Our Teams.
For 12 weeks students will be working with our worldclass network of mentors, lecturers, instructors, and advisors to bring their projects to life. We believe support and mentorship is critical for the longitudinal growth and development each student.
Organizing Team
"Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean."
– Ryunosuke Satoro
Jaylen Brown
7uice Foundation
MIT Media Lab
David Sun Kong, Ph.D.
MIT Media Lab
Mechalle Brown
7uice Foundation
Crystal Johnson
Bridge Program
Desiree Dudley
MIT Media Lab
Aneesh Batra
Nobles School
Instructors
& Guest Lecturers
“Leadership is accepting responsibility to create conditions that enable others to achieve shared purpose in the face of uncertainty.”
-Marshall Ganz
Harvard Kennedy School
Professor Dava Newman
Director
MIT Media Lab
Professor Cynthia Breazeal
Personal Robots
MIT Media Lab
Professor Danielle Wood
Space Enabled
MIT Media Lab
Cas Smith
Ginkgo Bioworks
David Sun Kong, Ph.D.
Community Biotechnology Initiative
MIT Media Lab
Ariel Ekblaw, Ph.D.
Space Exploration Initiative
MIT Media Lab
Neha Narula, Ph.D.
Digital Currency Initiative
MIT Media Lab
Kenneth Harris
NASA
Abel Cano
Arc of Change
Daniella DiPaola
Personal Robots
MIT Media Lab
Shira Frank
Digital Currency Initiative
MIT Media Lab
Jaleesa Trapp
Lifelong Kindergarten
MIT Media Lab
Safinah Ali
Personal Robots
MIT Media Lab
Omari Hardwick
Mentors
“Show me a successful individual and I’ll show you someone who had real positive influences in his or her life. I don’t care what you do for a living—if you do it well I’m sure there was someone cheering you on or showing the way. A mentor.”
-Denzel Washington
Adrian Caesar
Analyst at Optimal Energy, Brown University
Cole Prowitt-Smith
Williams College
Eva MacDonald
Career Specialist, Boston Private Industry Council, UMass Amherst
Guillermo
Herrera-Arcos
Robotics, Neuroengineering, Health Tech, MIT Media Lab
Jenny Nguyen
Wellesley College
Lani Willmar
Unlock Her Potential, Questbridge Scholars, Williams College
Mani Sai Suryateja Jammalamadaka
MIT Civil Engineering
Rachael Edmondson
Social Services,
Providence College
Taylor Pierce
Tech Staffing Research & Recruiting, M.Ed. Student, Middlebury College
Zion Griffin
Tech Staffing Research & Recruiting, Brandeis University
Technical Advisors
“Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.”
-Mae Jemison
Todd Thorsen
Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Jaleesa Trapp
Grad Student, Life Long Kindergarten, Media Lab
Daniella DiPaola
Grad Student, Personal Robots, Media Lab
Sebastian Kamau
Grad Student, Sculpting Evolutin, Media Lab
Angela Vujic
Grad Student, Fluid Interfaces, Media Lab
Andres Rico
Grad Student, City Science, Media Lab
Adam Horowitz
Grad Student, Fluid Interfaces, Media Lab
Dana Gretton
Grad Student, Sculpting Evolution, Media Lab
Wesley Block
Undergraduate, Material Sciences & Engineering, MIT
Diane M. Diehl, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Scientific Operations, Waters Corporation
Kelly Johnson
Director, Immerse Innovation and Research Lab Network, Waters Corporation
Hannah Rolon
QA Supervisor, Waters Corporation
Yasah Pitcher
Support Specialist, Waters Corporation