Richard Huang

Camp Counselor

Richard Huang is currently a junior at the University of Southern California double majoring in electrical engineering and applied mathematics. He was an intern at the Aerospace Corporation in Communication Systems. In high school, he was the captain of Century’s Math League Team and Minnesota’s All-State Math Team. He has been involved in competition math since elementary school, joining both Math Masters and MathCounts. As a seventh grader, Richard placed fourth at the state MathCounts tournament and participated at the National Competition. Richard is a Top 10 MN Math League finisher for two years. He was the captain of MN's All-State Math Team last year and has been a part of the All-State Math Team for five years. 

Tracy Zhang

Camp Counselor

Tracy Zhang is currently a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, where she will study in the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business between the Wharton School and the College. In high school, she was a co-captain of the Math League team and co-founder of Rochester Math Club. She participated in competitions including AMC, AIME and ARML; had placed top 5 individually in MN Math League; and was a member of the MN All State Math Team. Tracy was also involved in Model UN, STEM and music volunteering, and Asian-American activism. As a two-time recipient of the State Department-funded NSLI-Y scholarship, she had studied abroad in Jeonju and Seoul, South Korea. She was in Seoul for her gap year but returned home early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At home, she is working as an online math tutor, reading mystery novels, and brushing up her language skills.

Aurora Wang

Kenneth Chen

Camp Counselor

Camp Counselor

Aurora Wang is a rising junior at Mounds View High School. She has participated in math competitions such as Mathcounts, Math League, AMC, AIME, ARML and HMMT. Aurora was a Mathcounts national finalist in 2019 and placed in the top 25% among the national finalists. She has also participated in the Science Olympiad in middle school and high school. Outside of school, Aurora is a devoted piano player and has won first prizes in several state and midwestern piano solo and concerto competitions. She has performed piano concerti as a soloist with several professional orchestras since the age of 10 after winning concerto competitions. Her solo performance was featured on Classical Minnesota Public Radio in May 2020. Most recently, she won the first prize in the Rising Stars Concerto Competition with La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin.

Kenneth Chen is a rising junior at East Ridge High School where he serves as a co-captain of the debate team and math team. He debated for two years in Classic, one year in Public Forum, and one year in Congressional. As a sophomore he won 2nd place at the JV State Championship in Congressional debate, and he also qualified to Nationals. Additionally, he has been a member of the MN All-State Math Team since 8th grade and has competed in various math competitions. Outside of debate and math, he enjoys playing the cello, playing volleyball, coding, and eating gourmet food.

Golden Peng

Camp Counselor

Golden Peng is a rising sophomore at Century High School. He has been involved in many mathematics competitions, such as MathCounts, MN HS Math League, AMC, AIME, and ARML. He represented Minnesota during the 2018 Mathcounts Competition, and has been a member of the MN All State Math Team since 2018. He has been a coach for the Rochester Math Club since 8th grade. He is also co-teaching the Kellogg Mathcounts Team and has taught a summer chess course. In his free time, Golden likes to peruse discord, play chess, and planespot.

Michael Huang

Camp Counselor

Michael Huang is rising senior at Century High School, and is a member of the Century Math League Team. He has participated in numerous math competitions, such as AMC, AIME, MathCounts, and ARML. He has volunteered as an RMC math coach since 9th grade. Michael has also participated extensively in Science Olympiad and Science Bowl activities, in both middle and high school. Outside of mathematics and science, he also enjoys playing video games and investing in random programming projects for fun. He especially enjoys breaking programs and websites by writing bots.

Michelle Cao

Zoey Chen

Camp Counselor

Camp Counselor

Michelle is a rising junior at Wayzata High School and a member of the Minnesota All-State Math Team since 7th grade. She has participated in various math competitions since elementary school such as Math Masters, Mathcounts, AMC 8/10 DHR, Math League, AIME, ARML and Math Prize for Girls. Michelle has also taught competition math classes to middle school and elementary school students through RMC and her local Chinese school. Outside of math, Michelle plays piano, competes on the varsity tennis team, and is actively involved in Science Olympiad, DECA, BPA, UNICEF, and volunteering.

Zoey is a rising senior at Century High School and serves as co-captain of the debate team, where she focuses on novice development. Last summer, her team organized an intro to debate camp with over 150 attendees. She also co-captains the girl’s tennis team, and is a board member of the CHS Asian Youth Leadership Association. Outside of school, she is a coach and secretary of Rochester Math Club, and helps fundraise for the club and other organizations through teaching an acrylic painting class. Last summer, she studied Indonesian language and culture through the National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship. Much of her downtime is spent learning languages and watching Asian dramas. 

Will Wang

Camp Counselor

Will Wang is a rising junior at Boise High School. He has been actively involved in numerous academic competitions, such as MathCounts, Science Bowl, AMC, and ARML. He is a 2-time National MathCounts participant, as well the written champion for Idaho in 2018 and 2019. Will was also the math, biology, and earth science specialist of the TVMSC Science Bowl team, which placed 9th at the National Science Bowl in 2019. He has taught classes on competition math locally, as well as being a solutions writer for a course online. He is  also the principal oboist for the Idaho All-State Orchestra. During the pandemic, Will enjoys lazing around and playing soccer and table tennis, as well as tickling the ivories. His favorite composers are Satie and Rachmaninoff.

Stephen Wu

Camp Counselor

Stephen Wu is currently a senior at Century High School, serving as president of its STEM Society, a large organization dedicated to providing K-12 students with science and technology opportunities, and captain of its title-winning math league team. He was worked on numerous award-winning projects in the fields of computer science, machine learning, and natural language processing, alongside doing research at Mayo Clinic In the field of cancer immunology.
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Leo Xu

Jenny Yan

Camp Counselor

Camp Counselor

Leo has competed in many math competitions, including  AMC 8/10 competitions, AIME (3 times), USAJMO,  HMMT (3 times), ARML (2 times),  MMATH (1st place team), PUMAC, Mathcounts, Mathleague and more. He qualified for the USA's Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO) as an eight-grader. He is an AMC 8 perfect scorer (out of 44 nationwide), and he placed 13th at the November Harvard MIT Math Tournament (HMMT). He was also a two-times Math Kangaroo national champion with perfect scores and a MOEM perfect scorer in 4th grade. He is also a three times New Jersey state champion and national 3rd/5th place in Math League State and National Competition, respectively.  He is currently a TA for the online Art of Sciences AMC 10 class. Aside from math, Leo enjoys to play tennis, chess, and basketball. According to chess ratings, he is almost half as good as Magnus Carlsen. He is also a huge fan of dried mangoes.

Maggie Hu

Camp Counselor

Jenny Yan is a rising senior at Century High School and captain of the debate team and girls tennis team. She is the 2020 MN Classic Debate State Champion and has founded and taught a summer debate camp with over 150 students. As debate captain, she helps other students amass the skills to be compelling public speakers and spearheads logistics, event planning, and outreach. As the Vice President of the class of 2022, she works as an elected representative of the student body and she is responsible for organizing and coordinating events to promote community service and civic engagement. Jenny is passionate about intersectional advocacy and amplifying marginalized voices; she is the President of her local Junior State of America chapter and she holds a spot on the Development Committee of the Rochester Community Initiative. Outside of school, she is a neuro-oncology intern at Mayo Clinic and a Harry Styles enthusiast.

Liya Huang

Camp Counselor

Maggie is a rising senior at Century High School. She is a member of the Century Math League team and has participated in multiple math competitions such as MathCounts, AMC, and ARML. She is a coach for the Rochester Math Club. Maggie also plays piano, is on the varsity swim team, does various science competitions, and is involved in many volunteering activities. She is an administrator for the BOP program, which provides English tutoring and resources for underprivileged students in Liangshan, China. In her free time, she enjoys hiking and watching Asian dramas. 

Liya is a rising sophomore at a local magnet high school. She is an active competitor in various national math and physics competitions. She also participated in the 2019 MSNCT. She enjoys learning languages for fun, dabbling in French, Korean, Spanish, Chinese, Latin, and Japanese from time to time. In 2019, she achieved a gold medal in Le Grand Concours, a national French contest, after placing above the 95th percentile. She earned a national award for the 2018 National Latin Exam. She is an avid learner with many broad interests. She has also volunteered as a teacher in math, chess, and coding at non-profit organizations since 2016. In her free time, she enjoys smelling flowers and watching grass grow.