2018 HATCH Big Sky Bios (students)

I'm currently a senior at St.Raymond's High School in the Bronx, NY (also class president), and I'm in my last year of the Gentlemen's Retreat program. I want to attend Georgetown University with the hopes of majoring in political science. After graduation, I plan on entering the Marine Corps as an Officer, because I have a passion for the Marines, and I enjoy the difficulty involved with preparing for the challenge. Ultimately, I want my career to be in politics.

I'm a Junior at Bozeman High, a feminist, a musician, an artist, and a competitive gymnast. I love food, the ocean, and equality. I have a pet chicken named Rita and a lion's mane for hair. I also enjoy photography, modeling, and listening to music. I have very strong opinions, especially when it comes to political issues.

My name is Ellie Jenni, I was born in Bozeman, Montana and am growing up in Missoula, Montana. I am a dancer and a hockey player and a passionate traveler. Through dance I have gone to Austria, China, Italy, and Portugal and loved every bit of it. I hope to one day make a difference in this world I continue to discover every day.

Boone Govertsen-Donaldson is a sophomore in high school from Missoula, MT. I have always been a builder and creator (costumes, RC airplanes, inventions). I grew up doing acrobatics/circus/performing. Now I am passionate about snowboarding and lacrosse. I spent time in Chile going to school, traveling and being with my family who lives there. He spends summers in Alaska fishing.

Since the age of eight, the stage has always felt like Olivia's home. Never nervous, she feels her best when performing for others- telling stories, either through dancing, acting, song, or speech. She is often inspired by those she sees on stage and screen, and it is her wish to have the same effect on others. To that end, Olivia continues to hone her passions by taking acting classes, classical ballet, and vocal lessons, and collaborating whenever the opportunity arises. She enjoys making a difference in the world, and feels passionately about many causes.

My name is Rikki Berg. I was born in Eugene, Oregon, but have lived in Montana for 15 years of my life. 7 of those years have been spent in Big Sky, Montana. I am 16 years old and love anything to do with music and or theatre. I have been to more concerts than I can count and cannot get enough of them. I also love to ski with friends in the winter.

Michelle is a Senior at BHS, where she's involved in Speech and Debate, is an Editor of the school newspaper, and runs a service club. In her free time, Michelle loves photography, writing, reading, and traveling. She can also often be found volunteering at local political campaigns, and organizing creative and unusual projects to improve the world around her.

Hi my name is Anna Sofinaek and I am a junior in high school. I am a varsity debater, and I also play tennis. I am involved in a few clubs at my school that support equality, leadership, and community. I love my family (including pets) and my friends. I love to hike, ski, travel, and experience new things. I am passionate about leadership and learning about the world and I cannot wait to see what HATCH has to offer me!

Hi! My name is Emily Alegria, I am 16 years old and a junior at Bozeman High School. I've lived in Bozeman the majority of my life, however in the future I hope to travel and live around the world. I am a debater on the Speech and Debate team along with helping to run a group named Girls For A Change. I also participate in empowerment and volunteering clubs at the high school. I love to read, write, bake, hike, and embroider. I am incredibly interested in learning about the world, and all of the societal workings inside of it.

My name is Haden Sangree. I am from Boca Raton, Florida. In my spare time I enjoy playing sports and working on robots with my robotics team. My favorite part of robotics is to see the way things work, it's fascinating! There are so many parts of the system that have to work together in harmony to complete a task, it's art. I am looking forward to use my passion as fuel in the fire to make the world a better place.

My name is Ace Beattie, and I am a 14 year old freshman at Lone Peak High School. My passion is computers, computer science, and coding. I also love to sing and act in my free time. I lived in St. Louis, Missouri for the first 11 years of my life, then moved to Big Sky.

Hello my name is Carly Wilson and I am a Freshman at Lone Peak High School. I was born and raised in Big Sky, and love everything Big Sky has to offer! I enjoy doing many physical activities including, soccer, basketball, and volleyball. I participate in the few theater opportunities that the community has to offer. I also enjoy playing trombone in the high school band, and I am also a member of student council.

Kenneth Shinozuka is the inventor of SafeWander, the world's first wearable sensor that sends an alert to a caregiver's smartphone as soon as a patient leaves the bed. His sensor is useful for preventing falls and detecting bed-wandering, a common problem among Alzheimer's patients. The technology was inspired by Kenneth's relationship with his grandfather, who suffered from Alzheimer's for over 12 years. Kenneth is currently a junior at Harvard College, where he is studying computational neuroscience and researching the pathology of Alzheimer's.

Philip Chadwell is a junior at Lone Peak High School in Big Sky, Montana. Last year he was the recipient of awards from the Connecticut Science Fair for his Wave Energy Electricity Generator and is a High Honours Student. Philip has a passion for mechanical engineering as well as a strong interest in alternative energy sources, specifically, hydropower. Philip has been enrolled in all honours science classes throughout High School which have given him a large basis of knowledge in many fields of science as well as the opportunities to demonstrate his leadership and creativity.

Jeremiah Pate is the founder and CEO of LunaSonde, a remote sensing startup that provides subsurface imaging from space. As a new generation of innovator, whose passion is developing sustainable technologies to better humanity, Jeremiah has been a participant the 2018 Forbes Global Summit in Jerusalem. Jeremiah was recognized by Governor Doug Ducey as the 2015 Arizona Future Innovator of the Year. In 2017, Jeremiah was awarded the Dudley R. Herschbach Award and was a guest at the Nobel
Prize ceremony; he has since reversed Parkinson's twice in the university laboratory setting.

An old soul, but young at heart, Kylie Spence writes songs with a universal appeal that listeners of any age will relate to. At only 17 years old, many wonder how Kylie can write songs that seem outside the realm of what an ordinary teenager might experience. Kylie uses this gift to pen powerful lyrics and incorporate them into the production of her original songs. She is a true storyteller at heart, and uses her unique voice to tell a story with every song. Her first EP, “Boomerang,” will be released in the fall of 2018.

Evan Sharma is a neo-expressionist artist who first received national acclaim when, at 12 years old, his work was shown at Toronto’s Artist Project. His paintings have drawn comparisons to those of Basquiat, Matisse and Picasso, and are now being acquired by collectors in New York, L.A. and Dubai. Evan is working on launching RBLB (Right Brain/Left Brain) streetwear to help drive home the idea that to maximize your potential, you have to use both your artistic and logical brain. Evan, who was named one of C2’s “6 Under 16,” has raised over $35,000 for charities including the United Way.