Wave-Maker Spotlight: Patricia
“I want to be a software engineer and change the world with a keyboard at my fingertips.” Meet Patricia. In 2016, Patricia graduated from Making Waves Academy as a salutatorian with a 4.36... Read more
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Why Wave-Maker Hossain Left His Job at Google
Born and raised in Richmond to Yemeni-American immigrant parents, 26-year old Hossain has a big dream in life: level the education landscape for low-income communities. It “developed gradually and... Read more
Wave-Maker Spotlight: Ciera-Jevae
In this year’s annual report, we feature an excerpt of a poem written by 9th Waver Ciera-Jevae, who is the Media, Arts, and Culture Manager at the Ryse Center and the Poet Laureate for the city of... Read more
Wave-Maker Spotlight: Marwat
A sophomore at Cal, Marwat moved from Yemen to America when she was five. Her family lived in various places—New York City, North Carolina, San Francisco—before settling in Oakland. From an early... Read more
Wave-Maker Spotlight: DeMario
12th Waver DeMario realized he was interested in engineering during his senior year at Making Waves Academy. The problem was, math wasn’t his strongest subject. Regardless, his math teacher Mr.... Read more