We're student-run and a 100% volunteer-based team.
Comprised of dedicated students from schools across Southern California, meet the team that brings Steamport together:
Leadership
Steamport Director
Hi! My name is Ben and I'm currently a junior at Troy High School. Since middle school I have enjoyed working with younger kids. My interest in the sciences, especially biology, as well as in visual and digital arts has helped me discover ways in which I can introduce STEAM to kids in the community. Through Steamport, I hope to help spark the same passion I have for tech, science, and arts in our students.
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Dana Point and Laguna Hills Program Coordinator
Hi! My name is Julia Bissonette and I am currently a senior at Laguna Hills High School. Ever since I was young, I have had a curious mind and a love for the arts. Since then, my passion for math, science, and visual arts have developed into an interest for mechanical engineering. I hope to introduce the kids in my community to the things I find fascinating about the ways in which the world works and inspire them to pursue their interests in the STEAM fields.
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Anaheim Program Coordinator
Hello! My name is Sandy and I’m a senior at Canyon High School. I have a love for biology (human and marine biology to be specific), music, visual arts, and writing. My dreams and hopes are to become a pediatric cardiologist or a marine biologist in the future. Through STEAMPORT, I’m looking forward to combining my love for working with children and my love for the sciences and arts to help expose the community’s youth to the STEAM fields. I’m excited to begin giving back to the community in a beneficial way!
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Steamport Creator
My name is Yi-An, and I am a bioengineering student at the University of Pennsylvania. I graduated from OCSA, as part of the Visual Arts Conservatory.
I created Steamport aiming to bring to others an experience I wished was available when I was younger—an earlier exposure to the mechanics behind how things fly or why things glow, alongside an open space to explore these questions. With friends, I launched Steamport in 2016, investing time and effort in hopes of impact our community in an area that seemed to have been left open. It was the dream of a girl who spent her elementary school years constructing things on the kitchen floor with whatever she could find in the garage storage or recycling bin. In Steamport, I love being with the kids--making cabbage juice pH indicators, building moving models of lungs, but most of all, having fun. |