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Engineering on the Red Planet
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Maria
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Maria is a 12th grade student at The Archer School for Girls. She is on
her school's FIRST Robotics Team and takes a robotics class. The robotics
class is her favorite because, "it gives me a chance to show off what
I can do. I like working with my teammates and I really like going to the
competitions to see what the other teams built." Maria has had help
and support from lots of teachers, friends, and family. She says her role
model is her friend, Lauren. "She was on our robotics team 2 years
ago. When she graduated from Archer she went to Princeton and is
still working with robotics and is studying mechanical engineering
there. I look up to her because she came from the same neighborhood
that I did and went through similar troubles I have to be where she is
and hopefully I can achieve the same. I'm headed her way." Aside
from robotics, Maria plays softball, likes Rubik's cube, coloring, reading, and
writing. She also volunteers at a facility to help immigrants with
documentation. Her advice to students interested in robotics is to be
"open minded and take everyone's ideas into consideration because
you can make anything work. Be persistent and have patience. Things
probably won't work out the way you expect them to on your first try.
And finally...have fun!"
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