✦ SOPHOMORE · CLASS OF 2028 · HOUSTON, TX ✦
An astronomer
in training.
Priya Sharma, 16. Science Olympiad astronomy captain, telescope builder, NASA camp alum. I've logged 200+ observation hours and named exactly zero stars (but I have favorites).
Discoveries & adventures
Data, glass, and a lot of cold nights in the backyard.
🔭 Built my own Dobsonian
Ground + polished nothing (bought the mirror, built the mount). First light: Saturn's rings. Screamed so loud the neighbors came out.
📸 Astrophotography
Orion, Andromeda, the Moon in ridiculous detail. Stacked 300 frames for one nebula shot. Patience: astronomical.
🚀 NASA High School Aerospace
Selected for the state program. Designed a Mars-hab module with 5 teammates. Mentored by actual engineers!!
🥇 SciOly Astronomy Gold
Regionals champs, state 4th. I can ID 40 deep-sky objects and calculate a redshift before breakfast.
🚀 Model rocketry club
Co-founder. 12 launches, 2 lost to trees, 1 egg survived (legend). Level 1 cert in progress.
✨ Star parties for kids
Monthly sidewalk astronomy: 200+ neighbors have now seen Saturn. Gasps guaranteed.
under dark skies — logged, sketched, and catalogued in my observation journal.
40 objects
identified by memory — Messier marathon finisher, 3AM division.
"We are all made of star-stuff. I just want to read the recipe."
— after Carl Sagan, patron saint of this portfolio · Next: physics + astrophysics track, summer research apps, and (dreaming big) the stars themselves.
📸 @priya.looksup · 📧 priya.sharma.school@email.com · 📍 Houston, TX (Space City!!)
🗣️ "Priya runs our best-attended club and our best-prepared SciOly team. She teaches like she observes: carefully." — Ms. Alvarez, Physics