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Tadatomo Nakashima
The Tools: The Bandsaw, Heavy Woodworking Hardware, Godot / Unreal Engine, Bambu FDM Printers, Arduino Microcontrollers.
The Work: Tadatomo spent ten years teaching in Bay Area classrooms before stepping away to build a shop. He saw the exact problem with standard middle school STEM: too much theory, not enough physical friction. He stripped the curriculum down to the studs and rebuilt it around hands-on mechanics, designing tracks that put kids to work building go-carts, catapults, and games from scratch.
He is a practicing carpenter, game developer, and motorcycle racer. He applies the exact same discipline he uses tuning a race bike or training in the Muay Thai gym to how he runs the shop floor. He understands that failure is a mechanical reality—parts will break, code will fault, and timber will splinter.
This is where his empathy translates into absolute patience. If a student is standing at the bandsaw and a cut starts drifting, or a joint won't sit flush on their treasure chest, Tadatomo doesn't take the wood out of their hands and do it for them. He steps in alongside them. He points out the physical reality of the problem, corrects their grip, and teaches them the precise logic required to back out, adjust the angle, and execute the cut correctly. He demands hard work, but he backs it up with the quiet, steady mentorship required to teach it right.
Joshua Kang
Meet Joshua Kang — part scientist, part maker, part chef, and full-time enthusiast for helping kids discover what they're capable of. With a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, Joshua brings real academic depth to everything he teaches, whether that's explaining a chemical reaction in the lab or debugging code in a game engine. By day he works as a pharmacy technician, and by afternoon he's in the classroom as an afterschool enrichment teacher. This is Joshua's fourth year leading summer camps, and he's backed by six years of hands-on experience as a private tutor working with students of all skill levels and learning styles. His camps span an impressive range: game development, robotics, cooking, economics, chemistry, 3D printing, and woodworking — basically a little something for every curious mind. Joshua has a reputation for being the kind of teacher who makes you feel like you belong in the room, no matter your background or experience. He's endlessly patient, genuinely encouraging, and has a rare gift for connecting with kids of all personalities. He believes that the best learning happens when students are having too much fun to realize how much they're growing. Whether a student is building their first circuit, rolling out dough for the first time, or pitching a business idea, Joshua is right there cheering them on. His goal isn't just to teach skills — it's to build confidence that students carry with them long after camp ends. If you're looking for a camp experience that's equal parts rigorous and ridiculously fun, you're in the right place.
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