Theme: To Boldly Go...

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

Mountain View High School
3535 Truman Avenue
Mountain View, California, 94040
United States

Alba Alamillo

Alba Alamillo is a certified hypnotherapist and author who has spent the last 20 years of her career researching why people feel like victims or have inferiority complex. She believes those two traits cause most emotional struggles. For the last 15 years, Alba has helped a wide range of people get rid of their distorted self-perceptions and achieve their potential in all areas of their lives.

Albert Zhang

I am a senior who's interested in business management and technology. I enjoy going to the beach, cooking, and playing Tetris.

Connery Wood

I am a junior at Mountain View High School, and this past summer, I was an intern in the Stanford Earth Young Investigators Program.

Curtis Hawthorne

Curtis Hawthorne is a software engineer who works at Google Brain on the Magenta project.

Jayme Albritton

Jayme Albritton is a Mountain View High School student that aspires to study law at a 4 year university. Jayme is passionate about education and claims her goal in life is to provide equivalent education to all children.

Jeff Harding

During his 34 years in education, Dr. Jeff Harding has been committed to academic equity for all students from elementary school through college, first as a teacher, then as a principal and now as Superintendent for the Mountain View/Los Altos High School District.

Jeff Rosen

District Attorney Rosen is an experienced prosecutor and a recognized leader in criminal justice reform. His mission for the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office is to vigorously pursue justice in a way that is fair and treats everyone with respect. His core values are service, hard work, transparency and integrity. Since arriving in the Bay Area, Mr. Rosen has been active in the community. He served as president of a large synagogue, taught trial advocacy at Santa Clara University Law School and trained police officers in report-writing.

Kieran Ward

Kieran Ward was born in Menlo Park, and moved to Mountain View three years ago, and is an extremely kind, generous, and totally humble man. He likes Acting, The stupid jokes he makes, and Gaming, which is what part of his talk will be about. Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

Leah Lam

Leah Lam is an active leader and public speaker on campus through student government and Speech & Debate.

Nicholas Mark

Nicholas Mark was born and raised in the Bay Area and is currently a member of the Mountain View High School class of 2018.

Pancho Ramos-Stierle

Francisco ‘Pancho’ Ramos Stierle is a Mexican-born former astrophysics Ph.D. student turned full-time community activist and humanitarian. An avid student of Gandhi, Pancho practices ahimsa, which is popularly translated as “nonviolence” in thoughts, words, and deeds. He became a known figure of the Occupy movement after being arrested while meditating during the dismantling of the Occupy Oakland Camp. He is a full-time volunteer and founding resident of Casa de Paz (House of Peace) at Canticle Farm, an organic farm in the heart of Oakland, CA run entirely by volunteers with products that are distributed as a gift throughout the community, as well as ServiceSpace, an incubator of generosity-driven projects.

Shira Davidson

Hi! My name is Shira Davidson and I’m a senior at Mountain View High School. I love music, long phone calls, falafel and autumn; and I’m so beyond honored and thrilled to be giving a TEDx Talk this year.