I
'
m
Maya
Rodriguez
,
a
senior
at
Lincoln
High
School
in
Portland
,
Oregon
.
I
'
ve
always
been
curious
about
how
things
work
,
and
a
lot
of
that
curiosity
has
centered
around
robotics
—
I
co
-
captained
our
FTC
team
,
where
I
helped
design
and
build
our
robot
each
season
and
led
us
to
state
finals
two
years
in
a
row
.
That
same
drive
shows
up
in
other
parts
of
my
life
:
I
'
m
the
copy
editor
of
the
school
paper
,
I
tutor
eighth
graders
in
algebra
once
a
week
,
and
I
'
ve
worked
at
a
local
coffee
shop
since
sophomore
year
.
Outside
of
school
,
I
love
hiking
in
the
Columbia
River
Gorge
,
I
'
m
slowly
teaching
myself
the
banjo
,
and
I
never
miss
a
Trail
Blazers
game
with
my
dad
.
In
college
,
I
want
to
dig
deeper
into
engineering
and
computer
science
,
take
classes
that
push
me
in
new
directions
,
and
keep
building
things
with
people
who
are
as
curious
as
I
am
.
I
think
your
school
'
s
hands
-
on
approach
to
learning
would
be
a
really
good
fit
for
how
I
like
to
grow
.
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