Current Mentors
From artists to engineers, our mentor team consists of passionate, talented and creative teens from the Bay Area. Mentors are responsible for all day-to-day MakeX tasks such as staffing, shop maintenance, finance, recruiting and training, and more.
Eric Jo
Eric is a junior at Palo Alto High School, he enjoys. If you see him in public please remind him that he needs a better profile picture.
"insert_quote" - Eric Jo
Tony Wu
Tony is a senior at Henry M. Gunn High School and enjoys mechatronics. He is part of the astra rocketry team and the Gunn robotics team. You will usually see him in the electronics closet.
"bruhing" - Tony Wu
Kyvan Chen
Kyvan is a junior at Palo Alto High School. He likes to paint, work with 3d printers, play Brawl stars, and CAD. He also does robotics on Peninsula Robotics. His favorite MaxeX activity is sticker making.
“Dino nuggets > other food” -Kyvan Chen
Alexander Erlebacher
Alexander is a sophomore at Menlo Atherton High School. He likes to woodwork, play the oboe, and sell cutting boards. He hates 3D printers.
"You only live once, but if the avocado fall as far from the trees as a apples to an potatos, I like chicken." - Alexander Erlebacher
Reed Truong
Reed is a senior at Palo Alto High School. He is a member of the Paly Math Club and Robotics Team. Outside of school, he likes playing games with friends and drinking boba.
"carefully" - Reed Truong
Henry Dominik
Henry is a senior at Henry M. Gunn high school. He likes apples and bananas, 3d printing, electronics, and CAD. He also likes to build rockets
"onomatopoeia is an onomatopoeia, yet palindrome isnt." - Henry Dominik
Royan Xu
Royan is a sophomore at Gunn High School. He likes electrical engineering, wood working, 3d printing, cadding, and embroidering. He also likes to build rockets.
“Wheres the flux capacitor” - Royan Xu
Vijay Shroff
Vijay is a freshman at Henry M. Gunn High School. He loves 3d printing, Engineering, and working on engines. He also loves to have fun, and help people.
“I dont plan explosion, they just happen” - Vijay Shroff
Lucile Nguyen
Lucie is a senior at Gunn High School. She loves tinkering, 3d printing, and sticker making. She also loves to travel with her family, and to fix things at home.
"Life is the most terrifying ride ever, but the good news is, you are the operator." -Lucile Nguyen
Past Mentors <3
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Aashai Avadhani
Aditi Jain
Annalee Soohoo
Arunim Agarwal
Benji Nio
Claire Kokontis
David Anwyl
Dhara Yu
Gregory Xie
​Isabella Yu
Jevan Yu
Johnathon Lu
Kai Gallagher
Kesi Soundararajan
Kevin Dee
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Maria Ramon
Michael Wang
Nicholas Mo
Peter Turnbull
Richa Krishna
Takaaki Sagawa
William Meng
Weijing Chen
Yonatan Maor
Sofia Little
Noah Mililvojevic
Eli Gaskin
Carter Baginskis
Nolan Nguyen
Nitzan Drori
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David Kim
Nithila Subramanian
Nisma Khan
Adam Fong
Jason Chen
Khai Gordon
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Founders <3
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James Wang
​Jeremy Trilling
Nathan Kau