Hi I’m Teagan, and I like the internet and space. Trees are cool too, I guess. I’m a freshman at the time of writing this, and I intend to major in Astronomy and Physics. I spent the last nine years surviving in the deserts of the Eastern valley of Arizona,…

My name is Maggie Paige. I grew (most of the way) up on Orcas Island, WA, and attended Orcas Island High School before coming here to UW. I did Pre-MAP because I find physics and astronomy to be particularly alluring fields of study and I wanted to explore my interests…

My name is Andi Bergeson and I am from infinite-sunshine-land, aka Orange County, California. In infinite-sunshine-land, I did various things, like play the saxophone in my marching band and read comic books and sleep! I watched a lot of Star Trek (The Original Series) with my dad when I was…

I’m Brittany Platt and I’m from Alameda, a small island in the Bay Area of California. I am currently a junior double majoring in astronomy and physics. Like many others, I have this fundamental curiosity of my place in the world, and I am thrilled that I have the opportunity…

Hello, my name is Esmeralda Manjarrez. I’m a first generation college student and Chicana from eastern Washington planning on double majoring in astronomy and physics. I enjoy attending concerts, as well as dancing, and drinking copious amounts of bubble tea. I joined pre-map because science is pretty rad and also…

Hi, my name is Caitlyn Wilhelm and I went to high school at South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard, Washington. My intended major is Astronomy and Physics. My passion for astronomy stemmed from watching the night sky from my secluded house in the woods. My hobbies include video gaming,…

Hi, my name is Maddi and I’m currently a freshman at UW intending to major in Math or Stats or something. I took Pre-MAP because it gave me the ability to start research early and gave me insight into what astronomy work is like along with several other topics. I…

Hi, my name is Jamel Adilia and I’m a freshman. I’m from Renton and went to Renton High School. I enjoy astronomy, video games and music. I like science, specifically astronomy because when I was a child I bought a book that contained a bunch of images from Hubble and…