Sydney Ritchey is 15 years old and attends Coronado High School. From the ages of 8 to 13, she attended weekly Saturday science classes at Elementary Institute of Science (EIS), in southeast San Diego. In 2018, after aging out of the EIS classes as a student, she began volunteering as a Lab Assistant to help the teachers and encourage the incoming 7 year olds. She assisted 4 hours every Saturday for 2 years, volunteering over 100 hours at EIS. Sydney’s charity received $500, EIS for their Teen STEAM Café.