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Makenna Turner

Makenna Turner

Founder and President, Black Student Union | Research Assistant, University of Colorado Boulder ATLAS Institute

Colorado; Lafayette, Colorado; Boulder, Colorado
USCWAWashingtonStanfordRiceHarvardPennColumbiaPrinceton
4.0uw 4.8wGPAACT: 34 composite (35 EnglishSAT / ACTComputer ScienceIntended major

Awards

  1. 1

    Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

  2. 2

    NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing, National Winner

Extracurriculars

  1. 1

    Founder and President, Black Student Union

    Spent 2 years working to start Peak to Peak's Black Student Union, then served as president and collaborated with K-12 faculty on more inclusive curriculum across subject areas

  2. 2

    Founder and Organizer, Backpacks for Puerto Rico / Project Illuminate

    Founded education-access projects including Backpacks for Puerto Rico, which connected donors with an underserved Puerto Rican school after Hurricane Maria, and Project Illuminate, a web platform listing educational opportunities

  3. 3

    Member, Society of Women Engineers

    Joined Society of Women Engineers early in high school as part of a broader STEM and computer-science leadership profile

  4. 4

    Member, Key Club

    Served as student election worker/translator; participated in Key Club and Interact Club; tutored English and Spanish.

  5. 5

    Leader, FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Team

    Joined Peak to Peak's FTC program and later led a physics-based simulator team within FIRST Robotics

  6. 6

    Member, National Honor Society and Science National Honor Society

    Participated in National Honor Society and Science National Honor Society while balancing research, STEM clubs, service projects, and athletics

  7. 7

    Athlete, Track, Soccer, Basketball, and Softball

    Competed in multiple sports, including year-round indoor and outdoor track, soccer, basketball, and softball, earning track recognition at Peak to Peak

  8. 8

    Founder and Director, Robotics Club

    Restarted the Robotics Club with a technology teacher and ran it every Sunday throughout the school year

  9. 9

    President, Computer Science Honor Society

    Founded and led the school's Computer Science Honor Society, building computer-science outreach and planning after-school events for younger students

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    Research Assistant, University of Colorado Boulder ATLAS Institute

    Worked 9 months in a University of Colorado computer-science lab, programming wearable devices and contributing to published machine-learning research on athletic-move models for youth education

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