The MakerSpace has a diverse staff dedicated to helping you with your projects.  Our MakerSpace is an almost an entirely student run center.  Students take on leadership roles and foster peer to peer learning. 

If you are interested in joining the MakerSpace team visit Moorpark College Handshake or stop by the Career Center in Fountain Hall. 

For questions, email MakerSpace Instructional Lab Tech Tara O'Gorman at tara_ogorman1@vcccd.edu and/or Director Ivy Lovett at ivy_lovett1@vcccd.edu

 

 

Meet our Fall 2026 Staff

 

ivy

Ivy Lovett

Program Director

(she/her)

Major:  BA in Design Media | Arts, UCLA 

I make: Doodles and designs!

Ask me about:  Adobe Suite

Fun Fact:  I like drawing eyeballs

tara

Tara O'Gorman

Instructional Lab Tech 

(she/her)

Major: BFA Drawing and Painting, CSULB

I Make: Acrylic paintings, quirky things, and memories!

Ask Me About: Screen Printing and placing orders!

Fun Fact: I can recite the alphabet backwards!

alyssa

Alyssa

Design Tutor

(She/Her)

Major: Design and Studio Art

I make: Posters, Promotional Materials for School Events, and Stickers

Ask me about: Art programs, vinyl printing, and design issues!

Fun Fact: I love Alan Wake!!!

eli

Eli

Student Specialist 

(Any)

Major: Business Admin

I Make: Characters, plushies, pants

Ask Me About: Hand and machine sewing

Fun Fact: I collect soda tabs and bottle caps

alex

Alex

Student Specialist 

(He/Him)

Major: Mechanical Engineering

I Make: 3D prints, CNC parts

Ask Me About: Engineering related making

sebastian

Sebastian

Student Specialist 

(he/him)

Major: Game Design

I Make: 3D prints, board games

Ask Me About: 3D printing and modeling

Fun Fact: I can solve a Rubik's Cube under a minute

andrew

Andrew

Student Specialist 

(He/Him)

 

Brook

Brook

Student Specialist 

(She/Her)

Major: Computer Engineering

I Make: Product design, graphic design, drawing

Ask Me About: Brainstorming, process ideas

Fun Fact: I ice skate recreationally

kelly

Kelly

Student Specialist 

(She/Her)

Major: Studio Arts

I Make: Keychains

Ask Me About: Stickers

Fun Fact: I love Zootopia

jackie

Jackie

Student Specialist 

(Any)

Major: Business Admin

I Make: Animations, stickers, paper stars, ceramics

Ask Me About: 3D printing, stickers

Fun Fact: I rollerblade

phoebe

Phoebe

Student Specialist 

(They/She)

Major: Plant Sciences

I Make: Stickers, paintings

Ask Me About: Illustrator, stickers

Fun Fact: I keep lichen on a stick

clare

Clare Sadnik 

Faculty Lead

(she/her)

Major:  MFA Drawing & Painting, CSUF

BA in ART, UCLA

I make:  drawings, paintings, ceramics, fiber arts,  objects

Ask me about:  Anything!

Fun Fact:  I'm a craft cocktail expert