Maddie Emslie '16
Posted 10/11/2018 12:25PM

CLASS OF 2016
Campus STEM Pioneer

Inspired by her experience on the first Girl Scouts rocketry team entered in a Team America Rocketry Competition to encourage Westridge girls to get involved in STEM. As a sophomore, helped start the school’s Rocketry Club, which has since combined with the Science Olympiad Club to form the basis of the Engineering and Design Upper School elective. As a junior, mentored the Westridge Rocketry Team, and remains a member the ever-expanding team as a senior. Spent last summer interning at the Jet Propulsion Lab, assisting the scientists who control the Mars Rover and helping build rover models used in museums and school demonstrations.