Who We Are

Ryan is the co-founder and captain of CHEEZ dEMs. His extended experience of public speaking and speech has made him a captain of the team. He is also the lead designer and builder. He loves building legos, using designing software, and coding. These skills made him a capable team member. Aside from robotics, Ryan enjoys piano, basketball, and going kayaking. 

When the team was founded by Sylvan and Ryan in 2022, Sylvan took charge as the lead coder because of his proficiency in Scratch, Python, and C programming languages. He values hard work and trust and strives to contribute as much as possible to not only programming, but also to other areas such as robot design, mission strategies, and the innovation project. Alongside his position in team Cheez dEms, he is also passionate about most branches of science, especially aerospace engineering and ornithology, competing in the Calgary Youth Science Fair and pursuing RC aircraft and model rocket hobbies. For him, the sky is not the limit, it’s just the beginning.

DeAnne is the Creative Designer of the Cheez dEms. As creative designer , she is in charge of looking for and proposing solutions, especially if they are original or creative. She has 3 birds and 3 guppy fish. DeAnne is 11 years old and in Grade 6. She enjoys playing badminton, drawing, and reading. She also plays piano and studies ballet.

 Katrina is passionate about robotics and she is the team communicator for Team CheesdEms. The team communicator shapes and conveys messages from their coaches to the other team members in a more relatable way. She goes to Westmount in grade six and likes to play sports and violin in her spare time. In 2023, she and her team won gold in CISAA league for basketball.

Ken was the last member to join the team in late November 2022. He quickly picked up on FLL. Ken is the innovations project lead, and actively participates with researching, mission strategies, and other FLL aspects. In his free time, Ken plays guitar.