ABOUT
EXPERIENCE
ECHO - CO-FOUNDER, Head of Creative + Design: July 2024 - ongoing
Leading the development of a low-fi serenity game to combat anxiety and connect a younger generation to the natural world. Our team came joint-first in the University of Irvine and Gifted and Talented Program
BRIDGES - CO-FOUNDER, Head of Front-End Design + Creative: Sep 2024 - ongoing
Confidential Start-up. Assembled team of experts in strategy, business, psychology, CS, app development, and engineering. Developed proprietary content and first draft business plan.
BIOMOTUM - paid internship: June- July, Aug 2024
Contributed to the development of cutting-edge wearable robotics at Biomotum, focused on enhancing mobility for individuals with gait impairments through the use of advanced exoskeleton technology. Specifically worked on PCB and C++ UI design, along with information sending for the wired LED screen control. https://www.biomotum.com/
UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA IRVINE X GATI: 2 weeks July 2024 - Game Science and Entertainment Technology program [2 college credits]
A highly selective two-week program where we ultimately researched, created and prototyped basic games concepts and business plans with guidance from industry professionals and pitched to principals, investors and judges. My team came joint-first in the program for our 3D nature-inspired concept Echo. I was the team lead, creator and coder, designer.
GHANA GLOBAL TRIP : May 2024 - 2 week study trip
Deep cultural immersion alongside working with local communities, nature and conservation groups plus attending the local engineering school. Travelled across Accra, Wa, Kumasi and Cape Coast.
Peer Health Exchange - Youth Advisory Board + Advisory Design Member [paid]: Class of 23/24
A national nonprofit org founded by young people for young people to advance health equity and improve health outcomes. Responsibilities: to provide youth with support, resources, educational opportunities, and digital products to make positive, healthy decisions.
c. 12 hours /month plus 6-week summer orientation
THE LISTENING PLANET FOUNDATION - Youth Digital Advisor + Ambassador: 2021 ongoing
I built and co-designed the website for the charity and continue to support on all digital/social content publishing.
WEB + DIGITAL DESIGN: 2021 ongoing
Set up and run my own company designing and developing websites and digital assets for companies, including The Listening Planet, Biophonica, Loud Minds, XALT sports.
THORN + No FILTR - Youth Digital Resource Expert and Innovation Council member: Class of 23/24
Highly selective. 14 students chosen between the ages of 13-17, representing 22 states.
Aims: to empower youth to safely navigate sexual exploration and risky encounters in their connected world.
Responsibilities: created digital content offering real world experience and advice with the goal of fostering a community that inspires open and honest dialogue. Advocated for safer digital environments with senior leaders in tech - including the CEO of Discord. By 2023: 289m+ Video Views, 44.9k quizzes taken, 500+ advice submissions. c. 10 hours a month
EXTRA CURRICULAR
CATLIN GABEL ROBOTICS TEAM
Role:
School-led program. Started in 8th grade.
Operations Manager + Fabrication (level 3) for 1540 Varsity Team
Promoted Jan 2025
We design, strategize, build, and program robots; fostering innovation, engineering and teamwork to compete in regional and global competitions.
FRC World Championship Houston – 2023 and 2024 [1st round pick]
Winners PNW District Championship – 2024
FIRST CHANCE competition - 1540 ranked 1st 2024/25
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Founder & Leader
Networked with industry professionals, inviting them to speak with students about shaping the future of design, engineering and technology.
Contributing companies incl. Arcteryx, Adidas, Nike Sports Research Lab, Show Machine, Biomotum, Intel, Aerospace, Laika, Twist Bioscience
INNOVATION + ENGINEERING - SCHOOL SPEAKER SERIES + INNOVATION DAY
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Inspirit AI – Jan 2024 – March 2024
10-week intensive, pre-college enrichment program – 2.5 hours/ week
Developed an AI Object Detection project to create computer vision models to help self-driving cars “see” by identifying objects in street images. Using a variety of image manipulation techniques and convolutional neural network architectures plus state-of-the art YOLO models to perform object detection on videos in real time.
Program
AI INTENSIVE
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Awarded for Programming 2022
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OGPC - OREGON GAMING PROJECT CHALLENGE
CREATIVE WRITING & POETRY
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1st Place tie in the Rachel Carson Intergenerational Sense of Wonder Contest - JAN 2024. Essay Category - “The Art of Silence”
3rd place in Elmbridge Literary Competition – 11-13 years. Poem ‘The Road’ - 2023
SKILLS & INTERESTS
Advanced in Python. Java, Ren PY. Learning C++, Csharp and Swift Advanced in Python.
COMPUTER LANGUAGES
Design - level 2, Fabrication - level 3, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Blender, CAD
TECHNOLOGY
Advanced Padi Diver + Rescue Diver, with Certifications in Emergency Oxygen provision, Deep Diving, Wreck Diving and Nitrox
DIVING
Basic life support, CPR and First Aid – ILCOR / AHA2021
FIRST AID CERTIFIED
Avalanche Rescue certified plus Aries 1 + 2
AVALANCHE TRAINING
BIOGRAPHY
I am a creative, social entrepreneur with an honors math and computer science base. I’m an explorer and scholar of life, nature, society and humanity. I have mastered multiple computer languages, help manage a world leading robotics team but am equally passionate about community, history, wildlife and poetry.
THE BASICS
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Catlin Gabel - Portland, Oregon
Sophomore. 2027 Graduation year
British. US resident
He/Him
GOALS
My ultimate goal is to find new ways to make a meaningful and innovative contribution to society and the planet. My guiding belief is that when technology, creativity, humanity, and innovation flourish together, we can find ingenious solutions to some of the world's biggest problems. Even high schoolers.
Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Game Design, AI + Machine Learning, Entrepreneurship,
Nature, Poetry and Creative Writing, Design, Diving, Skiing, Fencing.
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