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Phoenix Berrigan attends Tempe High and is a senior. They have been involved in various projects at the Innovation Center, including creating care guides for the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary and working on an escape room and a sports medicine and therapy project. Phoenix came to the Innovation Center for a change of environment and to engage in project-based learning. Their favorite memory is building things in the shop. They have also worked on projects like the Mars Farm and a community garden with Native Seed Search. The experiences at the Innovation Center have positively impacted Phoenix's life outside of school by making new friends, gaining experience with tools, improving confidence, and reducing stress. What's your name, grade level, and what school do you attend? My name is Phoenix Berrigan. I go to Tempe High, and I'm a senior. What Innovation Center projects were you involved in, and what did you learn from them? I was involved in creating care guides for the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary, and we visited it, and it was fun. And then also, I was involved in this project. What projects were you involved in over here? My first one was creating an escape room. My second one was Noggin Boss, and my current one is sports med and therapy. Why did you come to the Innovation Center? Sorry, sorry. First of all, because I really needed a different environment. I was really emotionally not doing good at DV alone. And second of all, I just thought it'd be a cool idea. Come to a place where it's project-based, and all the learning is done through working with others and that sort of thing. OK. And what's your favorite memory you have over here? Oh, jeez. I don't know. I've got to say building stuff in the shop. That would be my favorite. And what projects have you done when you were being here? What projects have you been in? I have done, do you want me to say the practice project too? Yeah, go ahead. I did the Escape the Room project, the Mars Farm project, and now I'm in the Community Literary Hub project. That's cool. And have there been experiences in the Innovation Center that have positively impacted your life outside of school? Oh, yeah. I mean, I've gotten new friends, obviously, from the Innovation Center. I've gotten experience with tools and all that. And honestly, my confidence and interaction with others have improved as well. I was going to ask, what other projects have you done here at the Innovation Center and what did you learn from them? My biggest project, which is still ongoing, has been creating a community garden with our partner, Native Seed Search, out in Tucson. And it's been really cool working with them. I've learned a lot about things that I never really even thought to learn about. I've had a really good experience doing that. And I'm excited to see where the project goes. We're still kind of in the baby stages of it. And this summer, we plan to make a lot of headway and actually get the garden set up. And then the second project that I've done is this project. So I'm excited to see how this one turns out. And have any of your experiences in the IC positively affected your life outside of school? Yeah, honestly, I think the decreased class workload and being able to focus on projects rather than assignments has been really good for my stress.