Aseya Kakar
Aseya Kakar is a graduate from United World College of the Atlantic (UWCAC). She is currently a senior at Wartburg College, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and International Relations. Aseya Kakar was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. She served as a Vice President in the International Club of Wartburg […]
Chad Fraga
Chad is from Tracy, CA, and he graduated from the University of the Pacific with a degree in Sociology in 2014. While at University of the Pacific, he served as one of the premier leaders on campus as part of the Pacific Ambassadors program. He recently spent a year in Sacramento as part of “City Year,” […]
Rahmah Aderinoye
Rahmah Aderinoye is from Osun State, Nigeria, and is currently studying Biology at the University of Texas at Arlington. She is passionate about creating the positive change she wants to see, which is why she founded Youth for Intellectual Interaction Initiative, a Venture aimed at alleviating extreme poverty and hunger among Nigeria’s youth. Rahmah is […]
Mike Pereira
Mike Pereira is currently studying at Washington University in St. Louis. Mike has started the Pathfinder Initiative, an innovative way to benefit the lives of returning veterans and the larger community. The Pathfinder Initiative offers returning veterans the opportunity to increase self-awareness, confidence, and purpose through a curriculum in natural horsemanship and, upon completion of […]
Tasman Bain
Tasman Bain is Co-Founder and Deputy Director of Meri Toksave (a youth-led women’s rights NGO in Papua New Guinea). He is passionate about human rights, international development, gender equality, mental health and youth empowerment and has over 5 years experience across NGOs, social enterprise, and government service. Tasman first visited PNG when he was 16 […]
Shermin Luo
Shermin Luo is currently majoring Engineering Management System and minoring Sociology and Psychology at Columbia University. She is also studying certificate fashion program at FIT and hopes to go into fashion industry after she graduates. She has very diverse interests–from street jazz dancing to writing poems, and those interests enable her to come up with […]
Christine Wang
Christine Wang is currently a medical student at Harvard Medical School and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience & Behavior and Hispanic Studies at Columbia University. Her passion for learning about and supporting diverse communities fueled her motivation to co-found Global Youth Mentorship Initiative (GYMI), which seeks to mentor underprivileged students and develop their […]
