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What The Forecast Misses
The U.S. “snowstorm” this week was mostly an inconvenience for me. School was canceled, rehearsals were rescheduled, and roads were iced over. I wrapped myself in another hoodie, complained a little, and waited it out. However, that same cold reminded me of the people who don’t get to wait it out. While most of us experienced the storm as a disruption, tens of thousands of people across the country experienced it as something much more dangerous: the coldest night of the year
Jan 272 min read


Turning Waste into Worth with PodPost
In my AP Environmental Science class, I kept running into the same contradictions: we learn endlessly about climate action, yet most of our daily waste still heads straight for landfills. I wanted to take action, and asked a smaller, local question: What can I fix right here? That's how PodPost began. My initiative PodPost.org takes food-grade five gallon plastic buckets from local businesses(containers that would normally be thrown out) and upcycles them into compost pods f
Nov 13, 20251 min read


How Music Became My First Classroom
When I was three years old, my world was filled with sound. Not the sound of chaos and cartoons, but the steady drone of a small tanpura....
Oct 8, 20252 min read


The Bigger Picture: Lessons from Above on Housing and the Arts
When I first started cold-calling realtors, trying to start my freelance aerial drone photography business, I thought I was just chasing...
Sep 13, 20252 min read


How is AI reshaping educational theater?
To me, theater has always been a vibrant space for creativity, collaboration, and self-expression in school. From breaking down plays...
Aug 29, 20252 min read


How I Discovered My Love for Giving
Last summer, I traveled to a small village in India to donate ₹100,000 raised through my nonprofit to a struggling local school. I was...
Jul 17, 20252 min read


One Crisis Away: How a Broken Housing System Fails the Vulnerable
In my time interning for Metrocrest Services, a nonprofit helping individuals and families overcome crises, I came face to face with the...
Jun 27, 20253 min read


Shows are expensive: Who gets left out?
Me as "Bruce" in Matilda the Musical! Three hundred dollars to be in the musical? I’ve been in a multitude of plays and musicals...
Jun 5, 20252 min read
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