MEET THE TEAM!

MARIO IBARRA:
This is our amazing advisor who has pushed us and inspired us to complete our work and collaborate as a team.



​AMANDA GOMEZ:
This is our team's facilitator and a junior at STEAM LHS. She has contacted outside resources throughout the implementation of our project. She has also developed our team website and has also put our team video together. She also organized a can food drive in November and a 5K in April.
VIANEY GARCIA:
This is our team's co-facilitator and a junior at STEAM LHS. She has helped the facilitator work on events that we as a team have had, for example, the can food drive in November and the 5K in April. She has taken over the meetings when the facilitator had emergencies and couldn't show up. She and the facilitator have worked together constantly to fulfill the team's goals.
NIDIA IBARRA:
​This is one our wonderful teammates and a freshman at STEAM LHS. Throughout the project she has helped with very useful input and with designs for our portable shower. She has also helped with setting up and organizing our 5K. She has also been a photographer for our very successful 5K.
CINDY VARGAS:
This is one of our awesome teammates and a senior at STEAM LHS. Throughout the project she has been our budget manager and decided effective ways to use our budget and what we put into the care packages. She also designed our team logo.
RUBY RODRIGUEZ:
This is one of our wonderful teammates and a sophomore at STEAM LHS. Throughout the course of the project she has gave very useful input and ideas. She also helped us gain a spot at the 5K homeless walk for veterans. She has also come up with designs for a portable shower that we plan to 3D print a model of later on. 
BRIANNA RODRIGUEZ:
This is one of our great teammates and a senior at STEAM LHS. Throughout the project she has suggested ideas. Also during the 5K we organized, she helped take photos and set up the event.

ANABELLA ROJAS:
​This is one of our amazing teammates and a junior at STEAM LHS. Her role throughout the project was giving the team useful input and ideas. Also she helped out with the design for a portable shower we plan to 3D print later on. She also participated in the 5K homeless veteran walk.



​ARIANA VALDOVINOS:
This is one of our amazing teammates and a junior at STEAM LHS. Her role throughout the project has been coming up with designs for our portable shower that is coming soon. She also helped to promote and organize our events.

OUR COMMUNITY:
SOUTH GATE / LA COUNTY

Before we actually had the idea of helping the homeless in our community, we had meetings to discuss what we wanted to focus on this year. We each did research to identify a big problem in our community. After various days of presenting our research to our teammates, we came to the conclusion that homelessness was a big issue in our community, which is why this year our mission was to build a bridge that connects the needs to the resources  they may need. We live in a poor community where people live in poverty and there's not enough jobs to go around. When teams would practice at the riverbed for Students Run LA or Cross Country they would constantly come across a lot of homeless families or people and would have to just cancel the practice due to the fact that they were being put at risk. We as a team wanted to help make a difference and help those in need, not only to help the homeless but to be able to allow others to feel safe in their own community.