2009 Team Member Bios

Tasha
Pre-build season, Tasha Banderia is manager of the Historian/Documentarian group, and contributes to Graphics and Apparel. Outside of Robotics, she enjoys travel, film, and photography, and hopes to major in Biology or Criminology.

Daniel
Daniel Berg participates in the only sport that has zero displacement; track and field. He is on the Events teams and responsible for birthday cakes in the Engineering Academy and is looking forward to an entertaining robotics season.

Chase
Chase Buchanan is an awesome person who enjoys hanging out with friends, playing video games, and skateboarding in his free time. This year in robotics Chase will be apart of many aspects of presentations. If you see him around say hi, he's a nice guy!

Anthony
Anthony Cazabat enjoys track and field, football and playing guitar. He spends most of his time hanging out with friends and is a table mover on the robotics team.

Angela
Angie Dai is excited to be part of the DP Robotics Team! She is "an economically challenged" President of Math Club, a varsity tennis athlete, and an avid musician. Angie is on the events, presentations, and sponsor relations teams.

Isabelle
Isabelle D'Arcy is on the events team, and is eager to plan 32 birthdays among other things. She loves history and politics, enjoys playing classical on the piano, and looks forward to learning new skills in both engineering and business this year.

Max
Max Garber is an Origami Master who does not believe in spelling. He likes doing all kinds of things on his computer from creating new origami, modeling futuristic vehicles, playing games, and dabbling in computer graphics. In real life, Max plays ÜLTIMATE frisbee and is looking forward to an über Robotics season.

Saher
Saher "Sa" Hamdani is hoping to bring her mad art skillz to the robotics team this year. As a member of the triumvirate graphics team, Sa delights in utilizing her talent to make a more aesthetically pleasing robot. An avid golfer and drummer, Sa hopes to juggle her love for extracurricular activites and robotics in this exciting and very busy senior year.

Bryan
Bryan Heller plays football and basketball. He enjoys working with his father to fix up his house. Bryan is looking forward to a great robotics season as a member of the Events and Graphics group.

Andrew
Andrew Hsu is an extroverted member of the Robotics team, and is a member of the elite Solid Seven and the Public Relations, Apparel, and Presentations teams. In his off time, Andrew enjoys playing the cello, piano, and guitar, and likes to write songs about random members of the team. Andrew is ridiculously excited for the Robotics season!

Daniel
Daniel Huthsing plays volleyball for DP and enjoys backpacking, fly fishing, and playing guitar. He is on the Presentations and the PR teams.

John
John Kim, aka Jüan Kim, has been involved in diverse activities. He has played varsity tennis for three years and the trumpet for six years. He is the President of Future Scientists and Engineers of America, Founder and President of DPHS Science Bowl Club, Vice President in math club and is also captain of the Varsity Tenis team. He is the Human Resourcer in robotics. He loves chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering by heart. He believes Buddhism and wants to become a chemical and biomedical engineer to make our world without suffering!

Caroline
Caroline Kim is in the documentation team, recording the history of the Robotics team. At school, she co-leads DP math club and has swam for several seasons. She enjoys meeting newborn babies, playing the flute, and stargazing. Caroline likes getting emails and believes in dreams.

Fedor
Fedor Kostritsa is an off-season web-developer and an on-season programmer. He is a member of the FSEA, Science Bowl club, and Math club on campus and enjoys skiing during the winter.

Jacob
As a guitar-wielding, fun-loving Hebrew Hammer, Jacob Kovacs-Goodman is looking forward to an awesome Robotics season. He is an economically challenged leadership commissioner who enjoys the multitude of clubs Dos Pueblos has to offer. Jacob is on the accounting, presentation, and writing teams. He firmly subscribes to the John Lennon belief that "all you need is love."

David
During pre-build season, David Liu is part of the graphics and video editing team. He is psyched to be working on projects that he enjoys, which are similar to his hobbies outside of school. In his spare time, David enjoys surfing the "tubes" and is interested in all things electronic.

Lisa
Lisa Nakashima is so excited to finally be fulfilling her lifelong dream of being a member of the Dos Pueblos Robotics team. Lisa hopes to use her remarkable online shopping skills to amass a noteworthy collection of apparel for the team. When she's not doing robotics, she enjoys laughing, eating, playing the violin, water polo, swimming, and working her up-do.

Alyssa
Alyssa Ogi is part of Public Relations, Human Resources, Apparel, Graphics, and Writing, and is excited to juggle all her roles as the team heads into Robotics season. Outside of class, she is president of DP's Quite Dead Poets Society, and loves to watch black and white movies, play music with her friends, and write poems in the margins of her homework.

Matt
Matt Parker is a nerd master. He is a level 42 master of the performing arts who has done theater, choir and instrumental music for several years. Matt is now the manager of the presentation team in the 2009 engineering class. He hopes that his skills as Dungeon Master serve him well as he introduces the world to the engineering academy through the presentations he will help to design.

Colin
Colin Ristig is involved in the underground DP improv troupe and uses his spontaneity to add some excitement to the accounting, interviews and SolidWorks Seven. Outside of school, he enjoys restoring cars and playing piano, simultaneously. He has a knack for cajun cooking and hopes to add a little spice and taste of the Bayou to this upcoming seasons meals.

Gabe
Gabe Rives-Corbett is on the computers and presentations teams for the Enginering Academy. He is also very involved in the theater program at DP. Outside of school, when he isn’t doing homework, he can be found sailing in the Santa Barbara channel. He is very excited to be a part of this great program!

Luke
Luke Seale is over 9000 feet tall. He runs 3-mile cross country races because anything less is for sissies. Even though it is made by heartless drum machines, techno is his favorite music. As a member of the SolidWorks Seven, he looks at everything and wonders how he could model it. Princeton is his favorite prospective college.

Stuart
Since he was a mere lad of ten, Stuart has been playing the accordion, and he acted in his first musical when he was eleven. Since then, these two activities have dominated his life—but that is all about to change. Now he has traded the stage for a jumpsuit, and is on the writing and presentations teams, as well as being the seventh member of the SolidWorks Seven. He seldom cuts his hair.

Anthony
Anthony Turk is the current CEO of the Virtual Enterprise class/club at school and is really looking forward to an enjoyable robotics season this year. He enjoys playing basketball, tennis, and traveling every chance he gets. Anthony is on the graphics and presentation teams. He is also an avid LA Lakers fan.

Nick
Nick enjoys learning math and applying it to the world. He has lived in Goleta all his life. In the Academy, he is on the computers team and helps to maintain this site, as well as a myriad of other things, such as setting up computer labs around campus. He enjoys programming computers, among other things.

Alejandro
Alejandro Veloz is part of the Graphics Team for Team 1717 and when he's not in Robotics he plays football and listens to music. A LOT of music.

Yidi
A traveling musician, Yidi Wang has journeyed around the world with her trusty piano. She is super excited that during her short stay in Santa Barbara, she can be a part of the awesomely amazing Robotics program. In Robotics, Yidi is part of the Writing, Sponsor Recognition, Presentations,and Solid Seven group. Outside of school, Yidi spends her time falling in love with music, going to church, saying "awww" to the little things in life, talking loudly with friends, and serving the community.

Kristi
Kristi Ware is actively involved in performing arts and has studied dance and voice from a young age. She is a member of Dos Pueblos Leadership as ASB Treasurer and loves being a part of the DPEA Presentation Team as well as conducting Academy Interviews. Kristi is a HUGE country music fan and loves enjoying life's simple pleasures. :)

Kevin
Kevin Wojcik was born and raised in Goleta and grew up always wanting to improve technology. He strives to learn as much as he can about computers and programming. At school he participates in badminton, ping pong, FSEA and Science Quiz Bowl clubs. Out of school he is a true frisbee guru and plays at UCSB weekly. In Robotics he is on the Computers group, meaning he helps manage the Academy's website, data, and programming needs. He also works on projects around school such as computer labs. Some call him WojcikWojcikWojcik.

Aki
Aki Yamamoto is an anime addict who has yet to fall to the otaku realm (thankfully). He spends much of his time translating Japanese to English to add subtitles to videos. One thing he hates to do is waste time doing nothing (waiting in line, at the traffic, etc.), and you'll see him utilizing his full-blooded Japanese ninjaness if he stays dormant for too long. You want to steal the high school football highlight on KEYT? Leave it to him and his über flipping skills; he's already done it once before. In another story, he's interested in pursuing computer science and video editing. He's involved in the presentation and video editing groups during the pre-Robotics season.

John
John Yi is a peace loving golfer and a hard-core weight lifter at athletic club. John is looking forward to a fantastic Robotics season. John is a really calm golfer who will stay emotionless all the time even if a mind-boggling lunatic keeps screaming at him whenever he swings at his golf ball. He is on the presentation and accounting teams.