Theme: VisionZ

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Lower Makefield Township Community Center
1550 Oxford Valley Road
Yardely, Pennsylvania, 19067
United States

Adrian Chen

My name is Adrian and I am junior at I’m a junior at West-Windsor Plainsboro High School South, and my hobbies include music and building stuff. The reason I wanted to become an Ambassador to SafeTeensOnline was because safety on the internet is more important than ever before. GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), net neutrality and internet theft can be extremely confusing to an adolescent getting on the internet for the first time. I think that this is where SafeTeens can help – and where I can help - by giving important information about these topics.

Anna Hanson

My name is Anna and I will be graduating in the year 2022 from Hunterdon Central Regional High School. I hope to study architecture in college because of my love for art and creating. Over the summer, I attend multiple architecture camps in New York City. My favorite subject is math because I like to problem solve. I also have been playing basketball for six years and will continue playing throughout high school. For MIT Solve 2018, our group is creating a domed unit that will decrease acidification in our oceans. Currently, I am researching living architecture and how our world will benefit from it. After college, I hope to continue to create things that will better our earth. My website: www.annahansson.org

Basel Awwad

I’m originally from Cairo, Egypt and I love to fence and hope to Fence in college. But most of all I love how neuroscience can fit with my religion Islam. I am researching more about how my belief links to the brain and every time I do I find more stuff, such as how faith and religious thoughts affect the brain and how does it affect it for the better. I want to study in college aspects of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI). This FMRI maps the brain and shows you which part of the brain is used for what. From my perspective, I don’t see any barriers between Islam and Neurology. They both can help us and hopefully will help me to a career in medicine or research (that’s my goal). My website: www.baselawwad.com

Irene Feng

I’m a freshman at Stuart Country Day School (class of 2021) in Princeton, NJ. I have a lifelong passion for art and colors which contributes to a lot of what I am today. I’m currently preparing for an art exhibit which will show the Chinese architectures’ history, present, and future. This includes vertical farming and living architecture. Since many environmental problems like air pollution and global warming are getting worse, some actions have to be taken for us to continue to thrive on planet Earth. My website: www.irenefeng.org

Jordan Sadan

I am an eighth grader at J.P. Case Middle School in New Jersey and will graduate from high school in the year of 2022. Currently, I am researching various emerging technologies in fields such as science, medicine, and art. I use my research to create YouTube videos for my online series, “So, You Want to be A...” depicting what our generation needs to know if they want to be successful in pursuing their desired career. I personally am fascinated by medicine, engineering, and robotics. I hope to integrate these technologies in the future for my career. I feel very strongly about educating our generation on staying safe online. Understanding cyber security is vital for everyone and with Safe Teens Online, we are providing a more reliable internet experience for teens everywhere. My website: https://jordansadan.org/

Lexi Harman

Studies at Pennsbury school, PA, Fun Loving

Natasha Ray

My name is Natasha, and I am a sophomore at Princeton Day School (class of 2021). I enjoy learning about the scientific world and seeing how it interacts with our beliefs as people, so I am very interested in the field of bioethics. In my free time, I love to play the piano and have been performing in concerts for about nine years. During the school year, I am an active member of my school’s varsity fencing and varsity figure skating teams. I am a part of Safe Teens Online because I believe that the internet is prevalent in so many aspects of our lives, so it’s important to follow the right practices to stay safe online. Teenagers, such as myself, might underestimate the importance of safe online practices, but the repercussions of not doing so can be dangerous. For this reason, it is my goal to educate as many of my peers as possible about proper internet protocol.

Om Deshmukh

I’m a maker/builder/designer who is super crazy about fusing protocells, smart materials and robotics together to try to help better the good in the world. I’m a freshman in WWP High School and I enjoy building DIY/Maker projects (Woodwork, Electronics, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc.), hiking and fencing. I’ve founded a Robotics club in my local community to teach kids about Robotics and familiarize them with FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). I love solving tough problems/challenges, and Cybercrime is one of them. Do you know that cybercriminals increasingly rely on uninformed youths to grant them access to sensitive data and applications? Come join us to fight the cyber security threats and educate the young generation about it. My Website: https://www.TheOmFactor.org

Sara Hansson

My name is Sara, and I will be graduating from Hunterdon Central Regional High School in 2019. I love music and biology and hope to include them in my future career. I have done multiple research projects, some at Columbia University’s Center for Radiological Research and others through the Junior Academy (www.thejunioracademy.org). For our MIT Solve project, we plan to lessen ocean acidification by creating a structure including a dome and pillars in the middle of the water. In the future, I hope to make a change and continue doing what I love. I want to become an Ambassador for SafeTeensOnline because many teens and kids use technology, but don’t know how to be safe when using it. I want to help my peers be secure online. My website: www.sarahansson.org

Simon Li

I’m Simon Li, the graduating class of 2021 at Princeton High School in New Jersey. I’ve spent many hours, and hours, and hours, and even more hours practicing the piano. But I love music, so it’s not work. I’m also trying to understand how computer science can help environmental issues like the dead spots that are growing in the ocean. They just found another the size of Florida! I want to make these dead zones alive again. Computer science may hold the key to saving the planet; by programming a protocell that could add oxygen to the ocean. For online safety, I have my own experience of that. In China, there’s a very similar app to Facebook called Wechat. One neat function of Wechat is Wechat Pay, which allows people to send money online. But this wasn't so cool for me, and my experience was terrible, so I want to raise everyone’s awareness of online safety, so you won’t have to experience what I did.

Sindhu Yaramosu

Sindhu is a 9th grader at The Pennington School, Class of 2022. I am currently experimenting with different varieties of algae and am involved in a Group project for MIT SOLVE 2018 on rebuilding and preserving the coastal areas by creating an underwater village to restore underwater life. I am also a youth ambassador for Akshaya Patra, an organization to help educate underprivileged children in India. Besides my engineering research, I am involved in 5 artistic paths-- I am training and performing in the art of Bharatanatyam, an Indian classical dance; I play the piano and viola, am involved in competitive archery, and bake every chance I can get into the kitchen. I have been following these creative paths since I was small. I’m proud to be a part of the movement for Online safety. We are all online so often that sometimes we forget that there may be danger in our smart phones and laptops. Better safe than sorry. My website is: sindhuyaramosu.org

Yuvraj Hooda

Pennsbury School, PA