Campers from Northern California attend Tech Trek at Sonoma State, which is located east of Rohnert Park and north of Cotati, approximately 10 miles south of Santa Rosa and 50 miles north of San Francisco. The Tech Trek Program first came to Sonoma State in 2008 after seven years at Mills College in Oakland.
Our camp is named after Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), a British chemist and x-ray crystallographer. A forgotten heroine, she discovered key properties of specific proteins of DNA through her work on the x-ray diffraction images.This led to the discovery of the DNA double helix.
What’s special about TT at Sonoma? How about a field trip to Russian River watershed, astronomy night, picturesque campus, facilities…and a variety of engaging, hands-on STEM workshops?
2026 Camp Dates
June 21-27
Contact:
Camp Director
Jessica Gong
Jessica Gong attended camp in 2002 at Mills College. Jessica graduated from UC Davis, where she majored in Economics and Biology. Jessica credits Tech Trek with having supported her excitement about science and teaching her how to sustain the willpower to stick it out when the classes grew increasingly difficult in high school and college. Jessica works full time in tech, and this is her 3rd year as co-director.
Assistant Director
Lily Cohen
Lily Cohen attended camp in 2014 at Stanford. For college, she has attended U of A, UH Manoa, and is finishing her Fashion Design degree at SFSU. Lily’s love for STEM has always been apparent and was spurred further by her time at Tech Trek. She enjoys utilizing STEM skills in her design and production process. Lily is also a Marketing Manager for a security technology company based in Hawai’i, and this is her first year as Assistant Director.
Resources
We use a tool called Waldo to share camp pictures. Campers selected to attend will receive a passcode via email.