

STEM is something all children should be able to experience regardless of race, gender, and lifestyle.

• First Lego League National Champion
• Machine Learning Expert
• Great in robotics and drone technology
• Hardware and software design expert.
• Designed AI done for ITESLfablab
• Good in Virtual reality and gaming.

"Don't trust a computer you can't throw out the window!"

• Girl Scouts of America (Involved for the last 6 years)
  
•  Soccer (Played at the club and recreational level)
  
•  Art (Involved in Art for the last 8 years)
  
•  Cyber Patriot Competitions at Troy High School ( Participated in 7th and 8th grade)
  
•  Participated in seven debate tournaments- Advanced Speaker
  
•  4th place award for Recycling Solutions Essay from the Society of Women Engineers
  

I enjoy STEAM projects because they inspire creativity and problem solving skills. I hope to help others get involved in this as well.

• Troy JV golf team
  
• Troy NJROTC information security team
  
• Science Olympiad regional medalist
  
• Piano
  

I like helping kids learn STEM! :)

Nathaniel Buenaventura

Member

Sophomore

Troy High School

BING BING MA

STEM Instructor

Junior

Portola High School

•  Frosh-Soph Cross Country Freeway League Medalist
  
•  Troy Tech student, interest in Computer Science
  
• D. Russell Parks Award
  
•  Track and Field Sprinter

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“Stack Overflow :)”

Dylan Ando​

HBHS Chapter Secretary

Junior

Huntington Beach High School

Stacey Zhu

Member

Junior

Northwood High School

Brian Kim

STEM Instructor

7th grader

Kraemer Middle School

ZIYI GUO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

• Piano PANEL level Certification of Completion
  
• Rotary Top 100
  
• Principal's Award 2017
  
• 4th Place at Los Angeles Branch Music Scholarship Competition

I enjoy working with kids and helping them ignite the flame that carries them throughout life. 

Ernesto Barraza-Valdez

STEM Instructor

Physics PhD Student

University of California Irvine

• Certificate of Merit Level 9
  

• Branch Honors recipient for 3 years, State Honors for 1 year (CM)
  

• Junior high student council member
  

• CSF member since freshman year
  

• Some work experience in residence homes
  

• Regular "Bread of Angels" volunteer
  
  

Intelligence is equal parts understanding the material, and understanding yourself.

​

Jooyoung Kim

​Assistant STEM Instructor

Freshman

Troy High School

Dillon Ma

Curriculum Manager

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Barbara Cao

Member

Kraemer Middle School

Amariah Peedikayil​

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School 

RIIGA TOYOSAKI

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School 

Nikhil Rajagopal

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Northwood High School

• Troy Orienteering Team
  
• FRC robotics team
  
• JHU grand award winner
  
• Huge math nerd
  
• AMC 8 top 5%
  

• I play basketball and soccer
•  I came from Japan
•  I am a major Hypebeast
•  I can play the trumpet 
  

​Kids are fun to work with and I like their reaction to leaning new things. 

SIMON PARK

STEM Instructor

Senior

  Troy High School

Rachel Xin

Fundraising Director

Junior

Troy High School

• Participated in UNICEF and FBLA.
  
• I used to play basketball.
  
• I like listening to music on my free time.
  
• I used to play the piano and the viola.

I enjoy helping out!

•  FBLA Southern Section VP, State PR Council, and Chapter VP
  
•  Troy Science Olympiad Team Member
  
• I love Astronomy and Physics
  
•  Giving Children Hope VP

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I like designing things :) whether in curriculum or otherwise... 

ALEXIS RYAARSDAM

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

•  FBLA Southern Section VP, State PR Council, and Chapter VP
  
•  Troy Science Olympiad Team Member
  
• I love Astronomy and Physics
  
•  Giving Children Hope VP

​

I like designing things :) whether in curriculum or otherwise... 

• AP Scholar
  
• Troy Symphony Orchestra Second Violin First Chair and Section Leader
  
• Troy SERMO Club Co-President
  
• Troy Liberty in North Korea Co-Treasurer
  
• D. Russel Parks Community Service Award
  
  

​​​I believe it is better to be excited for something rather than nervous because nervousness usually comes from doubts while excitement usually means you are well-prepared and confident. I am thoroughly excited to work with kids and get them involved in STEM-based activities! 

• Troy Varsity Cross Country (1st place solo League Freeway champion Fresh-Soph
  
• Track and Field
  
• Robert C. Fisler Outstanding student from Rotary Club of America
  
• Troy tech student
  
• Science Olympiad 7th and 8th grade
  

STEM makes a huge impact!

• NJROTC program at Troy
  
• Orienteering team
  
• Interested in engineering/architecture
  
• Talented artist

"I want to learn as much from other people as I do my teachers"

• Kraemer Middle School Distinguished Scholar 2017-18
• Kraemer Middle School Chamber Strings First Violin
• Writer's Guild Member
• Prelude Chamber Strings 2016-17

• Cheer
  
• Tap
  
•  Jazz
  
•  Hip hop
  
•  Tennis 
  
• 7th-grade principal honor roll
  
• Photography
  
• Track team

"I enjoy educating young people about STEM"

• CyberPatriot Semifinalist
  
• OCTA Teen Council member
  
• California Girls Go Cyber competition (3rd place)
  
• Honor Roll 

I enjoy working with kids, and I would like to inspire them to discover their passion in STEM.

JADEN CORDOVA

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School 

ANDREW WU

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Phillip Lu

Assistant STEM Instructor

Freshman

University High School

Julianne Nguyen

Member

Andrew Na

 HR Manager

STEM Instructor

• Troy Principle's Honor Roll
  
• Troy Tech student
  
• Valedictorian in 8th grade
  
• Like to read
  
• Play ukulele
  

I like working with kids and reading.

BRIAN LIU

STEM Instructor

• STEMup4Youth Volunteer Service Award
  
• Principal's List Honor Roll
  
• Piano CM Level 9
  
• Lion Heart VP 2017-2018
  
• Lion Heart Golden PVS Award
  
• 1 year in Junior Chamber Music
  
• 2017 National Piano Playing Auditions: State Level
  
• 2017 MTAC Theme Festival Silver
  
• 2016 MTAC Theme Festival Gold