STEM Inspires
Education, Community, and Leadership
[11/2025] Hackphs
STEM Inspire Co-Founder Emma Li is a proud organizer of hackPHS!
Looking for a beginner-friendly, 24-hour hackathon to make your ideas reality?
Look no further than hackPHS!
hackPHS is a free 24-hour high-school hackathon at Princeton High School (Princeton, NJ) happening on 11/1-11/2. We’re coming back from a two-year hiatus, after running five years of great hackathons!
Registration is OPEN! Bring some friends and participate in teams of up to 5 to build something great, enjoy our free workshops, and have a great time! All participants will get exclusive merch, free food, access to workshops with live guest speakers, and so much more!
Check-in starts Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM:
you can stay for just a few hours, a day, or all the way until our closing, at Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM! For more event info, our detailed schedule, and registration, go to https://hackphs.tech/!
We can’t wait to welcome you (or welcome you back) to our community! Stay connected, brainstorm projects and form teams by joining our Discord server at https://discord.gg/3MSD8y55sX
[08/2024] STEMinar Series, featuring Benson Liu
To kick off our STEMinar Series, STEM Inspires hosted an online seminar with cybersecurity expert and web security researcher Benson Liu! He discussed his journey through college and his work experience, as well as some of the interesting web security research he's conducting. Scan the QR code or use this link to get access to the video recording https://forms.gle/S3EgYQM9gR5R4k149
[08/2024] Summer STEM Camp @ Camp Mercer
[01/2024] Holiday Hackathon
[12/2023] App development Course with MIT App Inventor
Meet our Team
Amy Lin - Founder & Co-president
Aditi Menon - Founder & Co-president
Aditi Menon - Founder & Co-president
Amy is a freshman at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Both inside and outside of school, she enjoys learning about STEM, whether it be reading up on black holes or collecting data for a science project. Amy hopes that STEM inspires others the same way it inspired her to be curious, creative, and persevering.
Aditi Menon - Founder & Co-president
Aditi Menon - Founder & Co-president
Aditi Menon - Founder & Co-president
Aditi is a freshmen at Rutgers University - New Brunswick in New Jersey, USA. As a STEM enthusiast, it brings her lots of joy to help others understand the developing world we live in. She says that STEM inspires is one of the ways we, as high schoolers, can reach the people who could need the knowledge.
Harish Anand - Event Coordinator
Aditi Menon - Founder & Co-president
Emma Li - Co-Founder & Program Director
Harish is a senior at Hillsborough High School in New Jersey, USA. He's interested in computer science, especially within areas of cybersecurity and AI. Outside of STEM, Harish enjoys biking and playing video games with his friends.
Emma Li - Co-Founder & Program Director
Emma Li - Co-Founder & Program Director
Emma Li - Co-Founder & Program Director
Emma is a senior at Princeton High School in New Jersey, USA and a founding member of STEM INSPIRES. STEM has provided a community for her in ways that she didn’t even expect. Emma hopes to grow and nurture a similar community through STEM Inspires, creating a welcoming space for students to be supported in their STEM journey.
Zaid Yusuf - Program Director
Emma Li - Co-Founder & Program Director
Maya Hagt - Education Specialist
Zaid is a junior at Travis High School in Texas, USA., who hopes to major in mechanical engineering in the future. He hopes to help young students gain access to STEM opportunities and make an impact in the community by planning engaging and impactful programs.
Maya Hagt - Education Specialist
Emma Li - Co-Founder & Program Director
Maya Hagt - Education Specialist
Maya is a freshmen at University of Michigan with a love of any and all things chemistry. Maya specializes in designing our curriculums for any STEM Inspires events that involve interactive activities, with expertise in creating unique science experiments for elementary students. She is majoring in biochemistry and psychology and planning
Maya is a freshmen at University of Michigan with a love of any and all things chemistry. Maya specializes in designing our curriculums for any STEM Inspires events that involve interactive activities, with expertise in creating unique science experiments for elementary students. She is majoring in biochemistry and psychology and planning on attending medical school. Her favorite hobbies include playing ice hockey, running with her dog and trying new activities.
Shrestha Hardia - Technology Director
Dhakshata Sathyamurthy - Operations Director
Dhakshata Sathyamurthy - Operations Director
Shrestha is a recent graduate of Jawaharlal Nehru School (S.W.) in Bhopal, India, with a deep passion for STEM, particularly in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Whether developing innovative tech projects or conducting research on topics like Deep Learning in Dermatological Diseases Classfication, Shrestha is d
Shrestha is a recent graduate of Jawaharlal Nehru School (S.W.) in Bhopal, India, with a deep passion for STEM, particularly in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Whether developing innovative tech projects or conducting research on topics like Deep Learning in Dermatological Diseases Classfication, Shrestha is driven by a desire to leverage technology to address real-world challenges. Shrestha hopes to inspire others through STEM, just as STEM has fueled his own curiosity and ambition.
Dhakshata Sathyamurthy - Operations Director
Dhakshata Sathyamurthy - Operations Director
Dhakshata Sathyamurthy - Operations Director
Dhakshata is a senior at Centennial High School in Texas, USA, with a deep passion for STEM who seeks to provide opportunities for others to experience the beauties of it as well. She is incredibly excited to work with STEM Inspires and help others gain a passion for STEM.
Former Team Members
Gina Shen - Founding Member
Poojit Majeti - Marketing Director
Ishita Vinay - Media Team Lead
Ishita Vinay - Media Team Lead
Poojit Majeti - Marketing Director
Ishita Vinay - Media Team Lead
Poojit Majeti - Marketing Director
Poojit Majeti - Marketing Director
Poojit Majeti - Marketing Director
Volunteering
If you're interested in volunteering with us, fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/tnnbkmvSFJ8cMgP76
Teaching and Mentoring
One of the resources STEM Inspires offers is free STEM courses. There are courses for math, chemistry, physics, biology, and much more! Ideas and curriculums for new courses are always welcome.
If you're interested in teaching a course, please fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/d6XAYk7Zw8Do3A5u7