Raunak Thakur
Raunak Thakur is an undergraduate student at Berea College. She is an international student from Nepal and is studying computer science and mathematics. Her venture is called “Sulav Urja” and she plans to establish Bio Gas plant in southern plains of Nepal where most of the men are migrant workers. Growing up in Nepal it […]
Gervase Adams
Gervase Adams is a student of Ashesi University College class of 2017, studying BSc in Business Administration. Gervase is passionate about youth empowerment and agriculture. He is from the upper west region of Ghana where his people mostly rely on subsistence rain fed agriculture. He is currently working on the Komaale initiative in his region […]
Rassidatou Konate
A native of Burkina Faso, Rassidatou Konate attended the African Leadership Academy (ALA), a pan-African entrepreneurial and leadership institution based in South Africa. Upon graduation from ALA in 2015, she joined the University of California, Berkeley as a MasterCard Foundation Scholar where she is now a rising sophomore studying Public Health. Rassidatou is passionate about […]
Anh Thu Ho
Anh-Thu Ho (pronounced as /ɛŋ tʰuh ho/) is a BioEngineering major from both the University of California, Berkeley and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (it’s complicated). Since her early teenage years, she has been joining and organizing various charity or volunteering projects to serve underprivileged communities in different countries. In 2015 alone, she joined a medical […]
Manuel Angel Barrantes Duarte
Manuel Barrantes was born in Managua, Nicaragua, and is 21 years old. He is a senior at Harding University majoring in global economics and Management. He is at Harding with the Walton International Scholarship Program (WISP) for Central America. His goal after graduation is to implement and offer low-income communities from Managua, new opportunities to engage […]
Karina Nur Arumsari
Wetland Furniture was founded by Karina Nur Arumsari and her partner, Irfanda. The venture is about converting water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes) – an invasive plant that lives in water – into valued goods. They are empowering the women in Desa Bandung, Mojokerto to have a better life. In her spare time, she enjoys going to cinemas […]
Irfanda Odytia
Irfanda Odytia was born at Ponorogo, Indonesia on 01 May 1997. Irfanda had a very early interest in technology and entrepreneurship. He pursues his passion by studying as a science major at Sampoerna Academy Palembang, Indonesia. Irfanda began to love and appreciate nature and the environment, community and society. During his senior year of high […]
Jennifer Carvel
Jennifer Carvel is an Honors student at the University of Central Florida pursuing a bachelors’ degree in Biomedical Sciences and Psychology. Growing up in Downtown Miami, Jennifer stood witness to the struggle of homelessness and hunger surrounding her community. Even as a child, she tried to alleviate the plight of the homeless by offering supermarket […]
Alexis Ghersi
Alexis Ghersi attends the University of Central Florida to receive a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences with a minor in Spanish Language. Within UCF, Alexis holds two part-time job positions and presents her leadership with the Pre-Professional Medical Society and Lead Scholars Academy Program. Some of her leadership activities include coordinating events to raise money […]
Andrew Aboujaoude
Andrew Aboujaoude is a United States Air Force Captain and physician at Columbia University currently pursuing a residency in anesthesiology. While he was an undergraduate student at UCF, his experiences with the homeless community in Downtown Orlando deeply impacted him. As a result, he was inspired to do his part as a social entrepreneur to […]
