Meet The Team
Mishti Dhawan
Bellevue, Washington
Co-Founder & Co-Director of STEMTeen
Mishti is currently a senior at Interlake High School. She is very passionate about STEM and public health. When she's not working on STEMTeen, you can find her planning voter registration drives for Next Generation Politics, studying for her HOSA competitions, or preparing for her next Speech and Debate tournament. She also loves to read, write poetry, and explore all that PNW has to offer.
Manasa Lingireddy
Bellevue, Washington
Co-Founder & Co-Director of STEMTeen
Manasa is currently a senior at Interlake High School. From building robots to programming in JAVA, STEM has always been something that she was interested in. Through STEMTeen, she hopes to foster that same interest in the youth of her community. Manasa also participates in her school's Speech and Debate as well as HOSA. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking or watching lots of television!
Bellevue, Washington
Kristin Tapang
Creative Director
Kristin is in her senior year at Interlake High School, She was always held a fascination with all things art and anything related to creativity-whether that be painting, working with colored pencils, making paper sculptures or simply writing in her bullet journal. She is also obsessed with staying organized and always has something to check off on her planner. In her spare time, you will usually find her in the library, looking for yet another book to read, o taking a walk outside with her Golden Doodl!