Camp Participants

Alia Caldwell

I am a 15-year-old freshman at Santa Fe High. I live in a family of 3 and have two dogs. I want to explore possible future interests and find something I am truly passionate about. I want to learn more about the parts of STEM that I am less comfortable with such as physics. I think this camp will allow me to expand my knowledge and become more confident in myself.

Alice Wilkins

My name is Alice Wilkins, and I am currently attending Santa Fe High as a freshman.  I want to pursue a career in biological sciences, specifically biomedical engineering and bioengineering.They both come together into research that helps real people, from building prosthetics to developing medicines, to even studying stem cells to replace injured spines.

Arizona Chang

I attend Hilo High School. In intermediate school, I started to get seriously involved in VEX IQ robotics. The ability to create and manipulate a machine to do many different things was really what captivated me. In my 7th and 8th grade years, I continued my involvement with our robotics club and eventually became the club president. My dream job is to work at Boston Dynamics or some other robotic development company, because I find their journey to create and innovate such new and capable robots truly invigorating, and I would love to be a part of it.

Aubry Rodriguez

I am a 15-year-old student attending Pojoaque Valley High School who enjoys learning and staying active. I also love playing softball, volleyball, and cheering, which have taught me the value of teamwork and discipline. In middle school, I had the opportunity to join Tech Trek at NM Tech, where I learned about different careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. I want to  to work with other students who share my interests, helping me to further develop my skills and confidence.

Ayva Dunbar

I am a 14-year-old eighth grade attending Edgewood Middle School. I love fantasy and high fantasy, and I love to play D&D. I also love to read and crochet. I am currently enrolled in Scouts of America, which provides me with many opportunities to learn leadership and teamwork skills. .One of my favorite things to do is brew tea. I find it to be very calming and meditative, with a delightful drink at the end. I also travel very often, having recently been to Japan, and a variety of places throughout my life.

Bodhi Young

I am an 8th grader in Albuquerque Academy. I moved to Albuquerque in 2018, and I previously lived in Madison Wisconsin for seven years. I currently take six ballet classes each week, and play cello in the HSCO orchestra.  I am currently part of both our Science Olympiad team which went to nationals last year and a DnD club. I had recently just discovered how much I liked science in my 8th grade class

Brooke Hickerson

I am a ninth grader at Mandela International Magnet School.  I have done research into sustainable energies and done a report on solar panels. These concepts thoroughly interest me and I would like to continue to advance and deepen my knowledge about them, so that possibly one day I can create a start to more environmentally friendly means of everyday life and energy usage.

Chase Bango

I am 13 year old (soon to be 14) attending the ASK Academy. I like advanced math, though I just know the concepts. I think that they are very interesting. My current interests are coding, physics, and mushrooms. I like coding a lot. My coding language of choice is c++, though I do want to make a coding language. I think that I am getting pretty good at coding. I even coded a presentation that I had to do. I also like physics, who could have guessed.I want to be a video game coder. I want to start coding a game soon. 

Dehryn Archuleta

I’m 16 years old and attend Espanola Valley High School. My favorite color is purple, and I don’t have a particular favorite food. I have a interest in science and interest in learning about new things. I have always wondered how things work, whether it's building machines, programming software, or whatever. I am interested in business and music. I like to play the guitar, skate at the park, listen to music, watch tv, and spend time with friends.

Ella McDonald

I am a 16-year-old sophomore student attending Santa Fe Prep  whose main interests are cats, skiing, school, and especially STEM.

So from a young age I have always had a curiosity around STEM and that’s exactly why I’m drawn to this camp, my hope is that I get to learn some new science and have fun playing around and maybe even meet some people who will inspire me to do and try new and different types of STEM, and advance my understanding of the world around me.

Eloise Benham

I am 17 years old and I am a Junior at Santa Fe High. 

I love art, and I always have. I love every media I have worked with so far. This includes chalk pastels, water color, pencil, paint, collage, stained glass, and a few others. However my favorites so far have been felt and clay.

Esteban Parra

I will be a sophomore next year at the Mandela International Magnet School. I would like to study a STEM career in college because I enjoy mathematics and computer programming.  Last year, I took second place in the JSTI Robotics Competition.  I enjoyed working on my robot project and I was thinking of majoring in a STEM related career such as engineering. I am a self-motivated individual who needs a little bit of guidance to achieve my career goals in life.

Jericho Valdez

I am a current freshman at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I have been playing the violin for about four years and am currently playing for Santa Fe High’s orchestra. I also have been playing soccer for many years and am now playing  for Northern Soccer Club. Ever since I was young I was interested in the STEM field as a career to pursue in my future, at first I did want to eventually become a physicist.

Jillian Wiersma

I’m fifteen, and a freshman at Los Alamos High school. I moved from Michigan to New Mexico in the summer of 2024 because my dad got a job opportunity at the LANL.I love the things you get to do that come with science and learning things that I’ve never known before.  I also want to collaborate and work on leadership more

Kambryn Callicoat

I go to school at Carlsbad Early College High School in Carlsbad NM. In my free time, I like to do art. I like to create artworks of my new fixations through figure drawings and crochet. For example, in middle school, I used to draw animal people and now I draw more of my favorite video game characters. I learned to crochet during the summer between my 7th and 8th grade year and really enjoy making stuffed creatures and characters.

Lily Faria

I am 14 years old, attend Hilo Intermediate and live on the Big Island of Hawaii. Being able to build something with your own hands that can help out people in many different ways is inspiring. So, even if I can't make those super cool robots in the movies, I would still like to impact the lives of everyone around the world in that way.

Madelyn Gutierrez 

I am fifteen years old and in the tenth grade at , currently taking college classes at Santa Fe Community College as a part the Dual Enrollment program, while also being homeschooled. I have always loved tinkering with things and figuring out how they work, especially in technology. I am also a member of the Civil Air Patrol, where I'm used to working with others to get things done, such as helping out with emergency services or planning group events

Miguel Tait

I attend Santa Fe High School and have a very deep incentive to understand how physical science works. I would like to learn more about the way our universe works. This program is something that will benefit me, as it will help me get onto learning complex math, which as of now, is something I'm not rather fond of, but I want to learn. I belive this can help me see these things from a new angle, and make me less nervous to do complex math equations. 

Mikayla Delgado

I am currently a freshman at Pojoaque Valley High School.

Although I’m not one hundred percent sure about my future career, recently I have been interested in sports broadcasting. 

Nathan Hirwa 

I attend Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School. Outside of my studies, I spent lots of time, stuffing myself with mysteries and playing basketball, and I have recently joined track as well in the off-season. Reading has always been a part of my life, even as a kid reading would turn quiet afternoon into an adventure. Basketball was my first love. The rush I feel on the court and moments I feel one with the ball make my joy in it. 

Natalia Romero

I attend Taos High School and commute from Mora to Taos everyday for school. Part of the reason is because both is my parents work in Taos, but also because I feel like I am getting a better education there.

Neytra Gnanakaran 

I’m 14 years old and I’m in the 9th grade. I currently attend Mandela International Magnet School.  I plan on working in the field of Neuroscience. I became part of the 

Governor Stem Challenge Team. This year's challenge  was imagining and building a solution to transportation, exploring affordable access to all fuels and

energy sources. 

Norah Bratcher

I am a 16-year-old high school student currently enrolled online through Cliff High School. Last summer, I had the privilege of attending an NM Tech STEM camp in Socorro, New Mexico. That experience ignited a passion for scientific exploration and reinforced my desire to pursue a career in a STEM-related field. T. my ultimate goal is to become a pediatric doctor

Riann Shiro

I am Riann, an eighth grade student at Hilo Intermediate, and I'm interested in attending the Summer Physics Camp because I want to learn more about how science connects to the world around us, possibly find a job in the medical field in the future, and deepen my knowledge about chemistry. 

Shania Gurule

I am a student at I attend Mesa Vista High School. Growing up on a ranch in the very rural town of Ojo Caliente, New Mexico in the winters, and Las Tusas, New Mexico in the summers, I have learned many things. Though I enjoy many hobbies such as sports, showing livestock, public speaking, and participating in FFA, I also enjoy growing my education. 

Shaniah Beltran

I am a student at Santa Fe High School. I have learned how to circuit, code using tinkercad and arduino, video edit and how to 3D model using solid works.

I picked up on building small projects such as the project elevator, one lane bridge, designing my own puzzle cube game, making a website about myself and creating a 3D animation of my puzzle cube game. Another hobby I picked up this year was wrestling.But a few careers I am interested in are welding and biomedical science engineering. I am an open book interested in learning about anything. 

William Benham

I am 17 years old i am a Junior at Santa Fe High School. I moved to Santa Fe from Tampa Bay, Florida just over 3 years ago. I am a motivated and active individual who enjoys learning about new things.  

Josie Rielage

I’m an 8th grader at Bosque School who is interested in physics, space, math, and other topics in science. I have always had my eye on the celestial world, from watching the Perseverance rover touch down to learning about the James Webb Space Telescope.