•  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... 

ALEXIS RYAARSDAM

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Cecilia Lee

Member

Junior

Troy High School

• Troy Tech
  
• AP Student 
• Past participant of National Geographic Bee
• Key Club Member

Kids have potential in them, so I'd like to harness that

•  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! 

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

Always strive and prosper.

•  Academic Pentathlon medalist
  
•  Middle School Valedictorian
  
•  Author of Love Returns (unpublished 50-page novel)
  
•  FBI Cyber G-Girl  Academy  participant
  
• Interned at the Boeing Company
  
• Lion's Heart volunteer
  
•  Discovery Cube volunteer
  
• Link Crew leader
  
• NHS member
  
•  Questbridge College Prep Scholar
  
• AP Scholar with Honors
  
•  Principal's Honor Roll
  
• President's Award for Academic Excellence
  
•  STEMup4Youth Volunteer Service Award
  
•  President's Volunteer Service Award: Gold, Silver, and Bronze
  
• 2018 Torchbearer Award
  
• 2017 Girls Inc. Network Award Program "Strong, Smart and Bold Young Woman"
  
• C2 Education Summer Scholarship
  
• 2019 Girls Inc. National Scholarship recipient

The crazier the kid, the better!

• 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."

Liwen Xia

Walnut Chapter Secretary

ALUMNI

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.

• 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! :)

Xiaoyi (Sam) Chen

STEM Instructor

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!!!​

Yeeun Kim​

Member

Senior

Troy High School

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! 

• 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."

Arrim Jung

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Gretchen A. Whitney High School

ANDREW WU

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

ALEXIS RYAARSDAM

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

• Horseback riding 
  
• Sports 
  
• Girl Scouts

​Determined, passionate, helpful and love working with kids.​​​

Boyue (Mary) Dong

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School 

SUPAVIT PITAKNARONGPHORN

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

TINA (KEXIN) XIE

STEM Instructor

Senior

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. 

• Member of Troy Drumline
  

• CyberPatriot Competitor
  

• President’s Award Recipient
  

• National History Day Finalist
  

• Epic gamer
  

“Don’t be so mayo”

​

Jacob Jayme

​Member

Senior

Troy High School

• Cyber Patriot 10th Place Nationalist in the Gold Tier
  

• International Baccalaureate Student at Troy High School
  

• California Scholarship Federation Member
  

• Proficient in Java and Python
  

"I love STEM because of its many opportunities to engage your curiosity"

​

Brian Kim

STEM Instructor

7th grader

Kraemer Middle School

ZIYI GUO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Meet our "STEMbers"!

ZIYI GUO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Audrey Na

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School

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

I like working with kids and reading.

Amariah Peedikayil​

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy 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. 

• 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!"

Shafial Zaman

​Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School 

Ryan Mya

 STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School

• 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

• 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 :)

• 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."

Wenchao Hu

Member

Junior

Whitney 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.

RAYMOND MO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

• 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. 

Megan Loh

Coding & Robotics Divisions Founder

 President 2018-2020

Advisor

​Standford University

Nathaniel Buenaventura

Member

Junior

Troy High School

• National Junior Honor Society Member in Middle School
  
• 3rd Place in VEX Robotic Competition in 2019
  
• Academic Excellence 2nd place in 2016
  
• Presidential Award for Physical Education

Children are blank they can be molded into anything

NATALIA BRAVO

STEM Instructor

John Kozlowski

STEM Instructor

PhD Student

University of California Irvine

• Six years of cello
  

•  Nine years of piano
  

•  Troy ilium 
  

• Cyber defense team

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

• Water Polo
  

• Color guard scholarship in Brea Jr. High
  

• NJHS Member
  

• President's Award for Academics in Jr. High

​

• 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

Onboarding Director

STEM Instructor

Senior

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

• Math Olympiad
  
• President’s Education Award
  
• iPersonalize
  
• California Legislature Assemble Recognition
  
• Member of Parks Junior High’s National Honor Society
  
• Parks Junior High’s Art Club President (former)
  
• Jazz Band
  
• Member of Parks Junior High’s ASB Leadership Class
  
• Parks Junior High’s basketball team player
  
• Member of Troy High School’s Marching Band
  
• Member of Troy High School’s Robotics Club
  
• TSA
  
• Competed in Rondori Competition for judo
  
• Instruments: Piano, Guitar (acoustic/electric), ukulele, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax, Fife :) idk just a bunch
  
• Interests: Art-sketch, music, instrumental/voca, cooking/baking, organization, a good book/movie, video games, nerdy stuff :) basketball, judo, and volleyball 
  

I like working with kids who are ambitious and eager to learn.  As for the kids who are forced here because of parents, I can relate but I’m determined to make this the best for them in hopes of changing their mind. :) ​

•  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.

Ernesto Barraza-Valdez

STEM Instructor

Physics PhD Student

University of California Irvine

Jaden Cordova

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School 

• 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."

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

:)

Isabella Bustamante

Member

Kayla Sim

Member

Junior

Troy High School 

• Middle school Basketball team
  
• Middle school Soccer team
  

I enjoy teaching math to kids

Vincent Pastrana

​Member

Senior

​Troy High School

Puri Anusha

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Beechwood School

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

"I enjoy educating young people about STEM"

BRYAN SONG​

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

AIDEN CHOW

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

University High School

Brian Kim

STEM Instructor

7th grader

Kraemer Middle School

•  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.

Somin (Ella) Moon

Assistant STEM Instructor

Troy High School

Ryan Mya

 STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School

Andrew Hsu

President

​STEMup4All Division Founder

Lead STEM Instructor

Senior

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... 

• National Junior Honor Society Member
  
• LAUSD CyberPatriot Competition
  
• 3 years Singing- G.S. ARTS ACADEMY, Best Performance Award
• 5 years Hope B-Lit Charity Commercial 2017 Ruhi Hakh The Wiz
• Lead role-witch, 2017 Aladdin
  
• 2 years of Speech and Debate
  
• Nova 42 Academy Speech and Debate
  
•  Nova 42 Academy, Claremont College
• SPAR
  
• Impromptu Society of Women Engineers Congressional App Challenge
  
• Honorable Mention Coyote Hills Ranch, Fullerton
  
• Volunteer Red Cross, Fullerton
  
• Volunteer Fullerton Public Library

"It's not the fact that you do something for recognition, it's the fact that you recognize what you're doing"

• 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.

• 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!!!​

• Southern California Middle School Honor Choir
  
• Choir for 3 years in middle school
  
• Cyber Patriot
  
• Guitar
  

"Volunteering gives you a different scope.

• 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.

• 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."

• 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!

Sahan Theegala

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Stacey Zhu

Member

Senior

Northwood High School

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

Learning is fun.

• 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.

​

• 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

​

ZIYI GUO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy 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."

Yi-an Hsieh

STEAMPORT Chapter President

Sophomore

University of Pennsylvania 

ESTHER WU

STEM Instructor

Natalia Bravo

STEM Instructor

Mia Horiguchi

Assistant STEM Instructor

8th grader

Beechwood E2-elementary

• Cyber Patriot
  

• Robotics
  

• Marching Band,
  

• Winter Drumline Finalist
  

I like working with other people, teaching, and learning

​

• Model United Nations: 6 research awards, 3 Commendations, 1 Outstanding award, and 1 Best Delagate award
  

• National Honors Society Member
  

• Secretary of the HBHS robotics club
  

• Varsity Tennis Player
  

• Parent Latino Initiative Volunteer
  
  

"If you only face forward, there will be things you miss seeing"

​

• 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. 

Atticus Kim

Member

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!

Phillip Lu

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

University High School

Ian Ong

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

• LINK Club
  
• Cyberpatriot team
  
• 3rd degree black belt
  
• Minor-tourney level tennis
  

Good with young kids and technology

NOELLE HUMPREY

STEM Instructor

• Troy High School Tech and IB programs
  
• Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra
  
• Viola player
  
• Troy Fresh basketball team
  
• Interested in the medical field
  

I like to help people learn and teach them how to do certain things. 

Ernesto Barraza-Valdez

STEM Instructor

Physics PhD Student

University of California Irvine

NAOMI HORIGUCHI

STEM Instructor

Sophomore​

Troy High School

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

STEM is fun!

Richard Pacheco

​Member

Senior

​Troy High School

• 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."

John Kozlowski

STEM Instructor

PhD Student

University of California Irvine

Jeonghyun Park

Assistant STEM Instructor

AIDEN CHOW

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

University High School

KAVI MARU

STEM Instructor

Senior

​Sunny Hills High School

Andrea Florendo

Assistant STEM Instructor

 Junior 

Troy High School 

ANDREW WU

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

BRYAN SONG​

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Jeffrey Mun

Recruitment Manager

Senior

Troy High School

• KMS ASB leader
  
• National Junior Honor Society Member
  
• Orange County Theme Festival for piano 1st place
  
• Piano Certificate of Merit Advanced Level 10
  

Hello! :)

Suparin (Leena) Pitaknarongphorn

Member

Junior

Troy High School

Justin Tan

West Covina Chapter President

STEM Instructor

Allision Lin

West Covina Chapter Vice President

Walnut 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!

NAOMI HORIGUCHI

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.

Imani Musembi

Kenya Chapter President

STEM Instructor

ALUMNI

Troy High School

Kenneth Tang

​Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

• 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!

• 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

John Kozlowski

STEM Instructor

PhD Student

University of California Irvine

•  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.

Aiden Chow

STEM Instructor

Junior

University 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! 

BING BING MA

STEM Instructor

Junior

Portola High School

Shivum Joshi

 STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Valencia 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 :).

Eseuther Lee

Member

Sophomore

Troy High School

ALEXIS RYAARSDAM

STEM Instructor

Junior

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.

Nikky Lewis

Rowland Heights Chapter President

Junior

Rowland HS

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

I like helping kids learn STEM! :)

• Vice President of the Spanish Club
  

•  Varsity Tennis
  

•  Cross Country
  

• Church Worship Leader
  

• Piano (Reached CM Level 8)
  

•  Secretary of NJHS (National Jr. Honors Society)
  

•  President of NLYM (National League of Youth Men 2022)
  

•  Class Representative (Algebra 2 Honors)
  

•  Student of the Month (Algebra 2 Honors, AP Human Geography)
  

•  Presidential Award (NLYM)
  

•  Math Team Member
  

• ​ASB Member

Proverbs 16:9 - “The heart of
man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps”
​

• 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

• National Honors Society member
  

• Vice President of the Vietnamese Student Association
  

• Co-president of Huntington's Helping Hands
  

• Jr. Youth Buddhist Association member
  

• Performs for Daion Taiko
  

• Agriculture / Hydroponics club member​
  

I'm grateful to be able to help encourage the next generation's interest in the STEM field!

​

• 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"

​

• 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! 

Nathan Tran

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

• Photographer
  
•  Guitarist
  
• La Galaxy Club Soccer, athlete of the year award(May 2017)
  
•  Musician of the year award(May 2017)
  
•  Principal honor roll (May 2018)
  
•  Parks Jr High Yearbook staff (2017-2018)
  
•  Troy High ASB (Current)
  
  
  

I am excited to be joining this club this year and contributing what I can to this club!

• President's Award for Educational Excellence
  
• Consistent Honor Role
  
• California Junior Scholarship Federation Member
  
• Recipient of Suzanne Middle School Challenger Award
  
• Science Olympiad Division B Regional and State Medalist
  
• Recipient of First Tech Challenge Think Award
  
• Business Captain of Robotics Team
  
• Founder and President of Photo Club
  
• Vice President of Care Club 
  

I love being able to impact kids' lives.

• 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”

• 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!

• National Junior Honor Society
  
• MSA (academic/volunteering club, sophomore board member)
  
• Science club
  
• Cross country
  
• Track and field
  
• Top 20

"Life is too short to remove the USB safely."

Omar Yahia

​Member

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. 

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

ESTHER WU

STEM Instructor

JADEN CORDOVA

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School 

Daniel Lee

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Sunny Hills High School

Xiaoyi (Sam) Chen

STEM Instructor

Freshman

Troy High School

• 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!"

• 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 

•  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. 

Susanna Cao

Assistant STEM Instructor

​Sophomore

Valencia High School

• 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."

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

Drink some positivi-tea :)

•  Instructor at Mathnasium of Brea
  
•  MYC Sailing Team
  
•  Piano
  
•  Water Polo
  
•  Ballet En Pointe

I love new experiences and traveling. I hope with STEMUp kids are encouraged to learn something new! 

​

BRIAN LIU

STEM Instructor

•  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.

• Member of Renaissance leadership program 2016-2017
  
• President of Let It Be Club at CHJH
  
• National Junior Honors Society member
  
• Played piano and clarinet for several years
  
• Principal's Honor Roll
  
• Elementary School Spelling Bee 3rd place winner
  

I like working with kids and animals. 

TINA (KEXIN) XIE

STEM Instructor

Senior

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. 

David Kim

Member

Senior

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

• 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

BING BING MA

STEM Instructor

Junior

Portola High School

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

​

• 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!!!​

Ebba Adinew

​Member

Junior

Troy High School 

• CSL Premier Soccer Player
  
• 8 Year Piano Player
  
• Reflections Art "Award of Merit" District Winner
  
• Albion Cup Soccer Champions
  
• Serves at Northpoint Evangelical Free Church
  
• Legends Classic Finalist
  
• Basketball All Star 2013
  
• 2nd Place Bible Quiz Finalist

I enjoy going on missions trips and serving kids in other countries 

• 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!

• YMCA basketball team member
  
• Ladera vista Jr High School Honors Student
  
• 40+ volunteer hours at the Placentia Library
  
• Caring for family and friends

I love working with everyone!!

• First place in OC Maker challenge (app augmented category)
  
• Top Student in 8th grade STEM class
  
• Familiar with many robots
  
• Love the ocean

My love for STEM came from the fact that you could do anything with technology. Ever scince I was a kid I loved to build and program and, would love to share that experience while simultaneously teach kids.

ZIYI GUO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Henry Luo

 STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Ryan Mya

 STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School

NEELAM MISTRY

STEM Instructor

Senior

Valencia 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. 

Malcolm Hoang

Design Chair

STEM Instructor

•  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.

​

•  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... 

Dominic Pak

​Assistant STEM Instructor

Fundraising Assistant

Senior

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

• 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! :)

• Troy High Science Olympiad team member
  
• Science Olympiad state finals gold medalist
  
• Double Bass for 3 years
  
• Music K-8 Runner-up

STEM is cool

• 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"

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

"I enjoy educating young people about STEM"

JADEN CORDOVA

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School 

Andrew Chun

Member

Sophomore

Brea Olinda High School

Brian Kim

STEM Instructor

7th grader

Kraemer Middle School

APRIL CHUN

STEM Instructor

Senior

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"

Divij Karnani

​Member

Senior

Troy High School

David Van Dyke

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Yorba Linda 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! :)

• 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.

• 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. 

BRIAN LIU

STEM Instructor

• 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.

ALEXIS RYAARSDAM

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Anna Zhao

​Member

Senior

Troy High School

• LA county library bookmark winner
  
• Congresswoman art winner
  
• DBPAC cello competition 2nd place
  
• ABRSM piano grade 7 merit
  
• Principle roles
  

I have great personality to work with teams.

• 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.

• 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

Jake Bae

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy 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."

Audrey Nguyen

Member

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.

NOELLE HUMPREY

STEM Instructor

Daeun Lee

Member

Freshman

Samuel Chuang

​Member

Senior

Troy High School

• 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.

Ju-an Kim

Member

​Senior

Troy High School 

Kevin Zeng

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School 

Xiaoyi (Sam) Chen

STEM Instructor

Freshman

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 :).

• 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. ​

•  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 State and Regional Medalists 
• MATHCOUNTS Individual Ranking Participant
• Math Olympiad scored in top 25%
• Certificate of Merit (Violin and Piano)
• Junior Chamber Music
• CTY Honor Student
• Tzu Chi Volunteer Member
  
  

• 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

• 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 :)

• ROTC
  

• Played cello in middle school
  

• Tennis
  

• Basketball
  

Trying is learning.

​

Jennifer Long

Fundraising Assistant

Junior

Troy High School

Glory Vo

Member

Junior

Troy High School

Brian Feng

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

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!

• 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! :)

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

• 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."

NEELAM MISTRY

STEM Instructor

Senior

Valencia 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. 

• FBLA Coding and Programming (2nd place at State, 7th place at Nationals)
  

• Proficient in Python, Java, C, Node.js
  

• Proficient with Arduino and Raspberry Pi
  

• Taught underprivileged middle school students math
  

• Senior patrol leader of a Boy Scouts Troop

​

I love teaching kids using new types of technology

​

Willow Huang

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Ernesto Barraza-Valdez

STEM Instructor

Physics PhD Student

University of California Irvine

• 1st place ISI World Championship 2017- Artistic and Open FS Gold
  
• USFS Senior Gold Medalist- Moves in the Field
  
• Award of Excellence- Visual Arts (PTSA Reflections)
  
• Member for California Scholarship Federation
  
• LOVES to draw, skate, dance, and take pictures
  
• Traveled to France, England, Switzerland, Germany, China, Taiwan, Japan 
• Completed the Game Coding and Computer Science for Beginners workshop at the 26th Annual Summer Science Camp sponsored by Boeing

I love meeting new people and working together Ü

JADEN CORDOVA

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School 

•  Junior Varsity Cross Country and Track
  

•  Oracle news page writer
  

•  National Junior Honor Society Member in middle school
  

• Member of MIST club
  

• Member of Ronald McDonald Volunteer Group
  

• President of Giving Harmony Foundation
  

•  Received Rotary Award in middle school
  

• Superior award for MTAC Piano Ensemble Festival
  

• Winner of Piano Solo Competition 2017
  

I hope to inspire the kids to pursue STEM.

​

NATALIA BRAVO

STEM Instructor

Ansh Vashisth

 Aliso Viejo Chapter President

Senior

Orange County School of the Arts

Gordon Nguyen​

HBHS Chapter Event Coordinator

Senior

Huntington Beach HS

• 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.

• 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. 

Andrew Wu

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

SIMON PARK

STEM Instructor

Senior

  Troy High School

Rachel Xin

Fundraising Chair

Senior

Troy High School

Ernesto Barraza-Valdez

STEM Instructor

Physics PhD Student

University of California Irvine

NEELAM MISTRY

STEM Instructor

Senior

Valencia 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"

Cheryl Wang

Member

Sophomore

Troy 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

• President's Volunteer Service Award
• AP Scholar with Distinction
• Piano CM Perfect Theory Score
• Troy Varsity Swim Team
• Freeway League Champions
• Troy Scholar Athlete Award
• Troy UNICEF President
• High School Student Affiliate of American Psychological Association
  
• Past Participant of Cal Poly SLO Engineering Possibilities in College ​

​

I have been exposed to different engineering fields since I was a child.  Because of this, I have obtained the knowledge of how to help kids get involved in the STEM. Also, I am a High School student affiliate of the American Psychological Association.  

• National Honor Society Member 2019
  
•  President’s Award for Educational Excellence 2017
  
• Student Council Class Representative 2014
  
• Basketball player and violinist

Remember to Foster Your Future

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

"I enjoy helping others."

Ashley Kim

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

​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. 

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

​

“Stack Overflow :)”

KAVI MARU

STEM Instructor

Senior

​Sunny Hills 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 :).

Samuel Tao

Assistant STEM Instructor

8th Grader

Kraemer Middle School

•  NJROTC
  

• Instrument: piano
  

• MathCounts team in middle school
  

•  fluent in Korean
  
  

I love to help other people when I can

​

Sharleen Loh

Founder & CEO

President 2013-2018

Advisor

Harvard University

Austin Fu

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Valencia High School

Lynvy Chang

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School

•  Music Teachers' Association of California - Certificate of Merit 2019 - Piano Level 4
  

• Junior Girl Scout
  

•  FastSwim pre-team swimmer
  

•  Participated in Robot Nation team at Beechwood Elementary
  

•  Flute player at Beechwood Elementary band
  

• Art classes at The Arthouse in Fullerton
  
  

"I am a good helper, and like to assist my teacher in different activities at school."

​

Victor Eze

Member

Sophomore

• John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Member
  
• Member of WRCM (World Relief Chamber Music)
  
• All-Southern and All-State Honor Band 2017
  
• 1st Place Anatomy and Physiology and 2nd Place Ecology in 2017 Science Olympiad LA County Regionals (Div. B)
  
• 1st place Ecology 2017 CA State Science Olympiad (Div. B)
  
• Presidents Award for Educational Excellence 2017
  
• Gold Star Honor Roll
  
• Principals Honor Roll in South Pointe 2014-2017
  
• Participant in the 8th Robot Rally and recipient of Award of Excellence for Outstanding Performing
  Member of AYSO until 2014
  
• Member of the Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble
  
• California Junior Scholarship Federation Member
  
• Bollywood dancer at RIPA
  
• STEMup4Youth Community Service Award

I love watching kids' faces light up when they do fun STEM activities. Let's go and show everyone that STEM is fun!

• 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! :)

• 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

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

• Middle school Basketball team
  
• Middle school Soccer team
  

I enjoy teaching math to kids

APRIL CHUN

STEM Instructor

Senior

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)

• CyberPatriot Semifinalist
  
• Club swim,
  
• Varsity swim
  
• President's Award for Educational Excellence

I want to try something new and teach kids important skills.

•  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."

Xiaoyi (Sam) Chen

STEM Instructor

Freshman

Troy High School

APRIL CHUN

STEM Instructor

Senior

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

KAVI MARU

STEM Instructor

Senior

​Sunny Hills 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! :)

Jamie Lee

Member

Junior

Orange County School of the Arts

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

I am fine working with people of all age

• 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 :).

Brian Kim

STEM Instructor

7th grader

Kraemer Middle School

Allison Lu

Maya Chapter President

ALUMNI

Valencia 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.

• 7 years of playing cello
  

• Basketball club 
  

• Extensive knowledge of computers
  

• Art Club
  
  

I like to volunteer for helping kids and others

​

• ​Kraemer NJHS Secretary
  

•  Kraemer Middle School Distinguished Scholar and Academic Award
  

•  National Science Olympiad Medalist
  

• 1st place YVC Piano Competition and Branch Honors
  

•  Student Council and Friday Night Live

​I hope to teach and help younger kids and the future generations with the understanding and benefits of STEM.

• 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."

RIIGA TOYOSAKI

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School 

• Troy Orchestra
  
• Played many sports when young including basketball and soccer
  
• President's Award for Educational Excellence (2017)
  
• Troy No Barriers Treasurer
  
• Was part of IHP during middle school (Individual Honors Program)
  

I've worked with children for several years both for Church and as a teacher's aide for Korean school. I love doing anything related to fields in STEM, especially science.

TINA (KEXIN) XIE

STEM Instructor

Senior

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.

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

"I enjoy educating young people about STEM"

Julia Tran

Member

Senior

Troy High School

Savannah Arabe

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

•  Finalist at American Drumline Association State Championships 2019
  

•  CyberPatriot Member
  

• Plays Tuba and Trombone
  

• Performed in Troy High's Jazz Band 2018-2019
  

I enjoy furthering the understanding kids have of STEM activities.

​

• 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."

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• 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

• Distinguished student award (8th grade)
  
• NJROTC nationals qualifier (9th grade) we were the first team that went as a second team for a school in NJROTC history
  
• debate championships 2nd place (8th grade)
  
• student of the month for 5 months straight in ROTC (9th grade)
  
• student of the month in Spanish 2 (10th grade)
  
• ROTC team black unarmed drill team (10th grade)
  
• ROTC team red unarmed drill team (9th grade)
  
• Wells Club (9th and 10th grade)
  
• Red Cross (9th grade)
  
• ROTC photography department (10th grade)

"I enjoy and prioritize communicating with those around me due to the social environment I lived through as a child."

•  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... 

• NHJS Member
• Geography Bee Champion
  
• CHJHS Robotics Team
  
• Backroom Backing Club Member
  
• Algebra 1 Math Tutor/TA
  
• Badminton Unprofessional Player (5 years)
  
• Best Buddies Club Member
  
• MUN Club Member
  
• MUN Conference Accolades
  
• PTU Club Member
  
• Pediatric Cardiologist Doctor Shadow
  
• Accepted CHLA Volunteer Member
  

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""STEM is the future and the future is children."

• 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. 

Dylan Ando​

HBHS Chapter Secretary

Senior

Huntington Beach 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

Priscilla Tao

Valencia HS Chapter President

STEM instructor

Freshman 

​UCSD

NOELLE HUMPREY

STEM Instructor

• USA Biology Olympiad Semifinalist
  

• University of Toronto National Biology Competition Top 50
  

• British Biology Olympiad Gold
  

• Purple Comet Math Meet 1st Place
  

• Orange Coast College Math Meet 1st Place
  

• Mathleague Regional Competition 1st Place
  

• AIME Qualifier
  

• Johns Hopkins Center of Talented Youth Study of Exceptional Talent Qualifier
  

• President's Volunteer Service Award - Gold

I hope to pursue a career in the STEM fields while spreading my passion for STEM to children in our community. I design and hold activities for kids that are both educational and fun, so that they can discover and build upon their interests early on in their lives. 

• 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.

​

• 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. 

John Kozlowski

STEM Instructor

PhD Student

University of California Irvine

• 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!

AN AWARD-WINNING ORGANIZATION

​ helping kids stem up to greater heights in the STEM fields

Khuetu Doan

Web Design Director

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

SIMON PARK

STEM Instructor

Senior

  Troy High School

 Ojasvi Godha

Member

Junior

Troy High School 

HENRY LUO

 STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Edward Kim

​Member

Junior

Crean Lutheran High School

Riiga Toyosaki

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School 

• 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. 

• Troy Basketball Team
  
• Science Olympiad member
  
• Black belt
  
• Cyberpatriot
  

:D

John Kozlowski

STEM Instructor

PhD Student

University of California Irvine

• 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.

Joanna (Liang) Qiao

Member

Senior

Portola High School

• Gold President's Award For Educational Excellence
  
• Mark Kepple HS Science Field Day Ecology 3rd place
  
• MATHCounts competitor
  
• Math Olympiad competitor
  
• MATHcounts competition team captain
  
• Mathematics tutor
  
• Volunteer for 10+ organizations
  
• Chinese Cultural Festival representative
  
• Middle School Honor Roll student
  
• Main director for Chinese Cultural Performances
  

Just like the quote "Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see," we are here to unlock the children's imaginable minds and to spark the start of the technological future!

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

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

Daniel Sim

STEM Instructor

Freshman

Troy High School

• Pacific Coast League, Tennis Doubles Champion - 2019
  
• Selected All Orange County Boys Tennis – First team
  
•  Boys Varsity Team Captain 2018-2020 
  
• Member of Northwood’s Irvine 01 CubeSat STEM Program
  
•  Finalist (Research presentation – Environmental water quality project), Odyssey of the Mind Tests for Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science (TEAMS) 2017 National Competition, Orlando, Florida
  
•  Finalist (Research presentation – Micro-transit Infrastructure), Odyssey of the Mind Tests for Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science (TEAMS) 2018 National Competition, Atlanta, Georgia
  
•  OCTA Resolution of Appreciation Issued by the Board of Directors 
  
•  Northwood Representative for IUCPTA High School Advocacy Trip to Sacramento, January to March 2019

I love to work with kids and young teenagers to spark their interest in the field of STEM and to expose them to the numerous potential jobs that STEM can offer.

• 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. 

• 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. 

•  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."

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

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• 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!

Artemis Tran

HBHS ​Chapter Historian

Senior

Huntington Beach 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"

• 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. 

Noah Clement

​Member

Junior

Troy High School 

ZIYI GUO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

HENRY LUO

 STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Joshua Cube

Member

​Junior

Troy High School

ESTHER WU

STEM Instructor

RIIGA TOYOSAKI

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School 

Justin Kim

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

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