Alexander Montesinos

About Me

I’m Alexander Montesinos, a first-gen college student from Detroit, currently studying Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. I’ve always been drawn to solving complex problems and building things that have real-world impact, which is what led me into robotics, programming, and eventually engineering.

Right now, I’m a full time student while working part time as an intern at Orange Sparkle Ball, where I help oversee robotic deliveries in downtown Detroit, and I am also working as a controls mentor at the Michigan Engineering Zone.

In high school, I was co-captain of my FIRST Robotics team, where we built a swerve-drive robot with autonomous routines that used AprilTags to localize itself on the field. I’ve also taught coding to younger students at iCode, worked with nonprofits to expand robotics access in Detroit, attended MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering and Science Summer of 2024 where I created a partial functioning and award winning Iron Man Helmet project, graduated Wolverine Pathways Cohort '25, and helped run summer STEM camps.

Outside of tech, I wrestled varsity, I’m bilingual in English and Spanish, and am willing to learn something new.