Featured Maker

Paarus Enjoys Coding Challenges! We would love to introduce Paarus as our Featured Maker! He is nine years old and absolutely loves to play cricket. He would like to be a game developer when he grows up, and right now he enjoys playing Rocket League! When in school, Paarus enjoys math; although it may be challenging, the questions are really fun for […]

Sophia’s Canvas of Code Our newest Featured Maker is Sophia from Nevada! She loves arts, crafts, and just building from scratch, which explains her love for coding. Along with crafting, Sophia loves to draw, make 3D objects, and play with Transformers! Sophia has aspirations of becoming an engineer, and her favorite subjects in school include Art and P.E. Sophia sat […]

Marcos Navas Makes with Code! “We need to engage learners in a meaningful and authentic way.” –Marcos Navas Connect @mrnavas Union City Public Schools Union City, New Jersey Marcos Navas is a true ‘teacherpreneur’ who helps educators and students see new learning horizons through making! He’s been a technology coordinator for the Union City Board of Education in Union City, […]

In Rhythm with Kamal’s Code! Featured Maker Kamal is a passionate musician, aerial artist, and coder extraordinaire! This future video game programmer is fourteen years old and going into the 10th grade in Washington. When Kamal is not coding, you can hear him playing the piano, guitar, and percussion instruments, including the steel drum! Kamal does a lot with his […]

Emma Codes for Animals! 9-year-old Emma from Missouri loves animals–she wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up and has based some of her games off of her beloved dog, Ginger. Her favorite subjects in school are art, reading and science; she feels that science is hands-on and intuitive. They also have time to code during “Maker Space,” which […]

Emi Brings His Code to Life! Emi loves to animate, draw comic strips, and would love to be a video game producer when he grows up! He even has his own comic series where he has created a story for his stick characters. Emi lives in Vermont and likes playing video games outside of school. When he is in school, he loves tech […]

Ximena Gets Inspiration from Holidays Ximena is a future chef and owner of her own restaurant! She is from Mexico and loves to code, cook, draw, and sing–she even takes extra classes after school to improve her singing. At ten years old, she loves science and her creative time at school where she can create her drawings. We got to […]

Conner Codes To Design Games! Conner, who is 11 years old and from South Carolina, is our newest Featured Maker! He has aspirations of becoming a video game designer when he grows up. When Conner is in school, he loves studying science and is particularly interested in subjects like terraforming. Outside of school, Conner plays with his friends on Xbox […]

Jake is a Self-Taught Coder! As we spoke with 13-year-old Jake, it became clear that he’s already an advanced programmer for someone his age; he loves Python and is the “resident coder” at his school—his classmates and teachers often ask him for help when they have questions. A fun fact about Jake is that he likes space! He started a […]