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Desh Bagley has been involved with FIRST^® for 14 years and volunteered this season as an emcee, event manager, and volunteer coordinator. Desh is the founder of TechPlayzone in Riverview, Florida, an..

For SarahFogwellof Milwaukee, WI, volunteering withFIRST^® has always been a family affair. Sarah, her parents, and her eight siblings have all been involved inFIRSTin some way over the years...

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FIRSTalum Jaci Brunning was part ofFIRSTRobotics Competition Team 5333 “Can’t C#” and Team 5663 “Ground Control” in Perth, Western Australia. HerFIRSTmentors helped her learn about the..

My high school, the California Academy of Math and Science, didn’t have a football team; we had robotics teams. In fact, a quarter of the student body was involved in robotics. When I heard about it,..

FIRSTAlum Sarah Rudasill, fromFIRSTRobotics Competition Team 4266, the New Oxford GhostBotics, from New Oxford, Pennsylvania, received the Bart Kamen MemorialFIRSTScholarship. Participating in..

John Stegeman is a FIRST Alum who started a FIRST Tech Challenge team at John Burroughs School. After graduation, he went on to work on a NASA exhibit at St. Louis Science Center, building and..

FIRSTAlum Nicki Bonczyk fell in love with engineering after joiningFIRSTRobotics Competition team 107, R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S., from Holland, Michigan. After high school, she studied product design and..

When it comes to hiring, FIRST looks for the same things as a lot of other employers. Once you get past the specific skills and experience required for a particular role, we start looking for those..

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