JC Ramirez raised in Santa Fe holds a Media Arts and Communications Degree after attending UNM and SFCC. His STEM background includes being a mentor for various STEM camps and college readiness programs such as AVID around Santa Fe and Santa Fe Public Schools from 2017 to the present. Former jobs include Application Technician working on space-grade instruments for aerospace organizations, and his own marketing company Momentos Marketing servicing community organizations throughout the US.
JC has worked with STEM Santa Fe as a marketing and program manager for Scaffold and has assisted STEM Santa Fe programs including STEM Pathway For Girls, Meow Wolf "Make and Believe Time", and all summer programs including Aviation and Aerospace Camp, 3D Camps in San Ildefonso Pueblo and Santa Fe, and more. JC's passions include filmmaking, community art events, and learning about STEM.
Originally from Nambe, New Mexico, Lourdes LeDoux is a second year college student at the University of New Mexico. Lourdes is an intern for the summer of 2024. She has worked on this summers Aviation Camp at the Jet Center, 3D printing camps at both San Ildefonso Pueblo and Santa Fe, is co-leading a Meow Wolf program about oil spills and plans to work on a Kinesiology and Exercise Science at the end of the summer.
In addition, Lourdes is interested in education and journalism, she has been a ballet dancer for about sixteen years, and enjoys traveling and meeting new people.
I have been a science educator for over 23 years, 3 years as a science teacher in the Peace Corps (The Gambia, West Africa) and the other 20 at the Santa Fe Indian School. In addition to being a mom to 2 amazing kids (14 and 11), I work with Lina Germann through STEM SF’s amazing summer program. The past couple years I have offered the app building camp that has the students build an entire app in a week and submit their project to the Congressional App Challenge. I love the challenge of coding and introducing students to a new set of skills that can be used in their future endeavors.
Theodore McDonald was born in Santa Fe and spent some of his upbringing living in Nambe. He has worked at various STEM summer camps and programs serving New Mexico students. Other past work includes being a tutor and teaching assistant for computer science during his time at New Mexico Tech and interning at Los Alamos Lab for a few summers. He first did work for STEM Santa Fe back in 2019 as a mentor and has been assisting with project development and providing technical support, including building a Rubik’s cube-solving robot for demos. During his internship in 2024, he led the summer’s sundial 3D printing camp at San Ildefonso Pueblo, as well as a 3D printing camp at the Higher Education Center. He is motivated by his experience of being inspired by STEM summer camps and programs as a child and the desire to pass on that opportunity to other New Mexico students. Some of his passions include the natural world, photography and hands-on projects. Theodore is now a STEM mentor at the Santa Fe Indian School.
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Dwayne Joe, a Diné-Hopi filmmaker from Shiprock, New Mexico, has dedicated his career to telling Indigenous stories through narrative and documentary films. His award-winning short documentary, Big Sister Rug, earned a Rocky Mountain Emmy. With over 12 years of experience in the film and television industry, Dwayne has honed his skills at prestigious organizations like KOB 4 Eyewitness News and for the Warner Bros series, Roswell, New Mexico: Season 1. Currently, Dwayne is a dedicated educator and filmmaker. As a high school teacher at Santa Fe Indian School, he shares his passion for film and media production with his students. He also serves as the program director for Shiprock Mobile Studio, a groundbreaking initiative that introduces Indigenous youth to the fundamentals of filmmaking, digital media art, and creative storytelling.
Ms. Teterycz or "Ms. T" is a bilingual level III teacher with numerous endorsements, including Computer Science, Business & Technology Education, Information Technology, Mathematics, and Social Studies. She earned her BA and MA in Economics and Education in Poland and postgraduate credits in the U.S. As a certified Microsoft Office Specialist and Adobe Certified Associate, she started teaching Computer Applications and Web Design. As a certified (by Carnegie Mellon University CS Academy) CS1 trainer and level I & II educator, she currently teaches Intro to CS and an AP CSP course. She received the Teacher Appreciation Award in 2024, 2023, and 2022, and the 2021 Supercomputing Challenge She was also recognized by the NM Governor in 2022 and 2020 and received the Excellence in Student Achievement Award from NMSBA & SFPS Board of Education in 2022.
