Our Mentors
Our mentors act as the team's most valuable and trusted resources. Volunteering their time and energy to help our team, we would not be where we are today without their knowledge and advice.
Sohini Stone
Co-Head Mentor: Logistics, Leadership Development, & ED&I+B - since 2012
Sohini is a physician and has been working in the Health Tech space as the Chief Medical Officer for Global Employee Health for the past 7.5 years at Google. She has been part of FIRST robotics since 1997 as a former member of FRC Team 151 and a former mentor of FRC Team 246.
David Dobervich
FHS Support - since 2010
Mr. D studied cognitive science, computer science and philosophy at Berkeley as an undergrad, and after working briefly as a backend developer, got a Master's in math education from Stanford. He has worked as a teacher at Fremont High School ever since and continues to work on personal programming, robotics and other projects.
Nick Hammes
Community Impact Mentor - since 2022
Nick studied Computer Science, Philosophy, and Linguistics at the University of Minnesota, and is a Technical Program Manager at Google. He has previously been a business mentor on FRC teams 254 and 2855, competed in the short-lived college-level FIRST demo, and frequently volunteers as an Emcee or Game Announcer in all FIRST programs, including Game Announcing FTC at FIRST Championships since 2017.
Aparna Bhargava
BaM Mentor - since 2014
Aparna got her Masters in Computer Science and Engineering from Santa Clara University. She co-founded 3 tech startups. She has mentored FLL teams and is a mentor at FHS Robotics since 2014. She was FHS PTSA president and is a parent of two Firebots alumni.
Andrew Kao
BaM Mentor - since 2023
Andrew got his Bachelor's and Master degrees in EECS from MIT. After working through the many booms and busts of the tech industry, he started his own apps company. He has always enjoyed building things and organizations. He now is delighted to be working with the next generation of makers, movers, and entrepreneurs.