PEOPLE
Our mentors, volunteers, and advisors are excited to provide 6th - 12th graders with an opportunity to start coding at a young age. We hope to nurture a fun, nonintimidating educational environment to allow any student from any background to enjoy learning to code. A big thank you to our advisor Charles "Charlie" Shackford, the ICS department chair Dr. Scott Robertson, Associate Faculty Specialist Kenny Quibilan, and IT System Administrator Todd Tomita for their support to make this program possible.
MENTORS
Cody Torres (President)
Subjects: Web Dev, Cybersecurity
Hello! My name is Cody, and I'm a Security Science major who loves to spread the word on how awesome the world of computer science is. Two things I love are video games and self improvement. I'm excited for the future of computing and ICSpark!
Briana Lee (Vice President)
Subjects: Web Dev
Hi everyone, my name is Briana and I am a Senior majoring in Computer Science at UH Mānoa. I enjoy watching shows, drawing, and spending time with my friends.
Sydnee You (Communication Officer)
Subjects: Web Dev
Hello there! My name is Sydnee, and I am a senior majoring in Computer Science. I enjoy playing video games, swimming, playing flute, drawing, and listening to music. I enjoy helping others learn the basics of coding and hope to continue doing so.
Cade Kane (Treasurer)
Subjects: Web Dev
Aloha mai! ʻO Cade Jon Kanoniakapueo Kane koʻu inoa. I am from Honouliuli, ʻEwa, Oʻahu. I am a senior majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Biology. I do bioinformatics and machine learning research and enjoy going to the gym, running, and hanging out with friends. I hope to attend graduate school at UH for Computer Science.
Kristine Orpilla (Marketing)
Subjects: Web Dev
Hello, my name is Kristine Orpilla and I am a senior majoring in Computer Science. I am interested in going into software engineering or data science. In my free time, I enjoy listening to music and reading books.
Frances Uy (Lecturer)
Subjects: Web Dev
Hello! My name is Frances and i’m in my fourth year majoring in Computer Science. I love learning and building projects related to Data Science, Machine Learning, and Web Development.
David Rickards (Webmaster)
Subjects: Web Dev, Cybersecurity
Hi, my name is David! I am a senior at UH Manoa majoring in Computer Science. I am interested in software engineering and cybersecurity. Outside of school, I enjoy going to the beach, hiking, and gaming.
Xavier Burt
Subjects: Web Dev
Hello, I'm Xavier Burt, I'm a Physics and Computer science major at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, I'm interested in improving myself and helping others, and hope I will be able to do both.
Jeff Wong
Subjects: Web Dev
Hi! My name is Jeff, I am a second-year master's student at the University of Hawaii studying Computer Science. My interests include High Performance Computing and Software Engineering. I am excited to work with everyone!
Jordan Le
Subjects: Web Dev
II am a UH Manoa student majoring in BA Information and Computer Sciences. I'm also pursuing the Creative Computational Media (CCM) certificate. You could say that I'm a software enthusiast. I am passionate in computer programming and digital art. I like to help people learn how to code and bring new ideas relating to coding. It would be a pleasure to help the younger generation learn coding.
Jiawen Chen
Subjects: Web Dev
Hello, I'm Jiawen! I am a junior studying computer science. I enjoy playing video games and watching anime in my free time. I look forward to meeting and interacting with everyone!
Emmett Saldivar
Subjects: Web Dev
Howdy, my name is Emmett and I'm a Sophomore computer science major. I love computer science because it enables me to create things that can be used by anyone in the world.
Coleman Lau
Subjects: Web Dev
Hello, my name is Coleman Lau! I am a freshman majoring in Computer Science. During my free time I enjoy playing video games, listening to music, and playing tennis. I look forward to working with you all!
Shane Cacal-Tafao
Subjects: Web Dev
Hey, I'm Shane and I'm actually majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Despite that, computer science is still one of my passions, as I've been coding since elementary. Beyond that, I love playing guitar, photography, playing games, and, when I feel like it, hiking.
Dominic Lau
Subjects: Web Dev
Hello! My name is Dominic and I am a Freshman majoring in Computer Science at UH Manoa. During my free time, I like to listen to music, play video games, draw, play sports, and spending time with my friends and family.
Ahron Natividad
Subjects: Web Dev
Hello! My name is Ahron and I am currently a sophomore majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics. I enjoy playing video games, solving puzzles, and coding from time to time.
Luke Pagtulingan
Subjects: Web Dev
Hi I’m Luke! I’m a senior majoring in computer science. I like surfing, playing music, skateboarding, fashion, and dancing
Lukas Moroz
Subjects: Web Dev
Hello, my name is Lukas Moroz and I am a junior majoring in Computer Science with a minor is sociology. I enjoy cooking and playing video games.
Ruadhán (Rowen) Buddenhagen
Subjects: Web Dev
Aloha all. I am currently an MEd student in the college of education. I am a language teacher, and an editor, and I'm excited to learn a little bit of coding along with you all. My favorite color is orange, and my favoirte animal is the octopus. Let's get to learning!
Katelyn Sung
Subjects: Web Dev
Hi I'm Katelyn I'm a CCM Major. I'm intersted in creating websites, video games and just creative media production in fashion! super excited to learn and join ICSpark!
Seri Nakamura
Subjects: Web Dev, Cybersecurity
My name is Seri Nakamura and I am a undergraduate senior studying Computer Science and Astronomy. I enjoy crafting and playing games with a side of tea on my free time:) What happens when you overclock a pc? It goes up in 🔥frames🔥 :D
Derek Garcia
Subjects: Web Dev
Hi, I'm Derek! I'm a Computer Science PhD student at UH. When I'm not working on my research, I enjoy making coffee, hiking, and working on random side projects.
Maya Chang
Subjects: Web Dev
Hi everyone! My name is Maya and I'm a junior majoring in Computer Science. In my free time I enjoy reading, making crafts and watching YouTube videos. I also love traveling. I look forward to meeting you all!
