Miguel Dias
Miguel Dias is currently pursuing a bachelors degree in Applied Mathematics and Statistics and in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Computational Biology at Johns Hopkins University (2017). He is on the Student Advocacy Board which manages the 50+ student service groups on campus and that organizes school wide events. He is a also tutor […]
Yangmali Sahadev Rai
An award-winning social entrepreneur, Yangmali Rai is the Founder and President of the Yang-Ward Foundation, an initiative that seeks to empower single women of rural areas by engaging them in revenue-generating activities to gain financial independence. He completed his schooling at the National School of Nepal; Budhanilkantha school. He then went to the United World […]
Yadel Okorie
Yadel is a sophomore mechanical engineering major at the Johns Hopkins University. Growing up in Nigeria, Yadel became aware of the various problems and issues that people in developing countries face and hopes to continue to work to solve these problems by developing his skills and using them to empower others.
William Hartono
William Hartono is currently a Chemical Engineering student in Institut Teknologi Bandung. He received the Djarum Foundation scholarship, one of the most reputable scholarship program in Indonesia. In addition to engineering, he is passionate about business and microfinance systems. William is one of the founders of biogas project, held by HIMATEK (Chemical Engineering Student Association), […]
Building With Bottles
Brett Perl received his Resolution Fellowship for the venture, “Building With Bottles.” In Haiti, Brett sought to create a design solution to the problems that he observed, notably an overabundance of trash and a marginalized population of individuals who were disabled. Brett worked with the Afya Foundation, an organization focused on bringing much-needed medical supplies, and therapy […]
Brett Perl
Brett graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Architecture in 2015. While enrolled at Carnegie Mellon, Brett worked with the local Pittsburgh community as a brother of the Penn Theta chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Prior to co-founding the venture, “Building With Bottles,” Brett became involved with STAND, the student-led division of Genocide Intervention Network, as a Regional […]
Bernard Botchway
Bernard is a junior at Colby- Sawyer College. He was born in Ghana and is a product of Galaxy International School. He moved to the United States in 2011 to pursue his college degree. Amidst rigorous academic work and other campus engagements, Bernard was able to channel his interest in sustainable development by co- founding […]
Taku Machirori
Taku Machirori is a senior at accounting major at Morehouse College from Harare, Zimbabwe. He considers himself to be an unabashed optimist with a passion for global leadership and social entrepreneurship. He came to the United States in 2010 and in 2012 graduated valedictorian with an AA in business administration from Merritt College, in Oakland […]
Prince M Abudu
Prince Abudu is an unabashed optimist and highly motivated youth leader who has an amazing commitment to excellence, along with firm determination to serve for a greater good. Prince graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and as the highest-ranking scholar in the Department of Computer Science at Morehouse […]
Los Pacho Initiative
Natalie will launch a project in a remote village in Kenya where she is from, teaching sewing skills and subsistence crop farming to women. She engaged in participatory development on her winter break and provisionally signed up 30 women, receiving a huge outpouring of support and openness from her village that included a building to use […]
