About

A picture of Megan standing on lava rocks. She is wearing a brown tank top, black skirt, and white baseball cap. Her head is turned away from the camera.

Hi, I'm Megan! I'm a high school student from the Chicagoland area. Ever since I was little, I have been fascinated science and technology. However, it took me a little longer to discover what I wanted to do within the STEM-field. Read more about my journey below.

My Journey

2015 The meet cute

I was first introduced to programming in third grade during our hour of code. It was love at first sight.
2021 Kode with Klossy and Northwestern e-Focus Seminar

After taking a break from coding, I applied and was accepted to Kode With Klossy, which runs free two-week summer coding programs for female and non-binary students. I participated in a virtual mobile application development course where I learned Swift and Xcode. During this summer, I also completed a two-week seminar on design thinking and communication through Northwestern.
2021 Chemistry with chemistry

Unexpectedly, I discovered my love for chemistry a couple months into my general chemistry course. I dedicated hours to honing my chemistry skills and learning more about topics that facinated me.
2022 BinaryHeart

During sophmore year I joined BinaryHeart, a club at my school that donates refurbished used computers to students in need of resources. I started working with four other peers on creating a website for BinaryHeart using JavaScript and CSS. Next school year, I will be the project manager for web development.
2022 Girls Who Code and Kode With Klossy

The summer before my junior year, I participated in the Girls Who Code self-paced summer immersion program where I learned HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, along with cybersecurity and cryptography. I also completed another virtual Kode With Klossy course, this time on data science.
2022 University of Pennsylvania Chemistry Research Academy

For three weeks in Philadelphia, I learned about research through labs, lectures, and discussions.