We are excited to announce the students who have been selected to represent their respective states and countries at the 2025 National Youth Science Camp (NYSCamp) and are currently participating in the program. For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, all 50 states and Washington, D.C. are represented at the camp, as well as 14 international students from 8 other Western Hemisphere nations.
Celebrating our 62nd year, the NYSCamp is a residential science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) program hosted in West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest, designed to honor and challenge our nation’s rising STEAM leaders.
This year’s program extends from July 10-August 2, 2025, beginning with a weekend in Washington, D.C. where delegates will have the opportunity to attend scientific lectures, tour local museums, and experience our nation’s capital together.
During programming in West Virginia, delegates are given daily opportunities to engage with visiting STEAM professionals from around the country and participate in outdoor recreational adventures such as hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, and caving.
As the flagship program of the National Youth Science Academy, generous support from multiple sources including the Academy, donors, and other sponsors makes it possible for all delegates to attend the annual NYSCamp program at no cost.
For more information about the program, please visit nyscamp.org or contact the NYSCamp Office at nyscamp@nysacademy.org.
This year’s delegation includes:
Tina Gao – Alabama
Vineet Nagendra Vadrevu – Alabama
Genevieve Elizabeth Muldoon – Alaska
Grace Natalia Muldoon – Alaska
Manning Zhang – Alaska
Katherine Emily Lam – Arizona
Prisha Shroff – Arizona
Joseph Chen – Arkansas
Sindia Michael – Arkansas
Irene Pan – California
Uzochi Orji – California
Susannah Blackford – Colorado
Jyotsna Venkat – Connecticut
Laasya Chintapalli – Connecticut
Grace Yang – Delaware
Sudipa Chowdhury – Delaware
Khai Matsudaira – District of Columbia
Vanessa Amaya – District of Columbia
Emma Colarte Delgado – Florida
Nikolai Evgeni Pratasenia – Florida
Samantha Grace Dalby – Georgia
Gemma Muller-Smit – Hawaii
Bryan Li – Idaho
Jeemin Kim – Idaho
Annabella Liutikas – Illinois
Atchaya Muthupalaniappan – Illinois
Carson Fu – Indiana
Kris Lau – Indiana
Antariksha Sharma – Iowa
Mia Sakata Stogdill – Iowa
Leena Dudi – Kansas
Rayan Mahdi Zaman – Kansas
Emmalee Otipoby – Kentucky
Felicity Berling – Kentucky
Anika Chegireddy – Louisiana
Thomas Gershanik – Louisiana
Austin McConkey – Maine
Elijah Bouchard – Maine
Alayna Hu – Maryland
Sophia Li – Maryland
Jingxuan Zhou – Massachusetts
Vyshnavi Donthabhaktuni – Massachusetts
John Saleeby – Missouri
Madeline Awad – Missouri
Mary Zins – Minnesota
Vikram Sharma – Minnesota
Andy Chen – Mississippi
Savannah Massey – Mississippi
Jessica Wu – Michigan
Sahiba Kaur – Michigan
Kinzey Clark – Montana
Mason Alexander Mickelson – Montana
Lucas Askew – Nebraska
Naomi Long – Nebraska
Andre Lee – Nevada
Gideon Shalev – Nevada
Camille Branch – New Hampshire
Carolyn He – New Jersey
Julia Huang – New Jersey
Elisea Amara Jackson – New Mexico
Holly Steen – New Mexico
Mai Tran – New York
Solomon Blecher – New York
Angelina Li – North Carolina
Jahnavi Kari – North Carolina
Brooks Beyer – North Dakota
James Gessey – North Dakota
Kyla Fallis – Ohio
Sophia Wu – Ohio
Changyang Wang – Oklahoma
Sophia Xia – Oklahoma
Bristol Hill – Oregon
Lucia Williams – Oregon
Mateen Hasan – Pennsylvania
Tiffany Wang – Pennsylvania
Milo Baumgartner – Rhode Island
Sadie Olivia McCann – Rhode Island
Evgenia Zheltov – South Carolina
Yinuo Jiang – South Carolina
Joseph Michna – South Dakota
Carter Wildrick – Tennessee
Mylie Eva Barna – Tennessee
Ikeoluwa Sowemimo – Texas
Michael Louis Hugh Gearing – Texas
Benjamin Chiu – Utah
Mariam Doucoure – Utah
Griffin Hengelsberg – Vermont
Arushi Raizada – Virginia
Breanne Grace Graham – Virginia
Gabrielle Carrasco – Washington
Isabelle Moosman – Washington
Elizabeth Kinghorn – West Virginia
Maxwell Joshua Chen – West Virginia
Aidan Ward – Wisconsin
Cecilia King – Wisconsin
Matthew Oimoen – Wisconsin
Emberlynn Thompson – Wyoming
Jackson Darin – Wyoming
Gastón Gabriel Diaz – Argentina
Giuliana Lodolo – Argentina
Gabriela Guadalupe Ledezma Hidalgo – Bolivia
Giovana Rocha Dos Santos – Brazil
Martina Constanza Contreras Jara – Chile
Sofía Valentina Pavez García – Chile
Nicole Martínez González – Costa Rica
Azul Kamilah Hernandez Hernandez – Mexico
Jorge Humberto Ibarra Flores – Mexico
Marian Suárez Agrazal – Panama
Noel Armando Espinosa Santamaría – Panama
Akash Ragoo – Trinidad and Tobago
Danielle Franklyn – Trinidad and Tobago
Vaishnava Ramjass – Trinidad and Tobago
The delegation of the 2025 National Youth Science Camp attends the annual Martha Wehrle opening lecture, presented by Dr. Lona Fowdur, and hosted by the American Geophysical Union in Washington, D.C.