Ashley Tritt
Ashley is currently studying Medicine at McGill University. Ashley’s interest in advocating and public speaking began after founding the first international chapter of Project HEAL, an international organization that provides funding for individuals affected by an eating disorder who can not afford treatment, and that promotes healthy body image. She was the Youth Lead and […]
Kristina Saffran
Kristina Saffran is the cofounder and current development director of Project HEAL: Help to Eat, Accept and Live: a 501(c)3 non-profit that raises money for people with eating disorders who cannot afford treatment and inspires people to believe that full recovery from an eating disorder is possible. To date, Project HEAL has sent 42 applicants […]
Liana Rosenman
In 2008, after recovering from anorexia nervosa, she co-founded Project HEAL: Help to Eat, Accept and Live, a 501(c)3 non-profit that raises money for people with eating disorders who cannot afford treatment, promotes healthy body image and self esteem, and inspires people to believe that full recovery from an eating disorder is possible. Liana Rosenman […]
Project HEAL: Family Network
This venture – a totally new program of a successful existing project – will create a network of supportive meetings, moderated by professional psychologists, for the families of young women suffering from eating disorders. The aim of the project is to expand the circle of care from simply focusing on the sufferers of the disorder themselves […]
Aeo
In summer 2017, Xiaoyue Gong founded Aeo to safeguard the health of Chinese urban residents against ubiquitous particulate air pollution by raising awareness of invisible indoor air pollution and empowering people to take informed actions to protect themselves. Aeo wearable air quality sensors not only inform people of the air quality of their exact location […]
Xiaoyue Gong
Xiaoyue is a PhD Candidate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is founder and CEO of Aeo, a social venture that protects people from severe indoor air pollution in cities through smart IoT design. Her current research is in algorithms and machine learning for supply chain optimization. Since a very young age, Xiaoyue has been working […]
Brinda Penmetsa
Brinda Penmetsa grew up in Katy, Texas and is currently pursuing a degree in Finance, with a minor in Policy and Ethics in the Honors College at the University of Houston. At UH, she is involved in Student Government, and the Bonner Leaders Program. Through Bonner, a four year commitment, Brinda performs 10 hours of […]
Ton La, Jr.
Ton La, Jr. (TJ) is a first-year MD/JD student at Baylor College of Medicine and a Summa cum laude and Collegiate Honors graduate of the University of Houston. Since high school, he has volunteered over 1000 hours at Texas Children’s Hospital and the Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. Currently, he is a Editorial Advisory Board […]
Campus Kitchen at the University of Houston
Campus Kitchen at the University of Houston volunteers will collect leftover food from university dining facilities in Houston, Texas. They will then transform recovered food into meals and make daily deliveries to the neighboring Third Ward community. The Third Ward is considered a food desert and is highly-distressed. The venture also aims to educate residents […]
Nicol Chinchilla Cordero
Nicol Chinchilla Cordero grew up in La RIbera, small village in Southern Costa Rica. At the age of 17, Nicol attended the United World Colleges in New Mexico. In this two years International Baccalaureate high school Nicol was inspired to study Environmental Studies. Nicol is studying at Earlham College were she is double majoring in Environmental […]
