Meet your IB Mentors!
2025-2026
Meet your IB Mentors!
2025-2026
Zoe Biesecker
Co-Director
Favorite Subject:
Math​
IB Tests:
Math HL
LA HL
Biology HL
French SL
Chemistry SL
History SL
Words of Advice:
"Don't stress yourself out too much."​
Extracurriculars:​
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Mock Trial
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French National Honor Society- President
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Society of Women Engineers - Member
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National Honor Society- Member
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Competitive Curling
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Library STEAM Pals - Volunteer
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Work and volunteer at a curling club
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EE Topic: History
To what extent was Eleanor Roosevelt the most influential First Lady?
Email: zgbiesecker01@bvsd.org
Keaton Dundorf
Co-Director
Favorite Subject:
Biology​
IB Tests:
Math HL
LA HL
Biology HL
Environmental SL
Spanish SL
Economics SL
Extracurriculars:
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Club Soccer
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Track
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Mountain Biking
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Rock Climbing Club
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Philosophy Club - President
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Society for Humane Animal Adoption
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Spanish Honor Society
Words of Advice:
"Change your mindset from having to work to being able to learn."
EE Topic: Psychology
To what extent can psychological risk factors for athlete burnout be prevented in youth athletes?
Email:
Kylie Duart
Director of Events
Favorite Subject:
Psychology and Math
IB Tests:
LA HL
Math HL
Spanish HL
World History SL
Economics SL
Chemistry SL
Extracurriculars:
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Girls Basketball​
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Volleyball
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Track
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Knight Crew - Commissioner
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National Honor Society - Member
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Spanish Honor Society
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Society for Humane Animal Adoption - Founder
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Boulder Public Library - Volunteer
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Philosophy Club
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Part-time job
Words of Advice:
"Take advantage of your free periods."
EE Topic: Global Politics
In what ways can The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene apply to Hitler's rise to power from 1924-1933 and Dinal Trump's 2016 election?
Email: kaberg02@bvsd.org
Mathilde Abiragi
Director of Mentorship
Favorite Subject:
Art and Math
IB Tests:
LA HL
Art HL
Physics HL
Chemistry SL
World History SL
French SL
Math SL
Extracurriculars:​​
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Math National Honors Society - Vice President
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French Grand Concours Club - Vice President
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Electronics Club - Vice President
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Work at Growing Gardens goat farm
Words of Advice:
"If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you."
EE Topic: Individuals and Society: Philosophy
To what extent does the absence of state structures perpetuate epistemic injustice, understood as the harm done to a people in the ability to know itself, and how do cultural artifacts function as tools for preserving identity and collective memory?
Email: mabiragi01@bvsd.org
Trevianna Barto
Director of Media
Favorite Subject:
Chemistry/History
IB Tests:
LA HL
Bio HL
Math HL
Spanish SL
Chem SL
History SL
Extracurriculars:
Club Soccer
Varsity Soccer
National Honor Society - Member
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Words of Advice:
"Give yourself off periods and actually use them as breaks."
EE Topic: Biology
How does brain age affect anxiety and depression?
Email: tebarto01@bvsd.org
Portia Richards
Director of Events and Communications
Favorite Subject:
To be added
IB Tests:
HL
HL
HL
SL
SL
SL
Extracurriculars:
-
To be added
Words of Advice:
To be added
EE Topic:
To be added
Email: prichards01@bvsd.org
Milan Nair
Director of
Communications
Favorite Subject:
Computer Science and Chemistry
IB Tests:
Computer Science HL
Math HL
LA HL
Chemistry SL
World History SL
French SL
Extracurriculars:
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Robotics
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National Honor Society
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Game Development
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Working at CU
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Go Club
Words of Advice:
"When you're feeling overwhelmed, it's best to plan and take a quick break."
EE Topic: Computer Science
How can attention mechanisms in transformer-based language models be modified to reduce their computational cost and retain model accuracy?
Email: mmnair01@bvsd.org
