Our team is a group of creative problem-solvers with a diverse weave of backgrounds and specialties.
Team Leads and Contributors
I adjust things so that ideas can grow together
Bloom N' Growth Manager"Creativity requires boundaries to become interesting. Without them, it’s no different from chaos." - Zat Rana
“Dream big and enjoy the little things”
“All the best people are different -look at superheroes. After all, if superpowers were normal, everyone would have them.” ― Fredrik Backman
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“The first drink of the day is always coffee”
"In certain situations, some occurrences are not uncommon."
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” -Walt Disney
“Improve, adapt, overcome.”
“When you’re backed against the wall, break the god damn thing down”
High School intern Team
Marketing Intern
“Everything you lose is a step you take” -Taylor Swift
“In computer science, the only limit is the depth of your imagination"
“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are” - John Wooden
Data Security Intern
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. " -Aristotle
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” - Nelson Mandela
“Diversity is the mix; inclusion is making the mix work.” - Andres T. Tapia
Building-U is a fantastic opportunity, and I am grateful for the chance to learn and grow in ways that traditional schooling often cannot provide.
"Wish, hope,dream. Then make it happen."
Marketing11th Grade
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
11th Grade
"Life is a gift. Never forget to enjoy and bask in every moment you are in."
“When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.” —Theodore Roosevelt
The harder I work, the easier success comes.
“Live for the present, not the future.”
“I follow the line of the hard bone. I do not attempt to cut it, nor to smash it, nor to contend with it in any way. That would only destroy my knife.” -Bruce Lee
"Winners are not people who never fail, but rather people who never quit."
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts" - Winston Churchill
Obsession is going to beat talent every time.
“Everything always works out in the end!”
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there”
“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.”
“Know yourself!”
“The grass is greener where you water it!”
“ Hard work pays off!”
"Those who keep trying without giving up are the ones who succeed."
“You weave the strings of your destiny. Dream big, or don’t dream at all”
You are much more than your downfalls. You are much more than a "cause." You were designed for a purpose…to shine brighter than the stars above.
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
“It always seems impossible until it's done.”
“Stop thinking and start doing.”
“Never settle.”
“Today is the opportunity to build the tomorrow you want” - Ken Poirt
“A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.” – Marcus Aurelius
“Embrace your weirdness.”
“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take” - Michael Scott
“1. Stay positive, Work hard, and Expect the unexpected.” “2. Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.”
“To become the 1%, you must do what the other 99% won’t.”
“Success is a lousy teacher, it seduces smart people to thinking they can’t lose.”
“It is usually best to admit mistakes when they occur, and to seek to restore honor” - Iroh
"They Say That The Best Blaze Burns The Brightest When Circumstances Are At Their Worst." - Howl’s Moving Castle
“Can a single grain of sand differentiate between heap and not-heap?”
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” -Dolly Parton
"The best is yet to come!"
“if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain”- dolly parton
"Time is money "
"You are never rejected, you are just being redirected to something better"
“Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming”
"Don’t worry, be happy"
“Hard work betrays none”
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” - Walt Disney
"Be good, be safe."
“You are the CEO of your life.”
“The sun beaming” -Tyler, the Creator
“A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory..”- Louis Zamperini
"Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and I put them out through my films."
“All for freedom and for pleasure, nothing ever lasts forever” - Tears for Fears
“You have two lives, your second one starts when you realize you only have one”
“Positive energy is contagious”
"Treat People With Kindness!"
"Failure is the True Success"
"Watch me get my success."
“Rule no. 1: Never lose money. Rule no. 2: Never forget rule number 1” - Warren Buffet
“Fortune Favors the Bold”
“In order to write about life first you must live it.”– Ernest Hemingway
“Life isn’t how to survive the storm; it’s about how to dance in the rain.”
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking." -Steve Jobs
“It's good to be true with yourself but sometimes lying can create self-affirmation there's a reason why some say ‘fake it till you make it' ”
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song” -Maya Angelou
“Be as you wish to seem” - Socrates
“You should never limit yourself to the confinement of your imagination”
"Maybe I made a mistake yesterday, but yesterday’s me is still me. I am who I am today, with all my faults." - Kim Namjoon
"Work as hard as you can in the present and future”
“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.” -Phillip Pullman, The Golden Compass
Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open. - Thomas Deva
“I’m too lazy to write one.”
“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.”
“Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood.” - Bill Murray
"I started something, might as well finish it."
Past & Ongoing Contributors
"Life/s a garden, dig it"
Blog Squad9th grade
It might be stormy now, but it can't rain forever
“Always help people. You never realize how fortune you are.”
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
“Always want more.”
"I love NYC"
“People know your worth they just hope you don’t”
“If you can’t fly run, if you can’t run walk if you can’t walk crawl but by all means keep moving”
“meowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeow”
“All is not what it seems”
“Slay”
"Jack of all trades, master of none but better than master of one"
“Dream as if you’ll live forever, Live as if you’ll die today!” - LeBron James
“Ate a sleeve of saltines on my floor and I knew then”-Phoebe Bridgers
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” - Nelson Mandela
"You step out of a plane, you fall" – my physics teacher
“check out @soshi.app on instagram”
“Never say never”
“something witty”
“We all move forward when we recognize how resilient and striking the women around us are” - Rupi Kaur
“Hi”
“Equity is the only acceptable goal.” - Paul Farmer
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” -Albert Einstein
“When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.”
“Aw man”
“If you have a heartbeat, there’s still time for your dreams”- Sean Stephenson
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” - Victor Hugo
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking pave a new one” - Dolly Parton
“Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.” – Alan Turing
“Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do” -Steve Jobs
"Never follow anyone else’s path. Unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. Then by all means follow that path."
"Fulfill your truest and highest expression"
“Sometimes the best cup is chipped”
"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor." - Elon Musk
“We are meant to dream and make the things we dream about.” - Nicola Yoon
“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” -T.S. Eliot
"Plant trees that other men will sit under.”-Benjamin Graham
“We do these things not because they are easy but because they are hard.” - John F. Kennedy
“Sometimes, it takes a long time to sound like yourself” - Miles Davis
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”
“Hope, the light within the darkness”
"The best is yet to come"
“Perspective is our canvas, but our actions is what we paint”
“Success Doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.”-Marie Forleo
"What is not started today is never finished tomorrow"
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts”
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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” -Mahatma Gandhi
"Don’t let a bad 5 minutes ruin your entire day."
"A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory!"
"Just trying to survive out here"
“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.”
“Stars can’t shine without darkness.”
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are”
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” - Dr. Seuss
“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” - Oprah Winfrey
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” - T.S. Eliot
“if you only shine light on your flaws, all your perfects will dim”
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” — Confucius
Do not pity the dead, pity the living.
“Do or do not, there is no try”
“Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing”
“Sky’s the Limit”
“When nothing goes right, go left”
"No pressure, no diamonds"
“Everyone’s a little crazy. Some just hide it better than others.”
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"Those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind!"
“Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read”- Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there”
"In times of crisis, the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers."
“What we think, we become” - Buddha
“Die with memories, not dreams”-unknown
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall”- Nelson Mandela
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
“My mind is like a web browser: 19 tabs are open, 3 are frozen, and I don’t know where the music is coming from.”
"Don’t stop until you’re proud."
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if you only remember to turn on the light”
“The sky’s the limit”
I cut and paste video together to tell a story
Video Editing Intern“Anything’s possible: you gotta dream like you’ve never seen obstacles.”
“Dedication sees dreams come true.”
Making it all go smoothly
Resource R&D Team Lead"If you smile, the world will smile back" 🙂
“To control your life, you must first control your mind.”
“It better to learn from mistakes rather than being shamed and discouraged by them”
“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubts” Diane von Furstenburg
"Once you carry your own water you will know the value of every drop."
“Don't complain about something unless you are willing to do something to change it”
"If you slam hours into anything you’ll eventually get better."
“There are two rules for success in life. One: Never give up all your secrets”
“Here’s an idea. What if we don’t worry about whatever comes next?” – Chidi Anagonye
I’m smart because my mom said so.
“Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going. I just hope I find it along the way." – Michael Scott
Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will
"From a little spark may burst a flame." - Dante Alighieri
Ay, where’s my charger, I know it didn’t grow legs!
"To shine in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody."
"Light tomorrow with today"
...hmmmm, thinking
head in the game
Business Development Team LeadI like criticism. It makes you strong - Lebron James
"The road to excellence is always under construction"
“Passion is an unmatched fuel. Add being happy, and you have the formula for good health.”
"The best view comes after the hardest climb"
“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.”
“There are seven days in a week, and ‘someday’ isn’t one of them”
I share messaging around what we do and how we can help students.
Social Media Team“I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others”
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent
Smile, life might surprise you
If you can dream it, you can do it.
“An apple a day can keep anyone away if you have good aim”
Underdressed and overeducated
I get to share the amazing work we do with the world through social media!
Social Media Manager“If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bnpasdlgkhasdfasdf.”
“Make someone smile everyday”
"Just chilin like a villain"
I put together elements to create a visual bouquet
Visual Florist“What makes us the most normal is knowing that we’re not normal”
I develop our young team of up and coming developers
Coding Team Lead"Appreciate Yourself. You Will Achieve Eternal Happiness."
I transform ideas into a beautiful experience through visual telling.
Visual Architect“I work hard so my cat can have a better life”
“The person who invented Cheerios should win the Nobel Peace Prize”
“ If you don’t know which opportunity to take… take all of them.”
“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?”
“ I love watching Law and Order: SVU; I watched all 21 seasons at least two times each”
I tinker with old and new elements in order to create and recreate coherent designs for the brand
Visual Alchemist“We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents”
“Whatever happens, happens.”
“Be the change you want to see in the world.”
"Have the courage to go forth... seek real knowledge of life amidst its perils." ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
"I love ice cream! It is a simply beautiful dessert. So versatile, sweet, refreshing, and comforting."
“Age is something that doesn’t matter unless you are a cheese.” --Luis Bunuel
I assist in all things marketing.
Marketing Team Lead“Worry less about what other people have done, and focus more on what you can control in your own life”
I create content: writing to designing, soup to nuts.
Content and Blog Master“Learn from everything.”
I wield code and the mighty power of Google to improve UX
Frontend Coding Team Lead"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." - Dr. Seuss
sometimes content creator and strategic contributor, sometimes ardent grammarian
Content Chameleon“Where there’s a will, there’s a way”
"...we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction." - Audre Lorde
I work on and implement marketing strategies and solidify community partnerships.
Social Media TeamCreate Your own Sunshine!
I welcome people to the team!
Onboarding Manager“You do not fear. You do not falter. You do not yield.” -Sarah J. Maas
"Pain is inevitable. Misery is a choice.”
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts”
Only from the heart can you touch the sky - Rumi
Making pictures move has been my specialty for years
Animation Team“I won’t let fear compromise who I am” - Commander Shepard (Mass Effect Trilogy)
