Leadership

Sparking Discussion. Empowering others. Making change. 

 ​Speaker at TEDxLehighRiver

Gave talk titled "The Surprising Success of the American Education system" discussing positives and areas for reform in the public education system to over 400 audience members. October 21, 2017
( https://www.tedxlehighriver.com )

​​Addressing the 99th Annual convention of PA American Legion at Harrisburg

Addressed youth involvement in veterans' affairs and spoke about experience at Keystone Boys' State, as elected governor of the program. July 2017

Student Representative of Parkland School District

Representing over 9400 students at the elementary, middle and high school levels and acting as mouthpiece for student opinions at policy-making level. 2017-18

Captain of one of Lehigh Valley ARML teams

Member of LV ARML since eighth grade, as captain of B1 team in ninth grade, captain of A4 team in tenth grade, and captain of the A3 team in eleventh grade. Photos can be seen of the Harvard-MIT Math Tournament (HMMT). 

Guest Speaker at Penn State Lehigh Valley Entrepreneurship Camp

Spoke to students about unique ability of youth to contribute to entrepreneurship because of their varied experiences and creativity. July 2016

Advocate for CPR education access in high schools

Began petition to increase access to CPR education for public high school students with over 1,000 signatures, leading to the proposed bill HB1877 from PA Representative Gary Day.

Elected Governor of Keystone Boy State 

Elected governor of political simulation as member of the minority party (formed less than 40 percent of government) after multiple days of campaigning and an hour long debate, with a $1,000 scholarship award. June 2017

Lehigh Valley Launchbox Grant Recipient

 Received $4,000 grant from Penn State's Launchbox incubator program for Get2Greater, and attended inauguration of incubator along with Chancellor Tina Richardson of Penn State Lehigh Valley and President of Penn State, Dr. Eric Barron. 

Founder of SparkXL 

SparkXL, currently in beta version acts as a platform for teachers to showcase outstanding pieces of student's work also allowing students to create a digital portfolio to give a deeper perspective on themselves to colleges, employers and the general public. www.SparkXL.com