Bibliography of Ysabel Aoun

Ysabel Aoun is currently a chef at the Fessenden School. Prior to working with the Fessenden School, she co-owned a restaurant in Newton Center named Ellenas Kitchen with her husband (Miguel). Her restaurant was meant to introduce the dishes of her home country of Venezuela but sadly closed down due to the building being bought. Ysabel learned how to cook by watching her mother and helping her in the kitchen. When she was in college she baked sweets and sold them to her peers. In addition, she has a degree in dentistry and she worked as a dentist. 

Ysabel was born in Acarigua, Venezuela, near the Andes mountains. Growing up, Ysabel's life was enjoyable with her two sisters and brother. She Would often watch baseball and soccer games, which her older brother took her to. Also, she and her friends would ride around the town on their bikes, going door to door and picking up their friends. In middle school and high school Ysabel played basketball and volleyball recreationally. During her fourth year of high school, she was selected to attend an abroad program in Pennsylvania. She stayed with a girl who she now referred to as her “sister” for six months in that high school, then would come back to Venezuela with her “sister”. After high school, she attended college with a major in dentistry. While in College she began to bake goods, and she also began selling them. Ysabel said that living on her own during college gave her a sense of independence because she was cooking her own food, making her own money, and paying for her own things. She graduated and worked as a dentist for 12 years but then got married and came to the States. Originally, they planned on only staying for a couple of years but they ended up staying for the past 25 years. 

In these recent years, Ysabel has had a restaurant in newton center, but sadly, someone bought the building. Ysabel still needed work after this and she wanted to have some time for breaks so her husband recommended to work at a school. So after she looked online she found the Fessenden school.  

For her love of baking and her love of her home town of Venezuela.

Next Steps

feedback:

-focus on one thing at a time

-more color

-Lights

-motor??(maybe)

outer layers of her life on the outside of the cake and the inner layer of the cake whats inside life.

next steps. we continued with the direction we were going in with the wood, motor, and lights.

Ysabel Aoun, cook in the dining hall

When we interviewed Ysabel she talked about many things.

She grew up in Venezuela and had brothers and sisters.

Her favorite thing to do when she was a kid was go to the park with her friends after school.

She then met her husband and started a bakery.

She then moved to America.

She started a restaurant in West Newton which shut down over time.

And then finally, she came to fessy to be a cook. And this is her first year here!

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Precedent Conceptual

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Sketches

Iteration 1

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Iteration 3

Thank You! Any questions?

Thesis Statement

The inspiration behind our project is the ups and downs in life. Our person Ysabel who we interviewed talked a lot about the ups and downs in life and how perseverance and belief are how you overcome these obstacles. Our goal was to make a swing that swings back and forth symbolizing the ups and downs. We used components like laser cutting, wood, and a complex motor to move the swing on its own. We also are using color and photos to make the project more sensory. It looks simple but the process proved challenging and time because of the difficulty of laser cutting and creating a working motor.

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Precedent #2

Precedent #3

Sketches

A Major Challenge we Faced!

After our Mid-Review the feedback we received was to zoom in on a swing set and make it go up and down with a motor.

After we did the motor, we came to class the next day just to find that it fell out of Mr. Daly's window.

With only a week left of the project we got to work and re-constructed the motor to look this!

Prototype #1

Prototype #2

Prototype #3 Before and After

Mechanical Component

Electronic Part

Booth Photo (Detail)

Booth (Overall)

In Use

The End

Thank You

What Are We Doing?

On Thursday April 20th we interviewed Carol McKrill. Carol has had a very successful and impressive life so far. She grew up in Newton right down the road . In her early education she transitioned from catholic school to public school. Carol was able to preserver through this which helped throughout her life. Carol achieved so much through her life such as being a photographer for the Celtics, being a chef, and traveling the world. Throughout all of this she has still managed to keep an amazing relationship with her family. Carol's life shows courage, hard work, compassion, and respect.

We decided to make a camera (because of her love for photography) that you can look through and see images that represent her life and bring joy to your life as well.

Sketch #1

Sketch #2

Sketch #3

Pictures of protoype

This is our project so far from the outside.

Inside the camera there will be pictures rotating on the spinning weel right here.

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Next Steps

1. We want to include LED lights inside the project.
2. Spray paint inside the camera
3. Adding memorable pictures