In our global, technology-driven culture, STEM is more important than ever. STEM drives economic growth and innovation and pervades every aspect of our lives making it an exciting, rewarding and in-demand career option. Through our various programs, we help high-potential, low-resource students develop the skills and knowledge they need to pursue a promising career in STEM.
The Base 11 “Victory Circle” is achieved by completing a Base 11 program, which prepare students for STEM success at a four-year university, at a major corporation, or as an entrepreneur.
MEET Base 11’s VICTORY CIRCLE MEMBERS
Shukerrah Palmer
2020
College: Moreno Valley College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
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Patrick Saade
2020
College: Moreno Valley College
Program: Caltech - AMP
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Melissa de la Cruz
2020
College: Santa Monica College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Quote: The most significant thing I have learned is working independently. I also learned to be more open to help when I need it the most.
Lance Santos
2020
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Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
Quote: The most significant thing I gained from the experience is how to program in Python and how to use these programming skills onto the Raspberry Pi to function the PiCar.
Kenneth Casimiro
2020
College: Saddleback College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
Quote: The most significant thing that I gained from my Base 11 internship experience is self-confidence. I always had terrible public speaking skills. But, when I finished this program and gave my final presentation, my presentation skills, communication, and delivery felt natural. I felt like I progressed so much in my communication skills that this experience will be beneficial towards every aspect of my life.
Kelvin Martinez
2020
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: CSU Northridge
Quote: I definitely see myself applying for graduate study program through a PhD or Masters program, or possible both. Thanks to this internship I feel like i gained all needed resources to feel fully prepared to work on my application.
Justin Hong
2020
College: Santa Monica College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
Transferred to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Quote: The most significant thing I learned from base 11 was problem-solving ability. For STEM majors, the problem-solving ability is base on everything you do. By doing the base 11 internships, I had the opportunity to meet the peers and mentors going through problems together. Working together with the peers and the mentors taught me how to work as a team. We used the collective intelligence which saved time and helped us find more efficient ways to solve to problem. I learned how to ask for help, trying various ways to share ideas, communicating with the mentors and teammates, searching on the internet, and be patient. Since I'm a computer science major, even making a simple project lots of error occurs. So I learned how important it is to be patient and try step by step to troubleshoot the problems. This makes me feel I got a step closer to being a developer.
Jacqueline Castellanos
2020
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Quote: I now see myself being accepted into the university of my dreams.
Thu Le
2020
College: Orange Coast College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
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Sarah Catania Orozco
2020
College: Orange Coast College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: UC Irvine
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Roomina Esmaeili
2020
College: Glendale
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: Cal Poly Pomona
Quote: Besides all the experiments and knowledge that I gained during this program, I learned that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life and now I know my goals better.
Radoslav Iliev
2020
College: Orange Coast College
Program: Caltech - AMP
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Kenneth Garcia
2020
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP
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Jose Valdivia
2020
College: Cerritos College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
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Jonn Luizze Cruz
2020
College: Cerritos College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: Cal Poly Pomona
Quote: After the internship, I can possibly see myself going to a graduate school few years after I complete my bachelors. Because of the skills that I have learned in this internship, I can also see myself having a better opportunities to have an internship or a job in the aerospace industry.
Johnny Huynh
2020
College: Orange Coast College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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John Ho
2020
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: Georgia Institute of Technology
Quote: I learned that every goal is reachable with enough time and persistence. By receiving mentorship from Caltech graduates and faculty, I was able to see how much effort they put into their research to achieve successful results.
Jamie Alvarez
2020
College: Compton College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: Cal Poly Pomona
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James Davis
2020
College: Orange Coast College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: CSU Long Beach
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Jacqueline Kim
2020
College: Pasadena City College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
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David Najaryan
2020
College: Glendale
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: Cal Poly Pomona
Quote: I learned the importance of working in a team, time management, and how important research is to the world. I am now interested in doing research for my future and even pursuing a degree above Master's.
Alexis Flores
2020
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP
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Abner Espinoza
2020
College: Cerritos College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
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Aaron Gonzalez
2020
College: College of the Canyons
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: CSU Long Beach
Quote: The most significant thing I gained from my Base 11 experience is motivation to keep learning as much as possible and to get to the highest level possible. Whether that is in the schools I go to in the future, the work that I do in and out of the classroom, or the jobs I obtain after school.
Alexis Diaz
2019
College: Pasadena City College
Program: NASM
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Ariana Hernandez
2019
College: Cerritos College
Program: NASM
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Rachel Devlin
2019
College: Orange Coast College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
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Dante Tejada
2019
College: Mt. San Antonio College
Program: USC Summer Fellowship Program
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Michael Allotey
2019
College: Long Beach City College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
Transferred to: CSU Long Beach
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Nallely Lopez
2019
College: Los Angeles City College
Program: USC Summer Fellowship Program
Transferred to: CSU Long Beach
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Katia Luis-Diaz
2019
College: Chabot College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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Supattarasorn Income
2018
College: Santa Monica College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
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Navid Nassiri
2018
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP
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Maria Zyryanova
2018
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP
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Marco Krause
2018
College: Santa Monica College
Program: USC - Academic Year Internship
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Tania Ramirez
2018
College: Compton College
Program: USC - Academic Year Internship
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Yunsheng Duan
2018
College: Santa Monica College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: UC Irvine
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Oscar Espinoza
2018
College: Compton College
Program: USC - Academic Year Internship
Transferred to: CSU Long Beach
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Fernando Bello
2018
College: Compton College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: CSU Long Beach
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Kai Chin Huang
2018
College: Santa Monica College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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Jesse Torres
2018
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: Cal Poly Pomona
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Daehyun Jung
2018
College: Irvine Valley College
Program: NASM
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Abibou Mbodji
2017
College: Santa Monica College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: University of Houston
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Jiajun Wu
2016
College: Pasadena City College
Program: USC - Academic Year Internship
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Aisjah Forte
2016
College: Community College of San Francisco
Program: Springboard
Transferred to: Visa apprenticeship
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Michelle Rose Panameno
2018
College: Santa Monica College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: Cal State Long Beach
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Moises Ortiz
2017
College: Mt. San Jacinto College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
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Daniel Yos
2019
College: Orange Coast College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: Cal State Long Beach
Quote: "I first started to learn what Base 11 was all about through the Innovation Center. The space has pretty much everything you can ask for: a small CNC, 3D printers, a soldering station, and a lot of CAD software (like Solidworks)."
Karen Chen
2018
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: UC Berkeley
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Marlyn Diaz
2017
College: Santa Monica College
Program: USC - Academic Year Internship
Transferred to: Cal Poly Pomona
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Ruhang Ma
2018
College: East Los Angeles College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: UC Berkeley
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Nathan Sam
2018
College: Pasadena City College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Quote: "The fellowship taught me subjects that I originally wasn’t able to do, from learning how to work independently to having the courage to conduct a technical presentation to the team and the general public."
Lucky Kanyi
2019
College: Santa Monica College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
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Linfeng Li
2019
College: East Los Angeles College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
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Keivan Karimi Hashjin
2019
College: Irvine Valley College
Program: Caltech - AMP
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Jeffrey Vazquez
2019
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Quote: No one in my close or extended family has gone into STEM before, so having the opportunity to speak with and learn more about the different journeys that all of the Graduate Students took to be where they are was by far the most significant thing I gained from my internship experience.
Jacky Li
2019
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP
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Hang Qi
2019
College: East Los Angeles College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
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Elizabeth Juette
2019
College: Santa Monica College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
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Elisa Shebaro
2019
College: Los Angeles Trade Technical College
Program: Caltech - AMP
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Ebony Warren
2019
College: Santa Monica College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: UC San Diego
Quote: I feel like I have gained a number of real-world skills that will help me in future projects, like how to time manage, learn new skills, and go with the flow when I don't understand.
Dharshan Vishwanatha
2019
College: Pasadena City College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: UC San Diego
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Brad Villacis
2019
College: Santa Monica College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Quote: I learned a lot of technical skills that have already helped me jump-start my career. I had access to an opportunity that I would not have traded for the world. I see that I not only enjoy what I do, I can be successful in my work.
Allen Malfavon
2019
College: Cerritos College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Quote: The internship made me aware of the application of certain hard skills (e.g., coding, writing professional reports, etc) that are highly valuable in the workforce. Of course, the internship also fostered development of soft skills such as presenting and engaging with members already in industry, which are equally important. I learned about the importance of developing relevant work experience and extending networks with those who are doing what we want to do in the future. I have greater confidence now in my own abilities to achieve a academically and earn positions at reputable engineering firms because I met individuals who have done exactly that. It's important to know that your role-models were once like yourself; they went out and earned to get to where they are! I would want colleges and future employers to be convinced of my potential to grow their brand because of a demonstrated interest and success in internships related to the discipline. Base 11 and the Aerospace Mentorship Program at Caltech are heavy-hitting opportunities in building my experience and getting that much closer to my goals.
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David Norris
2017
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: University of California, Los Angeles
Quote: “I gained access to the faculty and resources at Caltech. They helped me tremendously over the summer, showing me what's available beyond undergrad and offering their continued support along the way.”
Uchenna Nwaege
2018
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP
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Xavier Tan
2018
College: Santa Monica College
Program: USC Summer Fellowship Program
Transferred to: University of California, San Diego
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Sergio Sandoval
2018
College: Santa Ana College
Program: USC Summer Fellowship Program
Transferred to: University of California, Irvine
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Rafael Rosales
2018
College: Santa Monica College
Program: USC Summer Fellowship Program
Transferred to: USC
Quote: “As a minority growing up with social barriers, I have always felt one step behind the competition in my pursuit of higher education. Now, after having completed my research internship through Base 11, I am confident that I will be a competitive candidate in the application process when I apply to many universities this fall of 2018.”

Keri Elizabeth Berger
2018
College: South Mountain College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
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Justin Buhay
2018
College: Skyline College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
Transferred to: University of California, Davis
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Edgar Macias
2018
College: Pasadena City College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship USC Summer Fellowship Program
Transferred to: California Polytechnic State University, Pomona
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Carlos Acuña
2018
College: Skyline College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
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Tehreem Ahsan Raza
2017
College: Santa Monica College
Program: USC - Academic Year Internship
Transferred to: Cal Poly Pomona
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Serli Alexandi
2017 2018
College: Glendale
Program: USC - Academic Year Internship USC Summer Fellowship Program
Transferred to: USC
Quote: "In terms of academics, the amount of knowledge I obtained during the program is equivalent to years of work experience, and classroom lectures, which I value so much and grateful for."
Demarcus Sales
2016
College: Santa Monica College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
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Iris Ahn Mecartney
2017
College: Irvine Valley College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: UC Berkeley
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Kasia Sayles
2017
College: Chaffey College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
Transferred to: UC Santa Cruz
Quote: “I am interested in Software Engineering. I have just always loved working with computers and love the idea of an industry where I will constantly be learning new things. I learned how to work on a team to effectively finish a project.”
Daniel Amar
College: Santa Monica College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: University of California, San Diego
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Aphiffany Sailors
2016
College: Community College of San Francisco
Program: Springboard
Transferred to: Visa apprenticeship
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Don Johnson
2016
College: Community College of San Francisco
Program: Springboard
Transferred to: Ellie Mae apprenticeship
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Divon Pleasant
2016
College: Community College of San Francisco
Program: Springboard
Transferred to: Ellie Mae apprenticeship
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Gerald Okorie
2016
College: Community College of San Francisco
Program: Springboard
Transferred to: Ellie Mae apprenticeship
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Julian Frazier
2016
College: Community College of San Francisco
Program: Springboard
Transferred to: Ellie Mae apprenticeship
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Kaia Journiette
2016
College: Community College of San Francisco
Program: Springboard
Transferred to: Ellie Mae apprenticeship
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Aharon Herbert
2016
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Program: Springboard
Transferred to: Visa apprenticeship
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Jackie Smith III
2016
College: Community College of San Francisco
Program: Springboard
Transferred to: Ellie Mae apprenticeship
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Sheyenne Rowel
2016
College: Community College of San Francisco
Program: Springboard
Transferred to: Visa apprenticeship
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Xavier Patton
2016
College: Community College of San Francisco
Program: Springboard
Transferred to: Visa apprenticeship
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Shaquille Cooper
2016
College: Community College of San Francisco
Program: Springboard
Transferred to: Ellie Mae apprenticeship
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Wai Oo
2017
College: Skyline College
Program: NASM
Transferred to: UC Irvine
Quote: “I gained hands-on skills in assembling, disassembling and mounting the engines, and this is extremely valuable as we rarely get this type of experience in the traditional classroom.”

Alejandro Stefan
2017 2018
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP USC - Academic Year Internship
Transferred to: University of California, Berkeley
Quote: "I could fill out essays with the lessons I learned this Summer. That being said, if I had to single out one thing, it'd be the ability to operate under uncertainty: I spent the Summer working on problems that had no solution, and running into difficulties that only made sense in hindsight. My mentors showed me the real world. It was merciless; it was daunting; it was the scariest Summer I've had to date -- and it was the best.”

Mikaela Quintos
2017
College: Skyline College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
Transferred to: CSU San Jose
Quote: “I am pursuing electrical engineering and hope to work with medical devices as a career. I believe this fellowship gave me a good "foot in the door" in doing more internships in the future."

Breanna Allen
2017
College: Henry Ford Community College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
Transferred to: University of Michigan Dearborn
Quote: “I am interested in pursuing a career as an aerospace engineer at NASA. For as long as I can remember i've had an intense passion for the sciences of the earth, the universe, how they interact with one another. A job at NASA deals with exactly this and I see myself no where else in life.”

Lawrence Lawson
2017
College: LA Southwest College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
Transferred to: UC Santa Cruz
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Iliana Douraghi
2017
College: Grossmont College
Program: USC Summer Fellowship Program
Transferred to: San Diego State University
Quote: "Not only did I learn about all the thought processes that goes into game level design and development, but I was also to gain the experience of what it's like to be in a lead engineering position for a company."

Tiffany Streitenberger
2017
College: Cañada College
Program: USC Summer Fellowship Program
Transferred to: UC San Diego
Quote: "The experience redefined the concept of gaming and helped by giving me a taste of what game development can be. By sitting in the lectures, I saw different aspects of gaming where programming and graphics came together. I got to witness firsthand how virtual reality works as well as the construction of mobile games. I see numerous opportunities that I can explore in the vast world of game development"

Eduardo Jáuregui Gutierrez
2016
College: Skyline College
Program: STEM Entrepreneur Program
Quote: “What I liked most about the class is definitely how dynamic and participatory it is. We all have different points of view, either from our experiences, background or theories, and this makes the class more interesting.”

Noel Lam
2016 2017
College: East Los Angeles College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship USC - Academic Year Internship
Transferred to: UC San Diego
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Maria Hernandez
2017 2018
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP UCI - Academic Year Program UCI Summer Fellowship
Transferred to: UCLA
Quote: “This experience gave me more confidence. I never felt like I was that at the same level as everyone else, but now I feel like I’m on the same playing field.”

Tamara Mmbuka
2016
College: Santa Monica College
Program: USC - Academic Year Internship
Transferred to: UCLA
Quote: “My biggest takeaway from the program has to be self-advocacy. … That is life changing for me.”
Brooke Healey
2016 2017
College: Irvine Valley College
Program: Caltech - AMP
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Cody Morrin
2016 2017
College: Grossmont College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: Columbia University
Quote: “I definitely see myself going into the computer science realm now. I didn’t have that much experience in it before, but now I have experience coding in Python.”

David Jung
2016 2017
College: East Los Angeles College
Program: NASM UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: Cal Poly Pomona
Quote: "What this program did was really get me to express my creative side. I can bring whatever I imagine to life on a 3D printer.”

Guowei Yang
2016
College: East Los Angeles College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Transferred to: UC Berkeley
Quote: “After doing this program, I confirmed that I love doing electrical engineering.”
David Tran
2017
College: Orange Coast College
Program: STEM Entrepreneur Program
Quote: “This program helped land me a job as a CNC technician.”
Juan Moises Villalobos
2016
College: Santa Ana College
Program: STEM Entrepreneur Program
Transferred to: Cal State Fullerton
Quote: “The most important thing I learned this experience is been able to develop own business plan and sales pitch.” “From the academic year round program it was getting hand on experience.”
Robert Alsobrook
2016
College: Grossmont College
Program: UCI - Academic Year Program
Quote: “I’m already a small business owner, but the Base 11 program allowed me to expand my business and file patents for my innovation.” “My commute to get to the program was about 4 hours round trip, and every minute of the drive was worth it.”

Gabriella Dean
2017
College: Santa Monica College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: USC
Quote: “If you want to specialize, you can come here and get introduced to different specializations. This gave me the bigger picture.”
Edward Diep
2016
College: Pasadena City College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Quote: “Doing this program has been an exploration for me. I’m getting things that I can apply to any discipline.”
Nathan Ngoy
2016
College: Pasadena City College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: UC Berkeley
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Jason Dial
2016
College: Pasadena City College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Quote: "The exposure to world-class graduate level research has convinced me that I would like to pursue that as more than just a practicality. As a physics major, a graduate degree is an obvious benefit, but now the path itself is something I have much more direct interest in, instead of just the destination afterward."
Alfonso Mares
2016 2017
College: Pasadena City College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: California State University, Los Angeles
Quote: “This is a great opportunity to network, make friends, and meet mentors.”
“Base 11 has empowered me to pursue higher education in Computer Science beyond a 2-year community college degree.” - Paul Grad III
Robert O’Leary
2016
College: Skyline College
Program: NASM
Transferred to: San Francisco State University
Quote: "Bryan and I came here not knowing a thing about engines, and based off this assignment, learned a lot and developed a tremendous amount as engineers.”
Salwan Alhani
2015
College: West LA College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: UCLA
Quote: “There are many, many rewarding aspects.”
“Thanks to this experience, I feel more confident and prepared for pursuing my bachelor’s degree at a four-year university" Thong Vo

Huda Sedaki
2016
College: Henry Ford Community College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
Transferred to: Wayne State
Quote: “This internship really enriched my resume …. This was a positive experience, to be a woman in an engineering internship.”

Hugo Villafana
2015 2016
College: Orange Coast College
Program: USC Summer Fellowship Program
Transferred to: University of Southern California - USC
Quote: “This experience helped me confirm that I’m on the right track, and I am definitely doing my passion. This experience motivated me more to want to get my master’s degree and a Ph.D. related to propulsion.”

Francisco Gomez
2016
College: East Los Angeles College
Program: USC Summer Fellowship Program
Transferred to: University of California, Irvine - UCI
Quote: “The program sparked my curiosity for research. It’s more plausible now for me to go to grad school.”

Paul Grad III
2015 2016
College: East Los Angeles College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: University of California, Irvine
Quote: “Base 11 has empowered me to pursue higher education in Computer Science beyond a 2-year community college degree.”

Fakhirah Khairuddin
2016
College: Orange Coast College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
Transferred to: University of California, San Diego
Quote: “Engineering is mostly based on experience, not books. We built this [drone] by 80% experience and 20% book. The experiences of flying something we built is unforgettable.”

Sebastian Rodriguez
2016
College: West LA College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: University of California, Irvine
Quote: “The most important thing I’ve learned in this program is perseverance… it takes a lot of perseverance to be a researcher”

Bryan Num
2016
College: Skyline College
Program: NASM
Transferred to: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Quote: “I’ve been exposed to an actual working environment, outside of a classroom. Something you can’t get from schooling. “

Alina Rai
2016
College: Skyline College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: University of California, Berkeley
Quote: “I’ve never been this independent before…. Here at Caltech, I’m given that opportunity to think, process, and progress on my own. I’ve felt more empowered as a woman in a STEM field….”

Philip Chan
2016
College: East Los Angeles College
Program: USC Summer Fellowship Program
Transferred to: University of California, Riverside
Quote: “I strongly believe everything I learned over the summer such as technical skills, teamwork and soft skills allowed me to be more prepare to be successful at UCR.”

Nicholas Mejia
2015
College: Skyline College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Quote: “The hands on experimentation was fun, interesting, and gratifying. As I worked more with Base 11 I realized more and more that they really want to try to help STEM students and were dedicated to doing so.”

Thong Vo
2016
College: Grossmont College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
Transferred to: University of California, Berkeley
Quote: “Thanks to this experience, I feel more confident and prepared for pursuing my bachelor’s degree at a four-year university, as well as going further.”

Alex Hercules
2016 2017
College: Skyline College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship USC Summer Fellowship Program
Transferred to: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Quote: “It definitely changes you…. I learned a lot about myself and how I work in a group, and how I work with a team.”

Hector Ochoa
2016
College: Henry Ford Community College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Quote: “When I arrived at Caltech the feeling I got from walking around the school was as if I was dreaming. It was surreal ….”

Daniel Powers
2016
College: Skyline College
Program: Caltech - AMP
Transferred to: University of California, Santa Barbara
Quote: “[My parents] are happy that I’m applying myself to accomplishing something important that I find personally rewarding.”

Will O’Connell
2016
College: Henry Ford Community College
Program: UCI Summer Fellowship
Quote: “Now that I’ve built the quadcopter, I have a better idea how to find and approach problems I want to solve.”