Meet the team
Avery Galligher
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-Project Manager (PM)
-Software
-Second year in FTC & Fourth year in FIRST
-Her favorite food is macaroni and cheese
-In the future, Avery wants to become an Epidemiologist.
Shriya Ganesan
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-Assistant Project Manager (APM)
-Software
-Second year in FTC & Fourth Year in FIRST
-She is the youngest member on the team.
-Shriya has been in Destination Imagination since 4th grade and has gone to Global Finals twice.
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Milan Patel
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-Assistant Project Manager (APM)
-Hardware
-Second year in FTC and Fifth year in FIRST
- "I'm cool and dope" - Milan Patel 2019
- Second youngest member on the team
Shaunak Pandey
-Project Manager in Training (PM in training)
-CAD
-First year in FTC & Fifth year in FIRST
-Shaunak enjoys spending his free time with dogs
-His hobbies are flying remote controlled airplanes and playing piano
Jake Friedman
-Rookie to FTC
-CAD
-First year in FTC & Third year in FIRST
-He enjoys playing in his kazoo band during his free time.
-He can eat over eight slices of pizza in one sitting
Jeffery Gunawan
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-Rookie to FTC
-Software
-First year in FTC & third year in FIRST
-Jeffery enjoys eating ramen ​during his free time.
-He is a talented swimmer in Nitro (swim team)
Reagan Lamb
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-Rookie to FTC
-Hardware
-First year in FTC & fourth year in FIRST
-She is a talented actress that enjoys theater, cooking and playing with her three adorable dogs.​
Karen Li
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-Rookie to FTC
-Software
-First year in FTC & Third year in FIRST
-She is a talented musician who is in Honor Band and plays two instruments; the flute and violin.
-She enjoys to read during her free time.
Megan Nguyen
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-Rookie to FTC
-Marketing
-She has had no past FIRST experience but is passionate about robotics and looks forward to every meeting
-On her free time, she plays the piano, writes stories and draws.
-Her favorite subjects are math and science because they are challenging but fun.​
Bridget O'brien
-Veteran to FTC
-Hardware
-Second year in FTC & Sixth year in FIRST
-Bridget takes part in American Ninja ​Warriors and competitively swims.
-When she grows up, she wishes to be apart of the Air Force.
Aanya Paruthi
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-Rookie to FTC
-Marketing
-First year in FTC & Fifth year in FIRST
-Aanya enjoys to bake during her free time.
-She is fun and energetic with a cheerful nature
Neha Ramachandran
-Veteran to FTC
-Hardware
-Second year in FTC & Fifth year in FIRST
-She is on a competitive swim team
-She loves koalas and want to visit Australia.
-"I'm an international playa" - Neha Ramachandran 2019
-"Yo soy daebak y jana" - Neha Ramachandran 2019
-"Mi encanta bailar y cantar" - Neha Ramachandran 2019
-Plays french horn
Akash Shah
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-Rookie to FTC
-CAD
-First year in FTC & Third year in FIRST
-He is a talented singer with a wonderful voice
-Akash can play the piano and plays the flute in band.
Tanuj Tekkale
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-Veteran to FTC
-Marketing
-Second year in FTC & Sixth year in FIRST
-Even though he is on marketing, he enjoying doing software on Eclipse at home.
-He is in Destination Imagination (DI) and participates in many extracurricular activities.
-He is in band and plays the flute
-Tanuj loves shiny happy pies and Pokemon.
Ian Wallace
-Rookie to FTC
-Marketing
-First year in FTC & Third year in FIRST
-He plays baseball in his spare time and wants to continue his baseball career into high school and beyond
-He enjoys listening to music, especially "old but gold" songs.