Chloe Kuelbs, 17 Viewpoint School Engineer; award-winning robot designer
Proudest Accomplishment Starting my school’s “Eco-friendly Club” and growing it into a changemaking Environmental Sustainability Council that now includes sixth through 12th graders.
Biggest challenge you’ve faced? Walking onto the shop floor as a Controls Engineering Intern at an aerospace company this past summer—as the youngest person there with A LOT to learn.
Second proudest accomplishment? Winning the Vex Robotics Excellence Award at the 2016 Clash in the Canyon Robotics Competition with my novice, all-girl team.
To what or whom do you attribute your success, thus far? My parents. They are supportive, but have allowed me to blaze my own path, make mistakes and discover aspirations that are truly my own.
Who or what inspires you? My aunt Haifaa Al-Mansour, the first female Saudi filmmaker. She fights cultural barriers to create great films that examine oppression of women and other injustices. Person you feel grateful for? Viewpoint robotics instructor and physics teacher, Mr. Rush, and science teacher, Mr. Yates—both dedicated mentors who’ve taught me about engineering and sustainability.
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Pivotal moment in your life? Sophomore year, I attended a science conference at Stanford. Watching students present inventions for aiding amputees and cleaning drinking water inspired me to start inventing.