Guest Lecture Series
STEAM for All's monthly guest lecture series, led by our alumni and illustrious professionals, focus on different, specific fields to help shed light on future opportunities in each field and any steps you can take if you are interested in pursuing these fields. Thank you to everyone who has joined our lectures and to all of our speakers and panelists!
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January Speakers
Math

Sophia Chen
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Junior at Sage Hill School
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Co-president of OCMC
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Founder of AGMOT
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6-time AIME qualifier
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2-time USAJMO qualifier
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Math Prize for Girls award winner
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2-time USABO camper
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USNCO High Honors
Andrew Gu
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Freshman at Harvard University
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Former co-president of OCMC
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6-time USAMO qualifier
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4-time MOPper
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USA IMO team member
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USACO platinum
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USA IPhO team alternate
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USNCO Honors


April Speakers
Community Service



Emily Zhang
MIT: Earth, Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences and/or Computer Science
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President of Student Council
Co-President of OC Science
Director of OCSEW
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Cynthia Qi
MIT: Mathematics and Computer Science
Co-Director of Operations
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Former Co-President of Orange County Math Circle
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Alyssa Huang
UIUC: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Robotics 4-time World Championship qualifier
SfA Engineering Department
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Joanna Fan
UPenn M&T Program: Computer Science, Finance, Business Analytics
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Science Bowl and Science Olympiad Captain
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Co-Director of Operations
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February Speakers
Science

Dr. Dave Larue
Dr. Larue earned his doctorate from Northwestern University. He was a professor of Geology at Stanford University and the University of Puerto Rico. Now, Dr. Larue now works as a Consulting Geologist for Chevron in Bakersfield.

Sherry Xu
OC Science and Math for Service
Yale University c/o 2022
Double major in Earth & Planetary Sciences and Environmental Studies
undergraduate research fellow in the Hull Lab
executive director of FOCUS on New Haven
editor-in-chief of Distilled Periodical
January Speakers
Business & Entrepreneurship

Daniel Huang
Daniel is the founder and CEO of Immotor. Previously, Daniel was the founder CEO of mophie and CEO of GGEC America.

Michael Wu
A former OCMC co-president, Michael is a third-year student at Harvard University studying computer science and currently leading a social impact startup.

Natalie Yee
Natalie is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania studying finance, business analytics, and computer science. She is the founder and former president of All Girls Math Tournament.
November Speakers
Computer Science

Michelle Xu
Stanford University,
c/o 2022
STEAM for All Alumni
Facebook SWE Intern
Melissa Informatics Intern

Kasra Lekan
University of Virginia, c/o 2024
Jefferson Scholar
STEAM for All Alumni
Machine Learning Researcher
