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John Galinato
- Co-founder Cornell, BS Elec Engr and MEE, 1968 Hobbies: Building, sketching and strumming the guitar Heroes: Ali, Don Quixote, Popeye Favorite Quote: "You can't win if you don't bet." Website |
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Liu Huan
- Partner MIT, BS, MS Computer Sc / EE, 2011 Hobbies: I love robots! Home Town: Shanghai, China Heroes: Yao Ming, Fox Mulder, Richard P. Feynman |
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Doug Hannah
- Advisor Dartmouth BA Stanford, PhD Engr Mgmt Hobbies: Biking & running Skills Wanted: Build anything with cardboard and glue Website |
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Lucian Covarrubias
- CEO MIT, BS in EECS and MEng in AI 2025 Hobbies: Ceramics, films, & sports Home Town: Arroyo Grande, CA Goal: To find joy in family, friends, and nature, and create something that improves people's lives. Skills Wanted: I want to learn how to sew clothes |
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Wen Yu
- Art Director San Francisco Academy of Arts, MFA 2015 Boston University, Masters in Arts Administration 2017 Hobbies: See the world/universe, fine art, keep fit Home Town: Suzhou, China Heroes: Mom & Dad, Steven Hawking, Mattew Barney Website |
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Mariana Barradas
- Graphic Designer Veracruz, BA Arch, MS Education Hobbies: Dancing, Performance, Reading Home Town: Xalapa, MX Heroes: Marianela Nuñez, Ken Robinson Favorite Quote: : "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music" - Nietzche |
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Brent Scione
- Workshop Leader / Developer YouTube & School of Life Hobbies: Wrestling, 3D graphics, Web design, Business, Drawing Home Town: Methuen, MA Heroes: Akira Toriyama, Japanese artist Favorite Quote: "Change is the only constant." - Heraclitus Website |
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Michael Choi
- Developer/Project Manager UCLA, BS CS 2023 Hobbies: Tennis, Video Games Goal: To improve people's lives using technology |
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Robel Mulualem
- Workshop Leader Cambridge Ringe & Latin 2017 Hobbies: Poetry, painting, making videos Home Town: Cambridge, MA Skills Wanted: 3D Animation, Taekwondo Website |
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Ari Casas
- Developer Univ of Toronto, BS CS Math 2027 Hobbies: reading, video games, walking Home Town: Xalapa, Mexico Heroes: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Goal: Visit all the aquariums in the world Skills Wanted: Cheese making, playing the drums GitHub |
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Wisdom Chimezie
- Developer / Workshop Leader Univ of the People, BAS CS 2028 Hobbies: Soccer, coding, comedy Home Town: Abuja, Nigeria Heroes: God Goal: Build a robot company Website |
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Dan Cabrera
- Artist Universidad Gestalt de Diseno, 2028 Hobbies: Costume making, oil painting, reading Home Town: Xalapa, Mexico Favorite Quote: "To see a world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour." Website |
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Aleksya Aguirre
- Business Developer MIT, BS Mech Engr 2015 USC, MS Product Engr 2017 Hobbies: Singing, drawing, and volleyball Home Town: El Paso, Texas Heroes: Link from The Legend of Zelda Favorite Quote: "The power of imagination makes us INFINITE" Muir Skills Wanted: Super good dancing skills Website | BIY Site |
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Mary Moore
- Business Developer Harvard, PhD Planetary Science 2014 Rutgers, BS Meteorology 2008 Hobbies: Teaching, reading YA, playing in the snow Home Town: Boston, MA Heroes: Wilson 'Snowflake' Bentley |
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Selene Hewes
- Workshop Leader / Developer McGill, BS Civil Engr 2016 EPFL, MS, Civil Engr 2018 Hobbies: Photography, violin, building things, sailing Home Town: Ireland Skills Wanted: Speak many languages. Play many instruments. |
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Michael Lu
- Developer MIT, BS, EE and CS 2023 Hobbies: Running, Walking (After Too Much Running) Home Town: Long Island, NY Heroes: Mom, Dad, and Patrick Star Skills Wanted: Cooking (well) |
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Berman Bai
- Workshop Leader / Developer Arizona, BS Computer Sc 2022 Hobbies: Soccer, Music, Computer Games Home Town: Guangzhou, China Heroes: Bayern Munich Website |
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Sixia Chen
- Workshop Leader Cornell, MS Chem Engr, 2018 Hobbies: Music/movies Home Town: Xiamen, China Heroes: "Tomorrow is another day" "three-body problem" Goal: I could do things following my heart mostly Wish: The people I love in this world will always be healthy and happy |
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Steve Yao
- Technical Advisor Northeastern, MS Digital Media, 2013 Hobbies: Soccer, Movies Heroes: Steve Jobs Favorite Quote: Technology alone is not enough-it's technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing. Apple |
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Sandra Abago
- Developer BS Chem Engr, MIT 2015 MS Material Science, BU Hobbies: Laughter and Stories Home Town: Uganda Goal: Eradicate poverty Website |
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Julian Hernandez
- Developer / Workshop Leader MIT, BS Computer Sc 2021 Hobbies: Making games, playing games Home Town: Florida Heroes: Jim Henson, Mr. Rogers, Squirrel Girl Goal: Be a game designer Favorite Quote: "Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow." Wilde Website |
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Yilin Lu
- Developer / Workshop Leader Cornell, BS Computer Sc 2021 Home Town: Shanghai, China Heroes: Alan Turing Goal: make beautiful websites Least Favorite Thing to Do: wait for buses in the rain Skills Wanted: master the art of hacking! Website |
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Jide Nwosu
- Developer / Workshop Leader Cornell, BS Elec Engr + Info Sc 2019 Hobbies: Building, playing basketball, making music Home Town: Nigeria Heroes: Kobe Bryant, Barack Obama Goal: Inspire kids to be builders, and in turn have them inspire me! Favorite Quote: "It's a magical world Hobbes, ol' buddy... lets go exploring!" - Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes) Skills Wanted: Speak lots of human and computer languages. |
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Duoer Jia (DJ)
- Developer / Workshop Leader Cornell, BS CS & Theater 2021 Hobbies: Traveling, tasting all kinds of food, acting Home Town: Inner Mongolia, China Least Favorite Thing to Do: Walking bare foot Skills Wanted: Flying / Eat as much as I want |
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Will Chou
- Platform Developer
Cornell, BS, MS, Computer Science, 2009 Hobbies: breakdancing, volleyball, and computer games Heroes: My dad Favorite Quote: "The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." - Bertrand Russell Resume , Bboying Video |
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Andy Gauthier
- Project Manager
Cornell, BS, MS Mech Engr, 2013 Hobbies: Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, Formula 1 Heroes: Pinky and the brain Fav Distraction: What if? Fav Quote: "Almost only counts in horseshoes, darts and hand grenades" |
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Adia Wallace
- Content Developer and Workshop Leader
Harvard GSE, MEd, 2015 Hobbies: Reading, Making 3D things, Online window shopping Heroes: Mae Jemison, Michael Jordan in "Space Jam," Hayao Miyazaki Fav Quote: "Want to change the world? There's nothing to it." - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, "Pure Imagination" |
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Aditi Dugar
- Workshop Leader / Developer
Cornell, BS Mech Engr, 2011 Hobbies: Singing, piano, running Heroes: Sara Bareilles, Steve Jobs Favorite Quote: "A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." - C.S. Lewis |
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Stephen Wong
- Workshop Leader / Developer
Cornell, BS Elec Engr, 2011 Hobbies: Building things (working on Parkour'ing) Heroes: Dad, Steve Jobs, Oda Eiichiro Resume |
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Yin Liu
- Visual Developer
SMFA / Tufts University, MFA Studio Art 2015 Hobbies: Board Games / Adventure (Exploring everything unkown) Heroes: Nature (Sun, Moon, Stars, Jungle, Ocean, Wind, Snow...) Skills wanted: Fly / Communicate with any species Website |
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Anna Polonyi
- Workshop Leader / Writer
Harvard, BA History & Literature, 2010 Hobbies: Photography, making things for other people Heroes: The Little Prince, Baron Munchausen, Shel Silverstein Least Favorite Course: Latin Skills Wanted: Flying |
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Wenyu Zhang
- Platform Development
Purdue, BS Computer Science, 2012 Hobbies: Computers, Robots, Math, Flute and Guitar Heroes: KITT and Alan Turing Favorite Quote: "Let's do it the engineer's way!" Resume | Website |
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Jamie Mckiernan
- Graphic Designer
Mass Art, BFA Animation & Illustration, 2009 Hobbies: Animation, gaming, watching movies from the 40's Heroes: Bill Watterson, Fred Astaire, Pixar Animation Favorite Quote: "A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men." ~ Willy Wonka Blog |
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Jacob Bredthauer
- Platform Developer / Workshop Leader
MIT, BS Math & Computer Science, 2011 Hobbies: MIT a capella group Heroes: My Parents; Tom Osborne Favorite TV shows: Lost, 24, Heroes |
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Lindley Graham
- Workshop Leader
MIT, BS Aeronautical Engineering 2010 Hobbies: Reading, hanging out with friends Heroes: My parents |
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Xiaofei Fu -
Content Development
CCMU, Beijing, BS Pharmaceutical Science, 2010 UMass, MS Chemistry, 2014 Hobbies: Cooking and traveling Heroes: Taylor Swift Website |
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Richard Weiner -
BIY Landlord
U Penn, City Planning Hobbies: Being a hippie and repairing broken stuff. Heroes: Favorite Book: Favorite Quote: |
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