Tessa Chow

Tessa Chow is a senior at Kent Place School. She leads an all-girls, Worlds-qualified VEX robotics team, develops coding curricula for under-resourced students through a robotics initiative, and teaches programming to local youth. Through Columbia University’s SHAPE program, Tessa explored engineering challenges using optimization and mathematics. She also participated in Novartis science and business programs, where she presented community health solutions for diabetes and heart disease in North Dakota. Tessa organizes and volunteers at local hackathons, researches the effects of algorithmic models on public attitudes, and explores technology’s societal impact as chief copyeditor of her school’s ethics magazine. Outside of STEM, she enjoys drawing, playing the cello, and creative photography.