Meet the Team

Noa Essner

Co-founder, Senior Editor, and Writer

Ramaz Upper School, USA

Maya Puterman

Co-founder, Senior Editor, and Writer

Ramaz Upper School, USA

Hello! My name is Noa Essner, I am a senior at the Ramaz School, and I live in Westchester, New York.

Though my favorite category of STEAM is science, I have an immense appreciation for each of the other four categories.

While I've heard the term "STEAM" used numerous times in my science and math classes growing up, it wasn't until a few years ago that I realized my interest in these topics transcended my love of simply learning about them in a classroom. Everything I've learned or I've read related to STEAM has long resonated with me, and this interest turned quickly into a profound love and excitement for it, which I still maintain to this day.

For me, STEAM has always been and continues to be a symbol of empowerment and innovation. When I was younger, the expectation of conforming to the interests of others left me feeling that being interested and excited about math, science, and technology was not normal. My goal is to share my love for it with the world so that it might empower someone else the same way it did me.

I hope that STEAM News will help spread awareness of current, STEAM-related endeavors and promote the necessity of protecting the environment both in the Earth's atmosphere and beyond it.

Thank you to all our readers, writers, and editors, for helping me take this vision and turn it into a compelling reality. Without you, this project wouldn't be possible. I know that a community of teens interested in STEAM is something I would have appreciated years ago. Going forward, I know that together we will bring STEAM News to great lengths, and I'm eager to see in what new ways STEAM News will change the world.

Hi! My name is Maya Puterman, I am a senior at the Ramaz School, and I live in New York City.

Though I am passionate about all the different categories of STEAM, my favorite areas are engineering and technology.

My passion for STEAM is rooted in my creative personality. Since I was a little girl, I would always discover new problems and come up with creative means of solving them.

As an example, growing up knowing that global warming is harming our planet and that human waste is one of the main reasons, I became cognizant of how much paper we waste on a daily basis and its negative impacts on the planet. I came up with a way to turn regular paper reusable by making it dry-erase, so one sheet of paper can be used an infinite amount of times. I am now the founder of paperecoshop.com, a site selling reusable paper products, where I donate 10% of the proceeds to planting trees in Africa. Planting trees is one of the most vital steps to prevent the imminent threat of climate change.

The truth is that I wasn't always passionate about STEAM. After being introduced to the topic, in retrospect I realized how much I was missing out beforehand. STEAM is the future. I had the idea to start STEAM News in order to spread my passion for STEAM with other kids around the world, as well as inspire others to have a passion for STEAM as well.

I hope that STEAM news will spread an awareness for STEAM and get more teens around the world involved, as I myself wish I would have done sooner. I also hope to create a community of like-minded teens who have a passion for STEAM and to further help them discover their passion for different areas of STEAM as well.

I would like to thank our amazing team and give a huge shout out to our supportive community of readers as well as our incredible team of writers, who are shaping the future of the world.

Aashna Chavan

Editor

DuPont Manual High School, USA

Arielle Nguyen

Editor

Fountain Valley High School, USA

Ashley Chan

Graphic Designer

Bronx High School of Science, USA

Ashley Rechtschaffen

Chapter President

Ramaz Upper School, USA

Audrey Tran

Graphic Designer/Chapter President

Fountain Valley High School, USA

Edward Shabatayev

Collaborations Director

Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences, USA

Gianna Goldfarb

Marketing Director/Photography

Ramaz Upper School, USA

Haylee Ramlakhan

Online Events Coordinator

The Scholar's Academy, USA

Janessa Angela Alerre

Chapter President

George Washington High School, Guam

Jasmine Nguyen

Graphic Designer/Chapter President

Fountain Valley High School, USA

Jessica Dennehy

Editor

Williamsville East High School, USA

Juan Valenciana

Chapter President

St. Francis Preparatory School, USA

Lindsay Chuback

Chapter President

Ramaz Upper School, USA

Monal Gupta

Chapter President

Williamsville East High School, USA

Saranya Mandapaty

Marketing Director

West Windsor Plainsboro High School, USA

Snika Gupta

Editor

Brooklyn Technical High School, USA

Sydney Pastor

Chapter President

Pine Crest School, USA

Valeen Verango

Chapter President

John F. Kennedy High School, Guam

Contributing Writers

Aashna Chavan

DuPont Manual High School, USA

Abram Tran

Westminster High School, USA

Adrienne Ma

R.C. Palmer Secondary School, Canada

Aisha Chloe C. Camaquin

John F. Kennedy High School, Guam

Aleksandra Gavrilovic

Pine Crest School, USA

Alex Moss

Alfred Barbe High School, USA

Alexis Gogue

George Washington High School, Guam

Aliyan Nadeem

Beaconhouse Margalla, Turkey

Amy Nangia

Michael E. DeBakey High School, USA

Andrea Mojsoska

Nova International Schools, North Macedonia

Anya Puangsawas

Brooklyn Technical High School, USA

Armita Rohani

Williamsville East High School, USA

Arielle Nguyen

Fountain Valley High School, USA