Kaavya is a junior at Los Altos High School, where she writes for the school newspaper the Talon. She enjoys science, especially biology and genetics, and writing. She also loves Speech & Debate and has a specific passion for topics about international affairs.

Kaavya Butaney

Rachel is a junior at Los Altos High School with a passion for biology and English. In STEMpower, she helps design interactive STEAM lessons for young students. When she’s not planning curriculums, she writes for her school’s student newspaper, hikes, volunteers in her community, paints, and tutors young learners.

Rachel Rudyak

Sydney is a junior at Los Altos High School. She enjoys science and math and is excited to help make an impact on the community through STEMpower. In her free time, Sydney can be found dancing, reading, or spending time with family and friends. 

Sydney Tung

Zoey is a sophomore at Los Altos High School who enjoys playing soccer, reading novels, and painting. Some of her interests include learning languages and studying linguistics, biology, and psychology.

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Also a Workshop Facilitator!

Zoey Brenner

Danielle is currently a junior at California High School, who is interested in studying psychology and human anatomy. She loves to travel and make different foods and desserts. One day she hopes to live in an innovative tiny home. 

Danielle Lee

Abigail is a current freshman at Los Altos High School. She has a vested interest in the development and distribution of medication and drugs. She loves playing the clarinet and listening to music, along with playing badminton and biking. She loves studying the STEM subjects and hopes to use the information she has learnt to spark a similar passion for STEM in younger kids!

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Abigail Wang

Sasha is a current sophomore at California High School who loves solving interesting math problems and learning about science. Her hobbies include drawing, playing the guitar (and the kalimba), and reading. She is excited to join the team and share her passion for STEM with the next generation of scientists and mathematicians!

Sasha Karelina

Chengzhi Wang is a current freshman at Los Altos High School, who is passionate about math and physics. His hobbies include chess, coding, biking, and playing basketball. A fun fact about him is he can jump rope to 700 without stopping. He is excited to apply his knowledge of STEM to help teach younger students and help out the community in general.

Chengzhi Wang

Grace is a current sophomore at Los Altos High School who is passionate about computer science and math. She enjoys playing golf, baking, and photography as well as coding fun games. She is excited to further explore different STEM fields and introduce younger kids to the world of STEM.

Grace Cai

Audrey is a senior at Los Altos High School. She enjoys STEM and is excited to be able to share that enjoyment through her interest in filmmaking. When she’s not editing STEMpower videos, Audrey plays field hockey, reads, and makes short films. 

Audrey Boenninghausen

Shelli is a junior at Los Altos High School. She enjoys learning new things and is especially passionate about science. She loves working with kids and inspiring younger students in STEM fields as well. In her free time, Shelli does cross country and track and field, plays piano, and tutors younger students.

Shelli Lewis

Sophia is a rising sophomore at Los Altos High School. She loves all things science, especially biology and anatomy, and she is excited to share her love for science through video. In her free time, she plays tennis on the high school team during the school year and ballgirls over the summer. 

Sophia Shao

Emily is a sophomore at Los Altos High School. As a STEMpower volunteer, she aspires to design engaging and diverting pieces of art to further accentuate her passion for the perpetual world beyond biology and medicine . During her free time, she enjoys playing badminton and fencing in addition to mastering the art of music through the viola.

Emily Jeon

Deepthi is currently a sophomore at Milpitas High School. She enjoys painting, biking, volleyball, and studying Science as well as History. She hopes to create a positive impact in the community by advocating for various issues and sharing her love of creativity and expressiveness through STEMpower!

Deepthi Hegde

Saloni Pothireddy is a rising sophomore at California High School. Her hobbies include painting, reading and learning about different sciences. She is very excited to share her interest in STEM with students and be a part of the STEMpower team!

Saloni Pothireddy

Leanna Gager is a rising sophomore at Westmont High School who has a passion for math and engineering.  In her free time, she loves spending time with her friends and travelling. She is very excited to become a part of the STEM power team so that she can benefit the community by sharing her knowledge and love for STEM!

Leanna Gager

Suhani Pothireddy is a sophomore at California High School. She enjoys playing the guitar, reading and doing photography. She is very interested in science, especially physics and astronomy, so she can't wait to be a part of STEMpower this year!

Suhani Pothireddy

Aneesa is a junior at Dublin High School who loves anything to do with STEM. In her free time she loves to go hiking, travel, watch movies, and dance an Indian/Pakistani folk dance called Bhangra. She’s excited to work with fellow STEM lovers and build a strong team with volunteers!

Aneesa Mustafa

Shreya is a friendly sophomore at California High School. Her hobbies include hiking, learning python, reading fantasy books, drawing, and hanging out with her budgies. After growing up with a dedication for STEM, she now volunteers as an outreach member for STEMpower.

Shreya Pasupuleti

Bridget is a freshman at Los Altos High School who likes all forms of art (whether digital or traditional media). Her favorite subject is art and she has two cats. She is excited to help design websites for STEM!

Bridget Liu

Ikbal is a sophomore at Carlmont High School. She enjoys studying Science and Math, and is particularly fascinated with medicine. In her free time, she likes to draw and play the piano. She is very excited to meet new people and explore different STEM fields through STEMpower!

Ikbal Surucu

Yash is a junior at Los Altos High, who enjoys drawing, designing graphics and painting in his free time. Besides painting on paper or canvas, he also likes to personalize his shoes, skate decks and even his computer, along with his twin brother.

Yash Nasikkar

Bridget is a freshman at Los Altos High School who likes all forms of art (whether digital or traditional media). Her favorite subject is art and she has two cats. She is excited to help design websites for STEM!

Bridget Liu

Kira is a freshman at Cal High who is fascinated by science, psychology, and languages. In her free time she enjoys playing soccer, dancing, reading, writing, and playing the violin. She can’t wait to write for STEMpower and help introduce students to the scientific wonders of STEM!

Kira Sidhu

Anand is a junior in Los Altos High school who has a passion for writing, communicating, and understanding complex topics. His favorite subject is English, but he equally enjoys history, statistics, and biology. As a Blog Writer, he is excited to market the ideas and values of STEMpower to more people.

Anand Mehta

Nina is a rising junior at Mountain View High School. In her free time, she enjoys skiing, backpacking, rock climbing, and photography. Her favorite subjects are history and biology, and she loves learning about how everything works  in the world.

Nina Timofeyeva

Nimisa is a sophomore at California High School who has a passion for the sciences. Her hobbies include swimming, playing water polo, reading, writing, and coming up with sarcastic comments. She is excited to write for the STEMpower blog, and can’t wait to see what comes next!

Nimisa Panda

Kira is a freshman at Cal High who is fascinated by science, psychology, and languages. In her free time she enjoys playing soccer, dancing, reading, writing, and playing the violin. She can’t wait to write for STEMpower and help introduce students to the scientific wonders of STEM!

Kira Sidhu