I’m proud to share that my robotics team, Stratford Preparatory Blackford Robotics Team 10252, received the Judges’ Choice Award at the 2026 FIRST Robotics Competition CA District Half Moon Bay Event. As a second-year team transitioning from FTC to FRC, this recognition meant a lot to us because it
I’m proud to share that our team, the Jumping Javas, placed second in the novice division at this year’s Lockheed Martin CodeQuest competition. With finals happening, we did not have much time to prepare, and most of our practice came in short, focused sessions between studying and assignments.
I built BarcodeSense using vibe coding, coding side-by-side with AI and focusing less on writing actual code and more on momentum, intuition, and rapid iteration. The idea came from real life: my dad is vegetarian, and I kept noticing how often packaged foods quietly include ingredients that do not actually
This summer I had the chance to mentor students in the Zero Robotics Galactic Greenhouse challenge, where teams programmed NASA’s Astrobee robots to plant, water, and harvest crops in a simulated space greenhouse. The competition works by having students write code that controls the Astrobee in a head-to-head simulation,
I'm thrilled to announce that our team, the Jumping Javas, placed third in the novice division at this year's Lockheed Martin CodeQuest competition! As first-time participants, we faced the challenge of solving complex programming problems within a strict 2.5-hour time limit. CodeQuest, Lockheed Martin'
"Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women" - Maya Angelou For my English class, I had to explore feminism from a different perspective, so I decided to talk to my mom about it. My
I recently had the opportunity to teach Python to 4th and 5th graders, helping them create their first game: "Guess the Number." It was an exciting experience, introducing them to fundamental programming concepts like variables, loops, conditionals, and generating random numbers before starting to code the actual game.
Six Nike Air Jordan sneakers, made popular by basketball legend Michael Jordan, fetched $8 million at auction on February 2, 2024. Though it's not uncommon for rare collectible sneakers to be sold for thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars, what exactly made this collection so much
As a longtime fan of the Golden State Warriors, it is tough to see Klay Thompson officially leave for the Dallas Mavericks. Klay has been a huge part of the Warriors’ success over the past decade, helping bring four championships to the Bay Area and creating countless unforgettable playoff moments.
I recently went to Washington DC for my school trip and got these pictures of the Washington Monument at amazing angles. The Washington Monument resides in Washington DC., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States.
First Post. This is a Water Phoenix that I created using paint.net at the start of the school year as part of my Graphic Arts Elective. Using a combination of gradients, curves, and various other adjustments, I created the blue fire that you see in the background. I found