Meet the Team

Into The Deep

2024-2025

Rohin Amaro - Mech


My name is Rohin Amaro. I am sixteen and  I attend Cherry Hill High School East as a junior. I swim for the Cherry Hilll East swim team and sing for East Concert Choir. I also have been swimming for the Woodcrest Swim team for the past nine years and for Wahoos for 3 year. I play piano. I won first place at the VEX IQ Robotics Competition at Rosa in 2019 and best design in 2020 at Cherry Hill East. I am currently and have been a builder and designer on FTC 17036 Robotech Anomaly Team for the past two and half years. I am interested and want to learn more about mechanical engineering and computer science. I am fascinated how robots can improve society.

Zach Blackman - Mech

I am Zachary Blackman. I am 15 years old from Voorhees NJ and I started my robotics journey at the age of six. I go to Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees New Jersey. There I am on the Robotic club that competes in FRC, and I am a founding member/ the new president of the Aerospace Union club. At the age of six I found Robotech at a mall show and joined their young engineers class. In the following years I would move up to Lego and then Vex IQ to compete in their yearly games. Last year I was moved up to FTC where I learned what I would need to do to help the team in the future. I am excited or the next FTC season. 

Risha Shukla - Programming 

My name is Risha Shukla. I am 13 years old and am in 8th grade at DeMasi Middle School. I am a programmer on 17036 and I was one last year when I was on the 14498 Robotech Warriors during the PowerPlay season. Outside of robotics I dance competitively, play tennis, perform in many musicals, and have been playing the violin for 6 years. This year I want to become a better and more experienced programmer. I am super excited about this year's season Centerstage! 

Claire Li - Programming 

My name is Claire Li. I am 13 years old and am attending 8th grade at Rosa International Middle School. I am a programmer on 17036 and have had one year of FTC experience on the 14498 Warriors during the 2022-2023 Season. Outside of robotics, I am heavily involved in numerous extra-curriculars that span from various musical programs to long distance running. This year, I hope to become a more active and experienced programmer on the team, as well as hopefully organizing Outreach initiatives for 17036. Hoping for a successful and rewarding first year on 17036 Robotech Anomaly! 

Sachin Awsare - Mech

My name is Sachin Awsare and I am a builder on the FTC team. Some things I like to do outside of Robotics are go swimming and watch TV. This season is my second year on the team. I really enjoyed last year’s competition and I am hoping this year will be even better. I am looking forward to learning new things and competing in next year’s competition! 

Nathaniel Dickman - Mech

I am Nathaniel Dickmann, I am 13 years old and homeschooled. I am pretty new to FTC, this will be my first year doing FTC. This year I would like to learn more about the different parts of FTC. Learning how building and coding work, and also how the competitions work. 

Rhea Arora - Programming 

Hello, my name is Rhea Arora, I am 15 years old and I am a coder on team 17036. I have participated in FLL for three years and I was part of team 14498 last year. I also am on a team for FRC. Outside of robotics I play lacrosse, golf, I dance, and play tennis. My hobbies are baking/singing.  This year I am hoping to experience more programming and improve my communication with the builders on my team. 

Sherwin - Mech

I’m Sherwin Joseph, a new member of the team, ready to immerse myself into the world of FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge). Although I am new to the team, I still try and find myself the best situations to contribute. I have always been interested in building things and a young child, I built so many different legos and assembled many other things. If anything was there to build, my interest would be piqued. As of right now, I just entered the big world of Cherokee high school, and I am exploring through the opportunities that the school offers. I always had an interest in athletics and I participate in track, and will soon be in the weight lifting club. Outside school, my athletic ability does not come to a cessation. I play tennis with my friends and family and play as RB (Right Back) on the Blue Balls U18 soccer team where we are currently undefeated.I also play the piano and love adventuring into new, difficult and challenging pieces. I have always loved learning new things and I feel that knowledge is a very valuable quality. That’s why I joined this team, to learn and pursue a new interest. I am very excited for more competitions for “Centerstage” and I happy to contribute as much as I can to the team!


Katherine Gao - Mech

My name is Katherine Gao, I’m 12 years old and in 7th grade going into 8th, and I go to Rosa International Middle School. A few things I do out of school is play soccer on my FC team, play cello and piano, create art, and participate in many of my school’s activities. I was first introduced to FTC in 6th grade. At that time I was building VEX robots and coding them. This will be my second year doing FTC, last year’s season I was on 14498 and it went pretty well. This year I got moved to the 17036 team. I hope that this years season goes very well.