Instructors
Uplift's classes are taught be a dedicated group of volunteer instructors from a variety of professional fields of expertise. They enjoy teaching and sharing their knowledge. We certainly appreciate their contribution to our course roster and to the culture around 'the Lab.'
Spring Instructors (May & June):
- Ali Hawkins
- Hamza Hawkins
- Muhammad Hawkins
- Marco Jacobs
- Yi-Kai Liu
- Marianna Martindale
- Benjamin Russell
- Ebony Washington
- Wei Zhang
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Ali Hawkins
Ali has been a student at Uplift since he was seven. He's now nine and has two apps on Google Play. He likes to volunteer and help Ms. Leshell teach other people how to program and demonstrating the stuff we do at Uplift.
Hamza Hawkins
My name is Hamza Hawkins and I’m a future applied computer science major at George Mason University. I’ve gained an interest in computer science at an early age. When I was 12, my computer caught a virus and destroyed all my game saves. After I got my computer back up and running, I changed the scripts of the game to unlock the progress I originally had. This sparked my interest in programming. My interest led me to take classes with Uplift DC. Thanks to Uplift, I learned how to develop android apps, start a company, and further my programming knowledge. Whenever I'm not programming something, you can find me in the gym playing basketball.
Muhammad Hawkins
Marco Jacobs
Yi-Kai Liu
Yi-Kai Liu works at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He does research on quantum computation and cryptography.
Marianna Martindale
Benjamin Russell
Ebony Washington
Wei Zhang
Wei zhang, a graduate student at George Washingtion University.