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).

TEDxYouth@AES
Chandragupta Marg
Chanakyapuri
New Delhi, Delhi, 110021
India

Cyriac Charignon

Cyriac Charignon is a 10th-grade student at the American Embassy School of New Delhi who always seeks out new opportunities to try new experiences and learn more about the world around him. Being a teenager, he has lived in a world where the Internet existed for his whole life and, because of this, it fascinates him that he lives in a turning point of humankind, in an era where so much is possible.

Jami Bolton

Jami Bolton grew up in the western part of the United States of America. She started out as a flute player but switched to French horn in high school. Ms. Bolton was a band and orchestra teacher in the Alexandria City Public Schools in Alexandria, Virginia for 10 years. She has been teaching at the American Embassy School, in New Delhi, India for the past 10 years. She is currently learning to play the sarangi and even though it is one of the hardest instruments she has ever tried to learn, it is among her favorites.

Kalee Thompson

Kalee Thompson is a mother to two darling and spunky children, a yoga + mediation teacher, and an elementary EAL teacher at the American Embassy School. Kalee is a Transformative Educational Leadership Fellow and meditation teacher on the Insight Timer app. It has been her honor to teach yoga around the world in schools, homeless shelters, studios, backyards, and festivals. Gratitude is her religion and being present is her life’s work.

Maya Anandan

Maya Anandan is a 10th grader at the American Embassy School in New Delhi. Having lived in India her whole life, she is deeply concerned with the country’s magnifying ecological damage brought about by climate change, as well as the countless socio-economic problems the underprivileged face.

Sandhya Stapleton

Sandhya Stapleton is a current 10th grade student at AES. She is incredibly passionate about environmental conservation and climate action, and has been an enthusiastic environmentalist for several years. Her climate journey began with small environmental groups in Lilongwe, Malawi, doing as much as she could to improve climate action in her community.

Sara Patterson

Sara Patterson is an educator and yoga teacher who will be exploring the power of connection in her TEDx talk. Sara is also a mother to two awesome humans and a partner to an inspiring human.