Pintern Blogs

Greetings! My name is Maya Santa Ana, and I am a junior in high school. My biggest interest has always been psychology. As part of a minority and as a student, I understand the trouble and bigotry my identity brings. Behavioral psychology, specifically, is something...

Hi! My name is Lana Kenworthy and I am currently a junior at Telluride High School with a passion for all things STEM. I am especially interested in the fields of biology and medicine and I look forward to learning as many new things as...

Hi! I’m Kiera Iversen. I am a junior at Olathe High School, and I will be interning with Pinhead in the summer of 2025. I am passionate about collecting and analyzing data, which ties together my interests in math, science, and English. This passion has...

Hello! My name is Shiloh Warthen and I’m a high-school junior from Montrose, Colorado. This summer I’ll be an intern through the Pinhead Institute, a wonderful program based out of telluride that helps students like me get real world experience in STEM pathways. I’m so...

Hi, my name is Noelle Roth. I’m a student at Peak Academy and have a passion for art. I draw, make jewelry, and write in shorthand. Typically, I sketch, but I’m currently learning to use oil paints. I also have a strong technical side! I...

Hi, I’m Eli Ellison, a high school junior with a passion for engineering and problem-solving. I’ve explored this through math and science courses, hands-on 3D printing, and programming in Python and Java—even building my own computer from the ground up. Beyond coding and design, I...

Hello, my name is Vivian Trommer. I’m a high school leader with a passion for cars and problem-solving. I love working with others to tackle intricate challenges and constantly seek opportunities to learn how things work. To expand my leadership skills, I joined the student...

Hi, my name is Jacob Sharpe, and I have a deep passion for stem work. I am very excited to be a Pintern this summer because I’ve always wanted to work in a lab and I want to explore a new place. My biggest strengths...

Hello, I’m Azari Guerrero, a junior at Telluride High School and a 2025 Pinhead intern. I’m independent, hardworking, caring, and bilingual. These qualities have helped me engage deeply in my studies and maintain great grades. In my free time, I volunteer with the Latino community...

Hi, I’m Adam a junior at Telluride High School. I have an interest in developing applications and games. I have always enjoyed problem solving, and programming is the outlet of problem solving that I enjoy best. In my free time I enjoy spending time with...

Hello. My name is Oliver. I’m a junior in high school who loves ecology. I am hardworking and eager to learn, especially about ecology. I often research the restoration of rivers and native fish populations. I am an inquisitive person so I love to explore...

This was my last week doing my internship at ASU with assistant professor Matthias Heyden and his team. This week I was able to work a lot on the super computer and continued to learn the bash scripting language through the terminal. On Monday I...

Hello! This was my last week in Santa Barbara interning for marine biology. I’m sad to be leaving such a beautiful place but also very excited to go home to my family. This week was shorter because both me and my fellow Pintern, Emma Galleger,...

Hello everyone, this was my final week in Santa Barbara and I am so grateful for this experience that the Pinhead organization helped me to achieve! On Monday we went into lab, each finished a transect and then checked past completed transects from last Friday....

This week is the first of a two week internship on computational chemistry at ASU. I am working under assistant professor Matthias Heyden who focuses on running simulations of atoms and complex chemical structures. During this first week I have learned a lot not just...