Summer 2021 Community Leaders
2021夏季社区领袖
Qianyu Zhou 周芊余
...from Changsha, Hunan, China. Qianyu loves Han culture and other marginal cultures. She is learning Guqin. She used to work as a leader of an art teaching program for poverty-ridden areas, and is now an editor of a subscription magazine so that she can share her opinion better. She wants to continue exploring approaches for gender inequality and contribute herself to make the current situation better :)
Katherine Xu
许雨欣
...from Dublin, Ohio, USA. Her passions lie at the crossroads of the humanities, activism, and technology. She is founder and president of her school’s creative writing club and an avid member of her school's Tech Club. She is involved in many organizations that serve to further her interests and passions!
Harshini Lakshminarayanan
… from West Windsor, New Jersey, USA. Harshini is passionate about health & advocacy! She is part of the Speech & Debate team and her school's HOSA & NHD clubs. She is a co-founder of Athena's Art Deck, which aims to ameliorate domestic abuse through fundraising and policy reforms. She paints and sings in her free time!
Priyal Gupta
…...from Plainsboro, New Jersey, USA. She loves drawing, painting, and playing piano in her free time. She is involved in her school's debate and speech club and enjoys competing in National History Day. She also helped found an organization that raises money by selling custom-made products for domestic abuse survivors. She is passionate about making an impact on her national and international community and creating a positive change.
Siyao Wang 王思堯
...from Shanghai, China. Siyao is a student athlete who has played volleyball in the district team for more than 9 years. His sports career brought him determination and leadership, along with pains and injuries. Now a Vice President of the Student Union, Siyao wants to share his excitement in sportsmanship and to serve his school community in multiple ways, while minimizing the danger and crisis with thoughtful plans.
Brian Caballo
......from New York City. Brian loves science, research, and basketball. To explore his interest in science, he is interning at a laboratory studying rare cardiac diseases. He has also conducted socioeconomic research on public health in hopes of fostering a positive and tangible impact. He aspires to build his knowledge of biology and social science.
Scarlett Chu
朱芷彤
…from HongKong, China. Scarlett loves music, art, and acting. She's a class representative at her school and a leader of several global student-led organizations. She is interested in a future in business and social entrepreneurship.
David Zhang
张烨
...from Beijing, China. David loves playing the piano, making songs and acting. He now operates a personal official account on WeChat and continues to create improvisational music. He has recently won the "Best Actor" prize of the Oscars Award in a filming project. He now leads a small group introducing Chinese culture and poems in class, and joins a volunteering program dedicated in helping needy people.
James Liao 廖俊杰
...from Shanghai, China. James loves sports, psychology and computer science. James led his classmates to design a software prototype to serve the pandemic. He successfully lost 30kg within 9 months. He also wants to continue learning marketing and singing.
Manshu Huang
黄曼舒
……from Beijing, China. She loves Hermann Hesse, Louis Borges, and Virginia Woolf. Recently, she joined an LGBTQ literature online group and provided a heterosexuality perspective to the discussion. She is also organizing the second municipal mock trial competition in Beijing. She craves intellectual transcendental experience and close relationships with deserving people.
Gloria Feng 冯天鸿
…from Shanghai, China. Gloria enjoys swimming, badminton, and frisbee. In her spare time, she also does handcrafts such as an egg twisting machine, toll grabbing machine, and so on. She also leads the handcraft club in her school and holds activities every week.
Alexandra Yu 喻昕颖
… from San Francisco, California. Alex loves to play the piano and the ukulele, as well as soccer and lacrosse. She also loves to paint, read, and help others by doing philanthropy with National Charity League. She is currently collaborating with her school’s Asia Club and the Bay Area-wide diversity group (SCCDE) to combat racism.
Vyoma Patel
... from Frisco, Texas, USA. Vyoma is a sophomore at Imagine International Academy of North Texas. She enjoys tennis, martial arts, and spending time with her friends and family. She knows English, Gujarati, and Hindi while currently studying the language and culture of Spanish. She is intrigued by the realm of business and has begun learning about social entrepreneurship.
Tina Lei 雷云婷
...from Chengdu, China. Tina loves literature and art. She goes to visit art exhibitions frequently in her spare time. In addition, she and her friends founded a letter-writing program to help children in rural areas deal with the problems they faced in their daily lives. Fun fact: the picture was taken at her school's movie festival and she just won the Best Actress award.
Aadity Sharma
…from the bay area, California,USA. Her hobbies include reading, running, and coding. She also likes to play piano in her free time. She is currently a cofounder at an organization called One Step at a Time, which has provided free online tutoring to young children, in a range of subjects.
Aleicia Zhu 朱亦珊
…...from Holmdel, New Jersey, USA. Aleicia Zhu is passionate about healthcare economics and awareness. She has developed multiple research projects in the field of medicine, and she spearheads a team at the International Youth Researcher's Conference hosted by Columbia University. Aleicia also works on several business endeavors.
Simon He 何平
...from Hainan, China. Simon is a rising junior at Haikou High School, Hainan. He loves robot combat competitions. In 2019, he had a great experience building and deploying his own battle robot during a competition at the University of Toronto. Simon is passionate about electronic dance music and rap music. The rhythms and lyrics of the music can express his mood and feelings. He also enjoys soccer. In 7 years of playing, soccer continues to teach him the importance of teamwork, communication, and leadership.
Kevin Lin
林振杰
…from New York City, Queens, USA. Kevin enjoys creating art, playing Hearthstone, and reading in his free time. He volunteers at his local community center to help serve food to people in need, joins in rallies and charity events, and is generally committed to helping his community be the best it can be.