Meet the Team
Dedication. Curiosity. Passion.
This is the team of STEM Today. We are a group of international STEM enthusiasts who contribute as researchers, graphic designers, or audience engagers. All of our members are deeply motivated to educate other youth on STEM topics and news.
Founder & Executive Director
Audrey Chan
Audrey serves as the executive director at STEM Today, where she connects international STEM enthusiasts interested in graphic design and research together to produce projects. She started this organization to share her passion of STEM and research to others.
Executive Director
Yen
Yen serves as the executive director at STEM Today, where she creates communities of STEM enthusiasts and connects them to create projects. She is passionate about sharing research with the world and instilling joy in STEM.
Outreach Coordinator and Head, Research Director
David Ordonez
David has a passion for all things computer science and greatly appreciates informational research. The world we live in today has a foundation in STEM, but the only problem is most people don't have all the astounding information pertaining to it. Through STEM Today, all people will have accessible information!
Researcher
Soha Faruqi
Soha is a researcher at STEM Today. She was born and raised in Queens, New York, and loves learning about current events pertaining to STEM. One thing she hopes to gain as a researcher is the ability to improve her writing by being more concise and to the point.
Graphic Designer
Jaaliyah Reid
Jaaliyah Reid is a graphic designer for STEM Today. She is 17 years old and she likes doing math and biology and reading. In the future, she hopes to become a bioengineer.
Graphic Designer
Felea
Felea is a student from the Philippines. Her ambition is to work as an engineer or in the medical field. As a new STEM Today graphic designer, she hopes to create her best STEM-related works and share them with the world.
Researcher
Clarice Kuang
Clarice is a rising sophomore in the USA. In the STEM field, she is most passionate about biology, and loves learning about how organisms work! She looks forward to being a part of STEM Today's research team, and hope to gain a better understanding of how scientific concepts are used everyday to create new innovations.
Audience Engager
Diya Patel
Diya Patel is a sophomore in the USA. She loves STEM and aspires to become a neurologist. She hopes to gain the ability to become better at making concise, bold statements as an audience engager.
Researcher
Jacklynn Cheng
Jacklynn is a 10th grader in Canada. She is interested in STEM and business and wants to become an entrepreneur or a software developer. As a researcher at STEM Today, she hopes to build on her writing and reading skills and inform others on STEM topics.
Researcher
Kenisha Malik
Kenisha was born in India and she live in Canada. She is heading into freshmen year of high school. Currently, she is trying to find her dream job in STEM. As a STEM Today researcher, she hopes to explore new topics she would have probably never heard of and wants to be able to share her knowledge with others!
Researcher
Nia Agarwal
Nia Agarwal is currently a junior. She's originally from India, but she has spent a good portion of my life in Hong Kong. As a researcher at STEM Today, she hopes to gain opportunities to learn more about the sciences she's passionate about and inform others of the wonderful progress made in the STEM world!
Graphic Designer
Qwyen
Qwyen is from the USA! As a graphic designer, she hopes to be more connected with STEM and grow more in many ways!
Researcher
Dan Marti
Dan Marti is a 10th grader from the Philippines. Since he was in 7th grade, he really had a passion for STEM, and his passion for STEM is still burning until now. Working in the STEM industry is something He's looking forward to. As a STEM Today researcher, He's hoping to gain new knowledge and love STEM more.
Audience Engager
Rithu
Rithu was born and raised in the USA, but her parents were from India. She is currently a Sophomore, and wants to go into Computer Science and Business! She hopes to one day start her own non-profit organization as well. As a Audience Engager at STEM TODAY, she hopes to broaden her knowledge in STEM to hopefully help herself get into her dream college, dream jobs, and hopefully start her dream non-profit!
Audience Engager
Manik Bhanot
Manik Bhanot is from India, and he is founder of Bauddhik Rejuvenating and Tiny Steps. He aims to increase the interest of more youth into STEM as we have realized in pandemic, if didn't had STEM as a support. Our species might had been vanished.
Researcher
Cici
Cici is a high school junior from Canada. She is passionate about STEM, especially math and physics, and she aspires to become a biomedical engineer. As a researcher at STEM Today, she hopes to further develop her research and writing skills, as well as to deepen her understanding of STEM topics and familiarize herself with recent advancements in the field.