Herberger Academy student becomes youngest employee at Intel

In a December 2013 story, reporter Marcy McMacken covered news of 16-year-old Joey Hudy – a student at the Gary K. Herberger Young Scholars Academy at Arizona State University – as becoming Intel Corporation’s youngest employee.

He was noticed by Intel at the Maker Faire in Rome – a forum that brings together individuals and groups to exhibit innovations in technology, design, art, sustainability and alternative business models.

"I was at the Maker Faire in Rome, making a speech last October," Hudy is quoted as stating in the article. "Intel was there and saw me. They asked if I wanted a job with them."

Hudy has already completed his orientation with Intel and is officially slated to begin his corporate internship program in summer 2014.

In the meantime, he is continuing his studies at the Herberger Academy and said he hopes to one day attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

The Herberger Academy, a program of ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, is designed to engage highly gifted secondary education students in personalized and advanced-level coursework. Hudy is one of nearly 60 students – ages 10 to 16 years – currently enrolled in the program based at ASU’s West campus.