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The Techbridge Interns take a break from working on the website to pose for a photo.
Contributors
Many thanks to the Techbridge Interns for the hard work on this website.
DiemMi
DiemMi recently graduated from Oakland Technical High School. This fall, she'll be heading to college. She plans to major in Engineering. However, she is unclear of which Engineering career she wants, so she continues to explore her interest. When she was younger, DiemMi dreamed of becoming an artist but was discouraged by her father because he worried that she would not be able to support herself.
DiemMi investigated several careers, such as a dentistry and architecture, before she came to the decision that engineering was for her. DiemMi choose engineering because she was always really good with math and science and so she fell in love with engineering, which also came easily to her. DiemMi's sister inspired her to become an engineer, since she really enjoyed being in the Engineering Academy.
DiemMi loves to read manga. She loves to jog, go hiking, and hang out with her friends and family. DiemMi's family has always been supportive of her choices, with the exception of a possible career as an artist. DiemMi's parents, like all good parents, just desire their daughter's happiness. DiemMi's parents only worry about her health because she gets carried away sometimes by studying and forgetting to sleep. DiemMi dreams of traveling abroad, so she may explore and enjoy nature's beauty. Also, she dreams of flexible work hours, so her work does not become an obstacle in her personal life.
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Esmeralda
Esmeralda, who is bilingual in Spanish and English, currently lives with her family of 6. She will be entering high school this fall. She is independent, funny, hardworking, outgoing, cool to hang out with, and caring. She shares her house with a ton of animals: 9 cats, 2 cockatiels, 1 turtle, and 1 snake. In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer, baseball, football, playing the violin, chatting on the phone, and going outside of her house.
At school, she likes history and math because the subjects were always understandable. After school, she attends the Techbridge program, does interesting projects, and then hangs out with her friends. Esmeralda has won numerous awards, including Outstanding Student and Most Improved awards. When she grows up, she will be a lawyer because she likes to be able to prove justice. She wants to go to Harvard School of Law and study law. Afterwards, Esmeralda wants to start her own law firm.
Julia
Julia is the middle child in her family. She was born in Oakland, CA, but both of her parents were born in Mexico. She is going to Dominican University of California and her major is undecided, although she seems very interested in psychology and law. Julia wants to be a psychologist because she finds a sense of joy in helping other people.
When she was young she loved to draw and wanted to become an artist, but her parents were not supportive of her decision. They worried an artist would struggle. Then she decided to become a teacher because it involved her interest in helping others. She noticed how under-appreciated teachers can be.
Finally, she settled on psychology. This involves both her interest in helping people and becoming a teacher. The TV show Law & Order contributed in part in helping her find this path. She finds the show to be influential and inspiring.
In her free time, Julia loves to draw images from cartoons or photographs. Julia also enjoys going to the beach to collect different types of seashells. She also loves to read adventure, fiction, fantasy, and action novels, as well as manga. She dreams of opening a little office and continuing to help her patients. Julia wishes that she will not turn into an unsatisfied person, who dislikes her job. She would also like to travel to distant lands.
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Kieva
Meet Kieva. She is 13 years old. Kieva lives with both of her parents and her younger sister. One of her responsibilities as a sister is being a role model and showing leadership. Some of her favorite subjects are English and science. She doesn’t have any extracurricular activities other than Techbridge.
Some of Kieva’s hobbies are cooking and baking. She also likes swimming, basketball, and playing jump rope. Kieva isn’t too sure what she would like to pursue later on, but she is sure that it would have something to do with public speaking and getting a good salary. Some of her goals later on in life would be to have kids, get married, and move somewhere where it is always hot but not too far away from her family. Kieva would like to go to college and get a degree.
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Lili
Lili was born in Jonshan, China. Both of her parents are Chinese. She has only one brother and she currently lives with both of her parents in Oakland. She knows Oakland like the palm of her hand-- when she was 4 years old she moved here from China. Right now she is focused on her career.
Lili just graduated from Oakland Technical High School and she got a scholarship to go to UC Berkeley. Lili's favorite class is engineering, in which she learns how to be an engineer. One of her favorite achievements was an architecture project in which she had to design a house and construct a model of it. This gave her a new idea about the type of career she would like to pursue, which is architecture.
One of Lili's hobbies is to read (she has all six Harry Potter books). She also likes "The DaVinci Code" and "Angels and Demons." She likes playing sports (especially skateboarding and badminton) and being on the computer. Her favorite quote is: “There are many things I am willing to die for, but nothing to kill for." -Ghandi
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Nora
As an 18 year old student, Nora is planning to major in biology. She was born and raised in Oakland, CA but has dual citizenship as an American and British citizen. She recently graduated from Oakland Technical High School where she enjoyed art and AP biology the most. Nora liked art because she was an excellent sketcher with an artsy personality. She loved AP biology because she had an interest for the subject and the class helped her answer the vast amount of questions she had.
Nora is a two-time science fair winner where she submitted projects on electrophoresis and the effects of temperature on bacteria. Away from school, Nora is a photographer and is currently employed as a dark room assistant for a local photographer. She enjoys working with her hands because it gives her a thorough understanding of what she is working on. Nora is a biker and likes to ride around in her biker gang. Biking helps her exercise while saving the environment. On Fridays, she periodically rides in a large biker group to protest the use of oil. Nora likes cats, ranging from the Broadway musical to the actual animals.
Norma
Norma was born in Salamana, Mexico. Her father is Italian and her mother is Mexican. She has one older sister and one younger sister. She moved to America with her family when she was around nine years old. She just graduated from Roosevelt Middle School and is going to be a freshman in the fall.
Her favorite subjects in school are science and math, which is what made her want to become a biomedical engineer. Her father was an industrial engineer, so she knew that she wanted get into the field of engineering, the question is what kind. She decided to get into biomedical engineering because it can help save the environment around us and also millions of lives. She is also very interested in biology, so she decided to get into biomedical engineering.
Norma enjoys reading during her free time. Some of her favorite books are "The DaVinci Code", "Growing Pains of Adrian Mole," and the Harry Potter books. She is also into sports. She plays softball and badminton. One of her favorite quote is: “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” because she believes just by looking by a person is not enough to truly understand and judge that person.
Priscilla
Meet Priscilla. She is going to be a sophomore in the fall and first joined Techbridge in the sixth grade. After hearing about all the fun projects and new things to learn from her older sister, Priscilla decided she wanted to be in it.
When asked about her future career goals, she says she hasn’t really figured out what she wants to be. She has some ideas of being a pharmacist, an interior designer, structural or civil engineer, and something related to science and technology. According to Priscilla, family comes first before her career because her family has always been there for her.
Currently, Priscilla lives with a family of 7. She speaks Spanish, Chinese, and English. She likes to have fun and is a very smiley person. She said if she could she would like to have the power to turn inanimate objects into living, moving things and to be able to fly.
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Sarah
Sarah is characterized by an intense desire to learn, and she is the type of girl that is never afraid to challenge herself. Her educational history is littered with a vast array of challenges. Sarah attended the rigorous Engineering Academy at Oakland Technical High School. In the Engineering Academy, Sarah took many courses that challenged her intellectually. Sarah acquired the basic skills of an engineer. Sarah took courses such as Descriptive Geometry, Physics, Architecture, and Advanced Drafting that have enabled her to win a distinguished set of awards. Sarah won 2nd Place at the California State Fair, Best of Class and Best of Show at the Alameda County Fair for her Descriptive Geometry project.
This year, Sarah was awarded Overall Best from the American Institute of Architect/Rotary Club, Best of Class and Best of Show at the County Fair for her brilliant design of a house and Best of Class and Best of Show for her 3-D model of an air compressor at the Alameda County Fair. Sarah has been a huge success as an engineering student. Her success as an engineering student has led her to pursue a career in civil engineering. She plans to major in Civil Engineering. Sarah is only 18 years old, but she has already proved to the world that she is a brilliant individual. She is the type of person that can do anything.
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