Kerry Thompson is an educator with 25+ years of experience teaching science and mathematics to students in grades 6-12 as well as in community college. She is also the lead mentor and founder of the FYRE Robotics Team Number 5480, Reno’s first FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) team founded in 2014 and sponsored by the University of Nevada, Reno Innevation Center Makerspace.
Thompson has been a member at the Innevation Center since 2018, though most other members have probably never met her. That’s because Thompson, her fleet of community-based mentors and their high school FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) team are only here for a few months out of the year, and only after hours. When they are here, it is full work mode. During the FRC build season from early January to the end of February, the FYRE Robotics Team Number 5480 uses the Innevation Center’s Makerspace six days a…
