Mackenzie Petersen

• MEDLIFE JHU President, 09/2024-Current
• Wings JHU E-Board, 09/2024-Current
• Thread Head of Family, 09/2023-Current
• Biomedical Engineering Society Mentor, 08/2025-Current
• Tutorial Project tutor, 09/2024-Current
• Captain of FRC and FTC robotics team, University School of Milwaukee (USM), 8/2020-08/2023
• Captain of Harvard Model Congress Team, University School of Milwaukee (USM), 01/2022-04/2023
• Leader and founder of Women in STEAM, University School of Milwaukee, 08/2019-08/2023
• Leader of the Spanish Honors Society, University School of Milwaukee (USM), 08/2021-05/2023

• Design Team: Most Outstanding Project Management Contribution by a First-year Student in the Course, 2024
• Dean's List Finalist for FIRST Robotics Competition, 2022
• NCWIT award for aspirations in computing, 2022
• Dean's List Finalist for FIRST Robotics Competition, 2021

• THREAD tutor and Head of Family 09/2024-Current
• Tutor for tutorial project 30+ hours 09/2024-Current
• Volunteered 300+ hours at St.Mary's hospital in the day surgery and pharmacy department 05/2024-Current
• Tutored children and organized an educational STEM day for a local organization called Operation Dream, 01/2020-05/2023
• Organized and hosted an educational STEM day with interactive activities for Friendship Circle (a organization that works with kids and adults with neuro-diverse needs), 12/2022-08/2023
• Helped volunteer and coordinate a rummage sale where over 30,000 dollars was donated to Friendship circle and Grand Avenue Club, 02/2021-08/2022

I conduct research in the Neonatology Department at Johns Hopkins Hospital focused on improving patient outcomes in the NICU.