The Nest Makerspace
PROJECTS | 2020
CocoBucha
Addie Fay, Juan Flores, Cuauhtemoc Martinez Marquez, Penny Medina Sanchez
A modern fashion line geared towards teens, CocoBucha responds to the Covid crisis with attire that can be used as personal protective equipment. It’s made from locally grown biodegradable materials, including coco husks, mycelium and kombucha.
https://cocobuchattire.weebly.com/
Finalist Team
Instructor
Corinne Okada Takara
Corinne is a San Francisco Bay Area artist and STEAM educator who works with museums, libraries, and after school programs to create art/technology workshops that celebrate culture and creativity to empower community voices in conversations centered on civic spaces, identity, and the future of technology. Corinne develops programming out of her garage makerspace, the Nest. She has collaborated with Alum Rock San Jose youth on art projects since 2006, (both in the classroom and in informal learning spaces). A collection of these projects have received local and national recognition for community impact and innovation. Corinne is a co-founder of BioJam, a camp pilot program that engages teens through their own creativity and culture in bioengineering and biomaterial design as pathways for them to share their learning in their communities. Corinne's art can be found at: http://www.okadadesign.com/ and https://nestmakerspace.weebly.com/
Advisors and Supporters
Rolando Perez
Rolando is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University and a Salinas, CA native that develops technology to support a more democratic, equitable, and sustainable future. He works with others to decolonize STEM, dismantle school-to-prison pipelines, and build alternative opportunity structures for disenfranchised communities. Rolando is a Hartnell Community College Panther, a UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug, and a Stanford University Cardinal. Rolando’s research experience spans biotechnology, nanotechnology, metamaterials, and computer-aided drug discovery. He is currently developing standard materials, measures, and methods for mycological production, a platform technology that produces high value commodities such as textiles, construction materials, or pharmaceuticals from waste streams and filamentous fungi. Rolando has co-authored two peer-reviewed scientific papers, has been recognized with numerous awards for his research, and is frequently invited to speak on various topics such as research excellence, technology, education, and STEM outreach. He is also the cofounder of the community action space, Xinampa.
Rosa Maria Gordillo
Rosa Maria Gordillo is the Environmental Education Manager at Veggielution. In the SF Bay Area twenty three years, Rosa Maria has enjoyed discovering and learning about the natural and urban communities in the area. She cherishes the diversity of people and cultures present, and particularly their food. Originally from Guatemala City, Rosa Maria has made a home in San Jose. She holds a BS in Biology and MS in Soil Fertility. Her work opportunities in CA have been in Agriculture, and Environmental Education. Rosa Maria aims to bring together members of the East San Jose community to share their knowledge, to cultivate and grow food with our youth, and to instill in them respect for the land and all that it sustains.
Kim Mesa
Ms. Mesa is the board president for the Alliance for Youth Achievement (AYA). She has held management positions at a local non-profit and is currently a Consultant. She lives in East San José and has served on the AYA Board in various capacities since 2001.
This team project grew out of the Visión Verde workshops programming of the Nest Makerspace with fiscal sponsorship by Alliance for Youth Achievement and in-kind support and mentorship from Veggielution, the Tech Interactive, and Xinampa.
The Vision Verde Nest Makerspace workshops and public engagement workshops were made possible through the support of a Donor Advised Fund Grant from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
