Neil Marquez served as Co-Vice President (2024-25) on the student board of the STEM for Humanity Coalition.
Neil is currently a freshman studying aerospace engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Massachusetts, USA.
With a deep passion for rocketry and the intersection of engineering and design, Neil has co-led his team to national success, earning multiple trophies and awards in The American Rocketry Challenge (TARC) and NASA Student Launch Program for consecutive years. Neil is a National Merit Commended Scholar (2024-25) and a recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Gold Award (2023-24). Outside of academics and rocketry, Neil enjoys teaching younger students both rocketry and kung fu, while also finding time for music and swimming.
Captions: (Left) Neil prepares for the launch of his team’s rocket for the NASA Student Launch Program in 2023. (Upper Right) Neil introduces rocket components to younger students in 2024. (Middle Right) Neil at a rocket launch site in 2023. (Lower Right) Neil and his teammates at a rocket launch site in 2022. (Courtesy of the Marquez family)