{"id":36670,"date":"2026-03-09T11:28:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\/?p=36670"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:52:10","slug":"trickfire-robotics-ignites-path-to-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\/news\/2026\/03\/09\/trickfire-robotics-ignites-path-to-leadership","title":{"rendered":"TrickFire Robotics ignites path to leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\/undergraduate\/majors\/mechanical\" id=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\/undergraduate\/majors\/mechanical\">Mechanical Engineering<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\" id=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/undergraduate\/bachelor-of-business-administration\">Business Administration<\/a> student Adan Rodriguez has followed an inspiring path at UW Bothell \u2014 one that began with hands\u2011on engineering in TrickFire Robotics and grew into campus\u2011wide leadership as ASUWB president. Through his work in student government and his commitment to advocating for his peers, Rodriguez discovered the power of community and importance of finding support. His story is a testament to how getting involved on campus can open doors to personal growth, confidence and meaningful impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are grateful Rodriguez shared his journey at the 2025 I \u2665 UW Bothell Luncheon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI want to see the people around me doing well and having opportunities. I want this community to do well.\u201d<\/p><cite>Adan Rodriguez<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full story on the UW Bothell Give blog to learn more about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/give\/news\/2026\/02\/24\/a-journey-from-club-member-to-student-government-leader\" id=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/give\/news\/2026\/02\/24\/a-journey-from-club-member-to-student-government-leader\">journey from club member to student government leader<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration student Adan Rodriguez has followed an inspiring path to leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":36671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_is_archived":false,"_archived_contact_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,7],"tags":[],"school":[],"class_list":["post-36670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-department-of-engineering-mathematics","category-diversity","category-students"],"acf":{"related_links":{"toggle_visibility":false,"link_1":"","link_2":"","link_3":"","link_4":"","link_5":""},"highlight_box":{"toggle_visibility":false,"title":"","content":"","button":"","button_style":"angled-purple-button","button_screen_reader_text":""},"contact_type_1":{"toggle_visibility":false,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"contact_type_2":{"toggle_visibility":false,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"social_media":{"toggle_visibility":false,"facebook_url":"","instagram_url":"","linkedin_url":"","twitter_url":"","youtube_url":""},"blog_archive_sidebar_visibility":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>TrickFire Robotics ignites path to leadership - School of Science, Technology, Engineering &amp; 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