About The Founder

 Nidhya Shivakumar is a Senior at The Harker School in San Jose, California. She has participated in competitive robotics at a high level since 2015 and led her all-girls team to win the VEX VRC High School World Championships in 2021. She wanted to combine her love of teaching and robotics in order to share her knowledge with educators and students who are launching their journey into robotics and founded this program in 2020. She is the lead instructor and curriculum designer for Boost Robotics.

Meet Our Team

Kaitlyn Su

Builder and Instructor
VEX Team ​315Y
2021 VEX Robotics MS World Champion
2022 VEX Robotics Division Champion
Sophomore, The Harker School

Evan Wu

Special Topics Lecturer
VEX Team ​315H
2021 VEX Robotics World Championship Excellence Award Winner
Senior, Aragon High School

Rudra Pal

​Builder
​VEX Team 315N
2021 VEX Robotics World Championship Sub-Division Champions
Sophomore, Gunn High School 

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Claire Su

Instructor, Norcal Girl Scouts
​VE​X Team 315Y
2022 VEX Robotics Division Champion 
Junior, The Harker School

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Justin Zhou

Lead, Canada Chapter
VEX Team 210Y
Junior, University of Waterloo

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Jeffrey Kwan

Volunteer, ICC Milpitas
VEX Team 315S
​Junior, Gunn High School

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Meha Selvarajan

Instructor, India Community Center Program
VEX Team 15055C 
Senior, Basis Independent Silicon Valley
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Jonathan Zhou

Instructor, Canada Chapter
VEX Team 210Y
​Freshman, University of Waterloo

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Kimberly Horng

Volunteer, ICC Milpitas
VEX Team 27299X
Junior, Leland High School

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Maaya Selvarajan

Instructor, India Community Center Program
VEX Team 15055C 
Senior, Basis Independent Silicon Valley
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Ian Wang

Instructor, Canada Chapter
VEX Team 210Y
Freshman, University of British Columbia

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