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Meet your IB Mentors!
2025-2026

Meet your IB Mentors!
2025-2026

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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:​

  • Mock Trial 

  • French National Honor Society- President

  • Society of Women Engineers - Member

  • National Honor Society- Member 

  • Competitive Curling

  • Library STEAM Pals - Volunteer

  • 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?

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Keaton Dundorf
Co-Director

Favorite Subject:

Biology​

IB Tests:

Math HL

LA HL

Biology HL

Environmental SL

Spanish SL

Economics SL

Extracurriculars:

  • Club Soccer

  • Track

  • Mountain Biking

  • Rock Climbing Club

  • Philosophy Club - President

  • Society for Humane Animal Adoption

  • 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?

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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:

  • Girls Basketball​

  • Volleyball

  • Track

  • Knight Crew - Commissioner

  • National Honor Society - Member

  • Spanish Honor Society

  • Society for Humane Animal Adoption - Founder

  • Boulder Public Library - Volunteer

  • Philosophy Club

  • 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

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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:​​

  • Math National Honors Society - Vice President

  • French Grand Concours Club - Vice President

  • Electronics Club - Vice President

  • 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?

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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

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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

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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:

  • Robotics

  • National Honor Society

  • Game Development

  • Working at CU

  • 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?

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