• Science Department Student of the Year
  
• Science Olympiad Participant
  
• SVMS Science Olympiad Tutor
  
• Well versed with violin
• 7 year violin player

Like the great Kevin Miura who made it his mission to spread the love of music far and wide, so will I spread the love for science to the boundaries of this universe.

Xiaoyi (Sam) Chen

STEM Instructor

Freshman

Troy High School

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:)

• 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! :)

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

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

:D

• 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 :).

• KMS Distinguished Scholar
  

• Piano Certificate of Merit
  

• KMS Chamber Strings
  

• WGASC First Place/undefeated season
  

• Artist
  

I love supporting and working with kids in any way I can.

​

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

Always strive and prosper.

• 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.

•  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! 

​

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

Determination is the key to success. 

TINA (KEXIN) XIE

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School 

Eric Son

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

• Middle school Science Olympiad member
  
• Middle school valedictorian
  
• Principal's Honor Roll
  
• CHOC Club board member

I like working with kids.

•  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. 

• 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!!!​

RAYMOND MO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Nicole Vuong

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

La Mirada 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. 

Octavio Gutierrez

Member

Freshman

Troy High School 

Alina Choi

Treasurer

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

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

BRYAN SONG​

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

AIDEN CHOW

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

University High School

Joseph Oh

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!

Louise Chen 

Rowland Heights Chapter Secretary

Senior

John A. Rowland 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. 

ESTHER WU

STEM Instructor

• Rocketry Club
  
• Singing
  
• Drawing
  
• School Concert Choir
  
• Cello​

​"The children are the hope of the world." 

• Middle school Basketball team
  
• Middle school Soccer team
  

I enjoy teaching math to kids

• 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.

Rui Wang​

HR Management Assistant

Senior

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.

​

SIMON PARK

STEM Instructor

Senior

  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"

Tina (Kexin) Xie

STEM Instructor

Senior

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

• 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! :)

• 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

Ethan Nguyen

​ Member

Senior

Troy High School

NAOMI HORIGUCHI

STEM Instructor

Sophomore​

Troy High School

Michelle Solis

Assistant 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. 

• 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.

• Taekwondo
  
• Poet
  
• Boba Drinker
• Girl Scouts​
  
• StoryWish Club

I like working with kids😊. They're so cute and I have a lot of patience for them.

• 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. 

HENRY LUO

 STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

• USA Biology Olympiad Semifinalist
  
• British Biology Olympiad Bronze Medalist
  
• Tutor for School on Wheels
  
• Treasurer for StoryWish
  
• Journalist for InnovaYouth

I enjoy helping kids discover their passion in STEM fields through fun, engaging activities.

•  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."

​

Ernesto Barraza-Valdez

STEM Instructor

Physics PhD Student

University of California Irvine

Barbara Cao

Member

Kraemer Middle 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. 

• 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."

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

Jake Bae

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School

ESTHER WU

STEM Instructor

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

: )

• 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.

​

• 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. 

• 2 year Sports Anchor for Podcast team St Mark's Lutheran school.
  
• Politics club at Troy HS
  
• Basketball team for Troy HS
  
• Volleyball
  
• Kumon 6 years
  
• Volunteer for La Habra Library 

I love working with kids. I'm a volunteer tutor at the La Habra library helping kids with homework. I appreciate their curiosity and I'm also glad I speak Spanish as some of the kids I assisted are just learning English. I love to challenge them and see their happy faces when they are able to understand and do their own work after I explained to them. I always let them figure it out on their own  .

Somin (Ella) Moon

Assistant STEM Instructor

Troy High School

• 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 :)

• OCSA Tennis Team Captain - Defending SoCal USTA 18 & Under Champions
  
• Cofounder of OCSA Physics Club
  
• Science Olympiad Team Member
  
• Orange County Youth Symphony - Concerts for 5th Graders
  
• Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) Research

 I like teaching other people about what makes our world and our universe so fascinating!

Jamie Lee

Member

Sophomore

Orange County School of the Arts

Isabella Buenaventura

Member

Sophomore

Troy High School

Wendy Zhou

 Senior STEM Instructor

Rowland Heights Chapter

Senior

Rowland 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.

ANDREW WU

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Matthew Remley​

Member

 Sophomore 

Troy High School 

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

I like helping kids learn 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!!!​

Bing Bing Ma​

STEM Instructor

Junior

Portola High School

Ryan Lenney

Member

Sophomore

Capistrano Valley High School

ZIYI GUO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

ANDREW WU

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! :)

•  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. 

Amariah Peedikayil​

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School 

Kayla Sim

Member

Sophomore

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. 

ESTHER WU

STEM Instructor

JADEN CORDOVA

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School 

NATALIA BRAVO

STEM Instructor

John Kozlowski

STEM Instructor

PhD Student

University of California Irvine

Ryan Mya

 STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School

ZIYI GUO

STEM Instructor

Senior

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!!!​

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.

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 

• 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"

​

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

BING BING MA

STEM Instructor

Junior

Portola 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.

Daeun Lee

Member

8th grader

Kraemer Middle School

Catherine Wang

Member

Senior

Troy High School

Nicole Wong

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

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"

Jooyoung Kim

​Assistant STEM Instructor

Freshman

Troy High School

Dillon Ma

Curriculum Manager

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy 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!

ZIYI GUO

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

April Chun

STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School 

• ROTC
  

• Played cello in middle school
  

• Tennis
  

• Basketball
  

Trying is learning.

​

Cecilia Lee

Member

Sophomore

Troy High School

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 

Vincent Pastrana

​Member

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. 

• 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"

NOELLE HUMPREY

STEM Instructor

• 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"

​

• President's Award for Educational Excellence
  

• Math Department Award
  

• Battle of the Books 3rd place
  

• Science Olympiad Invitationals Medalist

Watching kids grow and learn from STEM is incredible! I loving working with and teaching kids and I hope others will join and benefit too!

• 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"

Ryan Mya

 STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Troy High School

Simon Park

STEM Instructor

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. 

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

• Unanimous superior in my middle school orchestra for competition in our district
  
• Cello and violin
  
• Swam in elementary
  
• played tennis when I was younger

Overcome your laziness to fulfill your potential 

• 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”

• 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
  

​

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

Tyler Huynh

Assistant 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.

• 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. 

Nina Takashima

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!

• Middle school Basketball team
  
• Middle school Soccer team
  

I enjoy teaching math to kids

Xiaoyi (Sam) Chen

STEM Instructor

Freshman

Troy High School

•  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."

Julia Tran

Member

Junior

Troy High School

Puri Anusha

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Beechwood School

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

• 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

BING BING MA

STEM Instructor

Junior

Portola High School

• Ranked #1 freshman year 
  
• THS Principal's Honor Roll
  
• AMC 8 top 1%
  
• AMC 10 Honor Roll
  
• Seoul Foreign School House President
  
• UK Math Olympiad Gold Certificate
  

I love working in the STEM field!

AIDEN CHOW

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

University High School

Jeonghyun Park

Assistant STEM Instructor

• 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! 

Emily Kim

​Member

Freshman

Troy High School

John Kozlowski

STEM Instructor

PhD Student

University of California Irvine

Kavi Maru

STEM Instructor

Senior

​Sunny Hills 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.

• 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.

Megan Loh

President

Chief STEM Instructor

Coding Division Founder

Senior

Troy High School

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.

• Opinion writer at Oracle, Troy High School's triweekly student newspaper
  
• Pianist
  
• Buddhist and Taoist sympathizer
  
• Chinese calligraphy and qigong enthusiast
  
• Model United Nations delegate
  
• Speech and Debate member
  
• Food Finders volunteer
  
• Suzanne Middle School Principal's Letter of Recommendation

I enjoy working with kids and seeing the smiles on their faces. I also love sharing my knowledge, experience and insights with others around me -- hopefully, I too can help make a positive difference in the world :) Spread the love <3 

ESTHER WU

STEM Instructor

Nathan Zhang

Member

Junior

Troy High School

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"

• 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!

• 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!

• 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!

• 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. 

Lynvy Chang

STEM Instructor

Freshman

Troy High School

Ansh Vashisth

 Aliso Viejo Chapter President

Junior

Orange County School of the Arts

Daniel Lee

Member

Freshman

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

• 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!"

• 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. 

• Middle school Basketball team
  
• Middle school Soccer team
  

I enjoy teaching math to kids

• 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!

Yi-an Hsieh

STEAMPORT Chapter President

Freshman

University of Pennsylvania 

• 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

​

BING BING MA

STEM Instructor

Junior

Portola High School

• Beijing National Musical Instrument Competition - Gold Place
  
• Chinese Zitherist for 6 years
  
• Treasurer of Speech and Debate Club
  
• Caring Through Music Club Member
  
• LA County Fair Photography Competition - 2nd place

I want to help kids find an interest in the STEM field. 

Skylar Tanartkit

Member

Sophomore

Troy High School 

NATALIA BRAVO

STEM Instructor

NATALIA BRAVO

STEM Instructor

Noah Clement

​Member

Sophomore

Troy High School 

• Piano CM level 10
  
• Knows JavaScript, Java, CSS, HTTP
  
• ​Has tutored kids in Migrant Ed. program
• Troy MUN Treasurer

I enjoy teaching kids various fields of science! I love it when you can see them learn something new and amazing and when they figure out how to do something. 

NAOMI HORIGUCHI

STEM Instructor

Sophomore​

Troy High School

• How to Math club president 
  
• Fairmont JV basketball player
  
• National Honor Society member 
• Student mentor
  
• Intern in Prudential during Summer 2018
  
• Member of Gleetown Education
  

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life.

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! 

Cheryl Yang

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Natasha Barsagade

Assistant STEM Instructor

• 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 :)

• 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. 

RAYMOND MO

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."

Elliot Chun

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

Brea Olinda 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! :)

Leyna Vu

HBHS Chapter President

Junior

Huntington Beach High School

• 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.

​

• 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 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. 

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

I enjoy working with kids and helping out! :)

Brandom Kim
STEMkits4Kids Chapter President

Fundraising Officer

STEM Instructor

8th Grader

Kraemer Middle School

Joshua Hockman

Placentia Chapter President

Sophomore

Valencia High School

John Kozlowski

STEM Instructor

PhD Student

University of California Irvine

• 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

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

I like helping kids learn STEM! :)

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

I am fine working with people of all age

• 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.

Jaden Cordova

STEM Instructor

Sophomore

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 :).

• National Honor Society Member
  

• Principal's Honor Roll
  

• Oracle (School Newspaper) Staff
  

• Honorable Mention at FJUHSD annual art show
  

• Student at Ryman Arts
  

• Plays piano and oboe
  

I enjoy working with kids and giving them opportunities to learn more about the STEM field.

​

Richard Pacheco

​Member

Junior

​Troy High School

Darren Huang

Member

Senior

Walnut 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. 

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

• 1st Place Nationals and California State Champion in Gold Tier in the Open Division (CyberPatriots)
  
• Third Place in Introduction to Business at 2018 Southern Section Conference
  
• Third Place in FBLA Climbing the Business Ladder
  
• Troy Junior Varsity Tennis Team
  
• 2017 Junior Varsity Girls Tennis: Most Improved Player Award
  
• Troy Scholar Athlete Award  

All my life, I had been striving to be better at English because being deaf and an immigrant made the task not easy as it may be to others. Thus, I never had a profound interest in the STEM field until high school. My experiences in CyberPatriots and AP Computer Science Principles helped me to see the relevance and the possibilities of STEM. Now, my goal is to help others--especially the underrepresented groups like girls--also grasp the possibilities of the STEM and make extraordinary accomplishments in the 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 :)

Austin Chong

Member

Senior

Troy High School 

Charity Cheng

​Member

Senior

Troy High School

• 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
  
  

•  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... 

• Troy High School Tennis Athlete
  
• Troy High School Cross Country Athlete
  
• FBLA Agribusiness Placement Award
  
• FBLA Mobile App Development State Champion
  
• National Honor Society Member

Kids are sponges for learning

Ashley Lin

Curriculum Assistant

Senior

Troy High School

• Troy Scholar Athlete
  
• AP Scholar
  
• Troy Best Buddies Board Member
  
• Freeway League Champions
  
• Troy Jr. Varsity Soccer Captain
  
• Troy Varsity Track and Field
  
• Cal South National Cup Participant

I have been exposed to many different fields of education growing up. I am interested in the multiple engineering fields and am interested on how I can help benefit others with STEM.

RIIGA TOYOSAKI

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School 

• Competed at Lockheed Martin's CodeQuest in Sunnyvale, CA
  
• Secretary of Speech and Debate
  
• Secretary of LiNK
  
• National Biology Olympiad semifinalist
  
• Troy Swim Team
  
• Summer Internship for BroadMed

I love how kids stand in awe with their mouth open when they see something interesting.

NEELAM MISTRY

STEM Instructor

Senior

Valencia High School

Brian Feng

Assistant STEM Instructor

Sophomore

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!

Nathan Melwani

​Assistant STEM Instructor

HR Management Assistant

Senior

Troy High School 

KAVI MARU

STEM Instructor

Senior

​Sunny Hills 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

• National Junior Honor Society
  
• President's Award
  
• Taekwondo Blackbelt
  
• Kraemer Science Olympiad (6th place at Nationals)
  
• You Be the Chemist

I like helping kids understand the importance of STEM in a fun and creative way.

• 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. 

• 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!

Andus Van Hao

​Member

Senior

Troy High School

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"

Ryan Mya

 STEM Instructor

Sophomore

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.

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Brian Kim

STEM Instructor

7th grader

Kraemer Middle School

Miseok Kim

​Training Manager

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School 

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

"I enjoy educating young people about STEM"

Nathan Lee

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

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. 

• 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!

• Brea Olinda High School Frosh Basketball 2019-2020
  
• Illinois All-State Junior High Band 2018-2019
  
• Young Achievers in Academics Award 2015-2016
  
• National Spanish Exam Silver Medal 2017-2018

"Don't count the days; make the days count."

Daniel Sim

STEM Instructor

8th grader

Parks Jr High School

NOELLE HUMPREY

STEM Instructor

Ernesto Barraza-Valdez

STEM Instructor

Physics PhD Student

University of California Irvine

• Can speak English, Vietnamese, and German
  
• Bandminton Player
  
• Chinese chess player 
  
• Principle Honor Roll
  
• Troy CSF member 
  
• Troy Link Crew leader 
  
• Sai Gon Practical High School Principal's Honor Roll 

Let's do STEM!

• Principal oboe for Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra (2014-2016) and Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra (2017)
  

• AIME qualifier in 2016 and 2015
  

• Winner of Washington State Math Competition in 2015 and 2014
  

• Qualifier for MathCounts National Competition in 2016
  

• USTA ranked top 10 tennis players U12 in 2014 in the Pacific Northwest.
  

• 3rd place of Seattle Youth Symphony's Concierto Competition in 2015.
  

• Ranked 1st in the nation under CyberPatriot's Gold Division.
  

• Certificate of Merit Level 10 with oboe.
  

• Varsity Tennis at Troy High School.

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• 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."

John Kozlowski

STEM Instructor

PhD Student

University of California Irvine

• 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

Julia Lee​

Assistant STEM Instructor

• Played basketball and golf,
  
• Interested in drama
  
• Math club
  
• Volunteer at V.O.L.T Program Buena Park, and Soup kitchen

"I am happy when I make others happy."

• 7 years of playing cello
  

• Basketball club 
  

• Extensive knowledge of computers
  

• Art Club
  
  

I like to volunteer for helping kids and others

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• 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."

​

Brian Kim

STEM Instructor

7th grader

Kraemer Middle School

ZIYI GUO

STEM Instructor

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"!

•  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.

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."

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! :)

• 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!"

NATALIA BRAVO

STEM Instructor

HENRY LUO

 STEM Instructor

Junior

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.

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• 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. 

Yuqing Liu

​Member

Senior

Fairmont Preparatory Academy

Sahan Theegala

Assistant STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Mia Horiguchi

Assistant STEM Instructor

7th grader

Beechwood E2-elementary

• 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 :).

NATALIA BRAVO

STEM Instructor

HENRY LUO

 STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

Supavit Pitaknarongphorn

STEM Instructor

Junior

Troy High School

• Troy Basketball
  
• Event Planner on Troy Hoby
  
• Christian Club
  
• Key Club
  
• Best Buddies
  
• Participated in the Casc leadership camp
  
• YLOC community service
  
• Student Athlete Award
  
• Principal Honor Roll Award
  
• CSF Student
  

I have been exposed to a work environment involving computers. I had worked at an office aiding problems with computers and validating credit information. This exposure to the work environment displays my knowledge around the ideas of technology and math. I wish to reflect this experience to help kids in the STEM program.

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

STEM is cool

• 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

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

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

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​I like science and working for kids.

Chris Kim

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

Amy  Weng

Assistant STEM Instructor

Senior

Troy High School

• 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”
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SUPAVIT PITAKNARONGPHORN

STEM Instructor

Junior

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)

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• 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

Judith Park

Assistant STEM Instructor

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

:)

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 :).