OUR TEAM
About us
Aigolearning is a non-profit organization with the dual purpose of promoting coding in Children and young students’ contribution to teach Children coding.
We began with two classes at local school. With the expansion of online teaching as well as the growing emphasis on computer and technology, we began to grow. Overtime, we found more and more high school students around the nation who participated in our program, and more and more students interested in learning artificial intelligence.
Today, we have bases in both New Jersey and Seattle, and have partnered ourselves with multiple local Schools. As we expand, we hope more students will experience the joy of finishing a challenging computer program and more instructors will gain the experience of teaching through our program.
Leadership Team
National leadership:
- The National leadership positions include: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, as well as Committee Chairs and their deputies for individual group committees.
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Steven Chi – Co-President
I am a sophomore at WWP High School North. I have coding experience in scratch and java, as well as competing in FLL Robotics competitions. I play basketball and run cross country, both for the school team. In my free time, I enjoy watching movies. -
Annie Li – Co-President
Hello everyone, my name is Annie Li and I am currently a sophomore from Bergen County Academies. Ever since entering high school and really becoming exposed to computer science, I have felt really interested in it, and wished I had started at a young age, which was one of my main motivations for joining AI Go Learning. Other than coding, I enjoy spending my time painting, playing piano, and skateboarding.
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Yuying Wang – VICE PRESIDENT
HR/Training
Hello everyone! My name is Yuying Wang, and I am currently a sophomore in high school. I came across AiGoLearning during the pandemic, and I truly admire the organization’s message of aiming to teach all children coding and AI; I also extremely enjoy teaching classes and interacting with younger students. Recently, I have been fortunate enough to be a part of the AiGoLearning team and collaborate with other talented high school students in further developing our organization. In my leisure time, I like reading, running, playing the piano, and going outside to be active with friends and family!
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Edmond Niu – VICE PRESIDENT
TTK Club
Hello! My name is Edmond Niu, and I am a junior at High Technology High School. I have been interested in engineering and computer science ever since middle school. I am currently teaching a Scratch + AI Class, have coding experience in Python, Java, Scratch, and HTML/CSS/JS and just recently joined AiGoLearning. I would like to help spread AiGoLearning’s mission to provide coding opportunities to younger students because I know it will benefit them greatly in the future. In my free time, I like to play tennis, bike and hang out with my family and friends. -
Shreya Nambiar – Executive Secretary
Communication
Hello! My name is Shreya Nambiar and I am currently a freshman at Robbinsville High School. I joined the Thinkland team when I was in sixth grade and watched it transform into AiGoLearning. I enjoy teaching kids Scratch and seeing how fascinated they get while exploring the field. I believe that is a necessity for all to learn coding and it’s amazing that we’re able to give such resources to young children. Outside of AiGoLearning and school, I enjoy cooking, listening to music, watching TV, and spending time with friends & family! -
Rafael Almeida – Chief Officer
Teaching Quality
Hi my name is Rafael, and I find it a pleasure to be part of the AiGoLearning team, where I can do what I love while helping others. My penchant for coding has followed me through middle school, and now as a sophomore at the Academy of Information Technology I discovered that I love teaching too. During my free time, besides coding, I enjoy exercising, being active, and sometimes even gaming. I look forward to further collaborate with such a great family that is the AiGoLearning team.
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Daniel Liu – Managing Director
Founder
Hello! My name is Daniel, currently a High School Senior. In my sophomore year, I became a teaching assistant to the very first Scratch + AI class. The next year, I took over the class as the teacher. When the pandemic started, I began training other teachers to teach these programming classes online. To expand the program, I co-founded AiGoLearning. As Steve Jobs once said, “Everybody should learn to program a computer”, and I believe AiGoLearning can help communities achieve that goal. In my free time, I love to spend time with my brother, drive around, and just relax. Traveling is also fun.
Local leadership:
- Local leadership positions include: President, Vice President, and Secretary
- Aigolearning encourages students to develop local branches so they may engage in activities within their local communities.
Committee Group
- Training team: train student teachers
- Marketing team: promote to Parents/HS students/Kids
- Course development team: develop course content
- Operating team: manage the classes
- Benjamin Chee – Director
STEM for All
Hello! I am Benjamin, a current high school student, and I am one of the coding teachers here at AiGoLearning. I am thrilled to be part of the AiGoLearning program because I can collaborate with other talented high school students and also spread my interest in computer science to the coding community. Outside of teaching coding, I also do marketing for Stem for All, a free, nonprofit initiative to bring high-quality coding classes to underrepresented students. In my spare time, I like to ride my bike, read World War II novels, and create builds. I hope to see you around! - Christina Kaddouh – Director
AiGoLearning Junior Team
Hi! My name is Christina Kaddouh and I am currently a sophomore in the Academy of Technology and Computer Science at Bergen County Academies. In joining the AiGoLearning team, I have been able to combine my passions for computer science, teaching, and service to spread this amazing field to younger students. In my free time, other than coding, I love to read, go outside, and spend time with family and friends. - Derek Liu – Director
Class Management
Hello! My name is Derek. I am a sophomore at WWP High School North. I help with class management and marketing part of AiGoLearning. I enjoy using Photoshop and image editing. Aside from AiGoLearning, I also enjoy swimming and playing video games. - Anant Matta – Director
Storytelling Journalist Team
Hello everyone! My name is Anant Matta, and I’m a rising senior at WW-P High School North. When Daniel founded AiGoLearning, I immediately knew that it was perfect for me, and I immediately joined. Since then, I’ve loved the opportunity to employ my passion in computer science alongside like-minded people through teaching AI and Scratch to young students, and begin them on an amazing journey through CS. Outside of AiGoLearning, I love biking and take up any opportunity to go ski. I’m looking forward to another great year with AiGoLearning! - Sriram Kompella – Lead
Curriculum Development
Hi! I’m Sriram, currently a sophomore at WWP North. I have 5+ years of experience in Java, and have 2 years in Python. My favorite hobbies are IoT projects (complicating things with automation just for the fun of it), Chemistry, and movies, in no particular order. I also fence, and like biking. - Daniel Shen – Lead
TTK Test
Hello, my name is Daniel Shen, and I am a sophomore at Watchung Hills Regional High School. When I found AiGoLearning, they motivated me to teach classes and learn about computer science, leading me to where I am today. From no experience in computer science when I started AiGoLearning, to knowing a lot about Scratch and Python today, I feel like I’ve gained a lot from AiGoLearning and I can readily give back. I mainly read books and run in my spare time. - Satwika Vemuri – Lead
STEM for All
Hi! My name is Satwika Vemuri and I’m a sophomore in high school. I started my coding journey as a freshman after thoroughly enjoying my high school’s coding classes. Soon after, I was introduced to AiGoLearning by one of the other members and took a unique interest in it after learning about their mission! I’m mostly involved in the STEM for All campaign, which focuses on bringing free coding classes to underprivileged communities. In my spare time I love hanging out with family and friends or doing acro! - Tim Xu – Lead
Technology
Hello, my name is Tim Xu and I am a sophomore at International School Bellevue. Since my introduction to Scratch in 5th grade, I have loved coding and computer related subjects. I am currently the vice president of the STEM club at my school. I am also on the varsity roster for swimming and play piano in my free time. - Siddarth Narayanan – Lead
Technology
Hey, my name is Siddarth Narayanan and I’m currently a sophomore at WWP High School South. I have been interested in the field of computer science since a young age and have experience in multiple languages including, Python and Java. My hobbies include playing basketball and volleyball, and I made both school teams here at South! AiGoLearning is a great opportunity for me to help others as well as practicing and honing my own computer skills. - Shiva Subramanian
- Chintan Vajariya
Hey, my name is Chintan Vajariya and I’m a sophomore at WW-P HS North. I’ve been coding for around 3 years now. I also did robotics, and when I’m not doing schoolwork or coding, I’m working on my debate skills, participating in JSA and Model Congress. Whenever I have some free time, I love playing video games (I’m hooked to Rocket League at the moment) and biking with my friends. - Angela Chen
Hello everyone! My name is Angela Chen and I am a sophomore at the Academy for Information Technology in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. I found my passion for computer science when I was 9 because I got introduced to HTML and I now dream of having a career heavily involved with artificial intelligence. Outside of coding, I am the student council president, speech & debate club officer and I also play the violin and volleyball!
Initatives
Teacher Training: The training team’s goal is to train and evaluate new student teachers. This includes hosting training weeks and developing materials. We’re looking for experienced teachers to join us.
Student Teacher Recruiting: The recruiting team focuses on reaching out to student teachers. So far, we have reached hundreds of teachers all over the country. If you join this team, you will have the opportunity to meet and interview different people.
Teaching Quality: The Teaching Quality Team’s goal is to bring quality education to students and guidance to teachers. To continue doing so, AiGoLearning is looking for experienced teachers and leaders who bring engagement and enthusiasm into their classes to help others do the same.
Curriculum Development: If you are passionate about specific coding languages and want to help develop courses, the curriculum development team is for you! Many of our courses are actually outlined and created by students. Developers create the outline from scratch and the necessary presentations, project prompts, and solution codes. Subsequently, the developers would be consulted on most things regarding the new course and will play a large role in training new teachers as well.
Event Management: AiGoLearning has already hosted 2, very successful hackathons. These events require months of planning and preparation in multiple aspects, such as financial, outreach, and marketing efforts. Organizers gain value experience in these fields and working against the clock on a big project , as well as practice communicating with well respected organizations and individuals. Joining the event management team will help you gain valuable experience and help organize wonderful events.
STEM for All: Teens Teach Kids Coding (TTKC) is a nonprofit mission led by AiGoLearning that aims to bring the power of education to everyone through computer science. We provide free, high-quality, virtual coding courses to students from underprivileged and underrepresented groups in STEM*. We seek to partner with organizations such as local libraries, senior centers and non-profit organizations to spread our resources and reach people in need. We have courses for children aging from 5-15 years-old, from preschool/kindergarten level to high school level.
Girls Go Coding: Girls Go Coding is a non profit project which aims to give more access to girls so that they can learn their next essential life skill, coding! Young girls lack female STEM role models and environments in which they feel welcome. Girls Go Coding offers that through free, live, high quality coding classes. Classes are available to all children from 5 to 15! We are looking for people who share our enthusiasm for opening up the coding field to more girls, whether you can provide content, become a teacher, marketing, or just another point of view.
TTK Clubs: TTK Clubs is an AiGoLearning initiative that provides the guided opportunity to start a TTK Club (Teen Teach Kids) in your school or community as a high school student! Not only will you gain respect amongst others and add a leadership role (club president) to your resume and college application, but you will also gain the crucial experience of teaching others how to teach, create a warm teaching environment, interact with students, etc… all while increasing coding opportunities for the next generation of coders! For more information check out https://aigolearning.org/ttkclub/.
Journalism Team: Do you like writing, outreach, or media production? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the previous questions, then you should consider joining the AiGoLearning Journalism team! The journalism team is a team of members and aspiring writers focused on documenting and acquainting the public with the efforts made by AiGoLearning and its student leaders to provide programming learning and teaching opportunities across the country! We do this through authoring and publishing articles on a wide variety of topics, ranging from AiGoLearning initiatives to exclusive interviews with prominent STEM leaders. If you’d like to see what we’ve done so far, our articles are posted on medium at https://medium.com/aigolearning. We hope to see you soon!
AiGoLearning Junior Team (AJT): AJT works with students younger than the typical internship-age. Our team creates monthly practice problems for the students attending our classes, and other students too, to try out. This allows them to reaffirm their skills they learn in the classroom, expand upon their knowledge, and teach them the valuable skills of research, perseverance, and communication within our community of young students. AJT also works on teaching its members how to teach from a younger age, and starts them off as teacher assistants in real classrooms.
Branches
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