COMMUNITY

Robotics leadership & teaching

Helping people learn how to figure it out.

WE FIRST
FRC mentorship
Hands-on teaching

WE FIRST members learning electronics together at a workshop. — A WE FIRST workshop: learning by building, testing and asking questions.

From an elementary after-school club to university workshops and FRC lead mentoring, teaching has grown alongside my technical work.

I enjoy helping people learn to research a problem, read a datasheet and develop their own solution. Robotics gives us something real to build and a reason to keep asking how it works.

My contribution

Run WE FIRST and support its student projects and workshops.
Serve as lead mentor for FRC Team 4617 with faculty support.
Help students develop mechanical, electrical and problem-solving skills.
Organize learning opportunities such as the minibot series, soldering workshops and RI3D.

01 / THE PROCESS

Starting with an after-school club

In Grades 11 and 12, I ran an elementary after-school VEX IQ club for 8–11 students each year. It was a club I organized, not a formal teaching job.

Teaching younger students alongside my own high-school robotics work introduced me to how much someone can learn by building, experimenting and explaining their decisions.

02 / THE PROCESS

From student captain to lead mentor

After captaining Team 9580 in high school, I became a general mentor for Team 4617 in my first university year. I helped teach mechanical and some electrical skills and supported the elevator design for its Reefscape robot.

In second year I became WE FIRST president and lead mentor, adding team administration and management to the technical support. I continue in that role in third year, working with a faculty supervisor.

03 / THE PROCESS

Teaching the process, not only the answer

In the university workshops, we do more than show finished PID code or a wiring diagram. We work on reading documentation, researching unfamiliar parts and learning how to approach the design.

The 14-week minibot series, soldering sessions and student projects are different ways to give people that experience. The goal is for members to grow into builders who can make their own decisions.

WHERE IT LANDED

Lady Godiva Award · 2026

I received the Lady Godiva Award in the winter term of second year, recognizing commitment to the Western Engineering community through WE FIRST, robotics teaching and FRC mentoring.