NuVu's Interns are a diverse bunch of talented teens. Klara's posting below tells you fun facts about each of them (in order of the photos on the collage).
SUMMARY by Klara Ingersoll
Harper Mills: Harper was a NuVu full-year student in 2012-2013. She traveled to Rio with NuVu; researching the challenges of favela residents, and created a website to educate people in the U.S about the multi faceted issues facing Rio's population. She's graced NuVu with her Brainwave art (made an appearance at TED y'all!) and you will often find her writing poetry and discussing world happenings. Her spirit animal is an orca because she doesn't like being in captivity. She is literally too cool for school.
Joe Chafkin: Joe, going into his senior year at Beaver Country Day. He was at NuVu in the Fall of 2012 and worked on the flight simulator, the EEG Brainwave Art studio, and the moving documentary "The End". This documentary discussed a wide scope of beliefs surrounding the afterlife . Joe surfs and plays lacrosse. His spirit animals is a penguin, and much like penguins he is charismatic and slides around on his belly.
Yash Balaji: Yash, who lives in New Jersey, is going into his sophomore year of high school. He attended NuVu in summer 2012, and traveled with NuVu to India and participated in the Mumbai studio. He made super gadgets and wrote the script for the interactive story book, Harmonize, aiming to bring back the beauty of old Indian folk music.
Klara Ingersoll: Klara, going into her sophomore year at CRLS, first entered NuVu in summer 2012 where she created the honeycomb dress that was shown in Boston Fashion Week. She later returned to NuVu in January 2013 and has worked on numerous projects since. In the spring she took part in the launch of NuVu Bangalore, working with some of India's top designers, artists, developers and engineers, creating an interactive storybook, and taking photos. Her spirit animal is a peacock because she's sassy and doesn't wear salmon shorts. She wants to be in a all girl japanese biker gang when she grows up.
Max Ingersoll: Max attended NuVu in summer 2012 and was a full-year student in 2012-2013. He has re-designed logan airport, built airplanes, and a super Max outfit for Boston Fashion Week. He has also challenged the hurricane problem by building a pump which cools surface water temperatures. He traveled to Bangalore with NuVu and worked on the Interactive Storybook App. He plays hockey. Max's spirit animal is himself because he likes to make himself into a superhero at every opportunity he gets; because he is The Most Interesting Man In The World.
Graeme Mills: Graeme was a full-year student in 2012-2013. He plays basketball and is really interested in deepening his understanding of economics and cosmic theory. He traveled to Rio with NuVu, and created an App to help inform favela residents about the housing market. He has also worked on a flight simulator, and made and modeled a glowing super super suit. You can find him jamming out to Hans Zimmer and watching South Park.
Neil Hildick-Smith: Neil, just graduated from Beaver country Day, attended NuVu in 2011 (the first year of NuVu!) and returned as an Intern in summer 2012. He worked on an app for Gali Gali Sim Sim, an Indian Sesame Street (but cuter), and went to India to field-test the games made for Hindi speakers. He is one of the of the main developers of the Music Box, and a long distance runner. His spirit animal is a mantis shrimp because it's a mantis shrimp.
Liam Brady: Liam, an incoming senior at Beaver country Day, attended NuVu in the winter of 2011. He interned in the summer of 2012. He made the iMat, an interactive projection-based game, and a viral video with Jeff Marx and Raghava KK. He is the head programmer and chief of wild ideas of the Music Box. His spirit animal is his laptop.