
1
Posing with a super steampunk submarine
at Maker Faire Bay Area 2014, age 10.
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Excited for early entry at the same event.
me that my skill level didn’t really matter that
much. When I asked Nancy what she meant,
she said that the program was really just about
learning. We weren’t expected to create a world-
changing miracle idea, but instead go along with
the program and see what we could get out of
it. Nancy convinced me that if I was going to be
minoring in the majors, I might as well enjoy
myself.
With somewhat renewed confidence, I plunged
myself back into the first part of the Learning
Labs program. This “Inspiration” phase was
meant t ...