Team Bio

We are an interdisciplinary team including our project lead, Jose Luis, a high school freshman from Greenfield California, José S. Sánchez, the founder and director of the Greenfield Community Science Workshop, Angel Andres Millard-Bruzos, an undergraduate at Stanford University studying electrical engineering who will be supporting Jose Luis’ summer internship, and Simone Alma Evans, a PhD student in Genetics at Stanford University who is leading BioJam Camp.

José S. Sánchez

I'm the founder and director of the Greenfield Community Science Workshop, an organization that provides access to innovative, hands-on science education for historically underserved communities in South Monterey County, California. I have led the organization for 12 years. In addition to my management role, I also act as the lead educator for the Greenfield CSW. I'm responsible for developing activities and lessons for students of all ages. I also adapt and create low-budget science exhibits , often utilizing recycled materials. I'm bilingual, fluent in both English and Spanish. I have a BA in Spanish and Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley.

Callie Chappell

Callie is a postdoctoral research scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University. They have a PhD in Biology from Stanford University and are passionate about advancing science that centers the needs and expertise of local communities. In addition to scientific research, they have a decade of experience in informal learning, especially focusing on youth education, science, and art.

Angel Millard-Bruzos

Angel is a fourth-year undergraduate student at Stanford University studying Electrical Engineering. Angel holds a wide range of skills focusing on the implementation of design and engineering principles, including computer-aided design, programming, 3D prototyping, and circuit design. He is interested in the intersection of electrical and mechanical engineering, including fields that relate to mechatronics and human-centered design. On any given day, you can find Angel practicing basketball, watching movies, or playing video games.

Simone Alma Evans

Simone is a second-year PhD student in Genetics at Stanford University where she is the vice-president of BioJam, an organization that runs summer programs in Salinas focused on bioengineering, art, environmental justice, and sustainability. Simone has experience developing lessons for BioJam and collaborating with the Migrant education office in Salinas. As an undergraduate at the University of Maryland, Simone was a teaching assistant for three years and developed an online textbook supplement that made physics and chemistry more accessible to students taking Organismal Biology.

Jose Luis Hernandez

Jose Luis is a 15 year old, ninth grade student at Greenfield High School. Greenfield is a really small agricultural town in the heart of the Salinas Valley (California). There is just a ton of monoculture in Greenfield. Jose Luis is originally from Mexico and first came to the U.S. from Mexico to Hawaii in 2012. While in Hawaii, Jose Luis lived in the small tourist town of Lahaina, which unfortunately does not exist anymore because of the August 2023 fires that raged upon the island of Maui. Jose Luis moved to Greenfield, California in 2015. He likes to play video-games, and socialize with people. He wants to be an agricultural engineer when he gets to college.