Green Light
Thomas Uhler aims to combat the negative effects of climate change by creating and distributing bioluminescent plants that produce light naturally with no carbon emissions. His for-profit venture, Green Light, will use these plants to reduce utility bills and provide new and eco-friendly lighting in “off the grid” locations.
Thomas Uhler
Thomas Uhler, originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, is a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania. Thomas is studying in the Vagelos Life Sciences and Management program and pursuing two degrees, one in molecular biology and one in business. Scientific research is a passion for Thomas, demonstrated by his years of work in University of Michigan […]
Connecting Children
Connecting Children is bringing the technical and physical infrastructure that schools in rural Costa Rica need to empower their teachers and benefit their students. Connecting Children has already begun outreach informally to the national power utility and a large foundation to bring power and data service to several schools. The team has also secured commitments […]
Aurea Natalia Salas Aragón
Natalia is the CEO and Founder of Trifecta Content Studio, a Digital Marketing Agency that provides the perfect mix of PR, Marketing, Press & Social Communications for businesses worldwide. She is also the VP and Co-Founder of Going Master, an account management and consulting company that aims to improve products, services, and processes to facilitate […]
Hannah Dehradunwala
Hannah is currently a sophomore at New York University studying International Affairs at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Her interest in international relations and development were sparked after moving from the United States to Pakistan in 2004 and then to Saudi Arabia in 2011. She is a foreign-language enthusiast, a believer in the positive […]
Samir Goel
Samir grew up in an immigrant family from New Delhi, India and witnessed the financial barriers and struggles his family faced as new residents in America. These experiences later inspired Samir and his Co-Founder to start Esusu under the premise that no matter where you come from, the color of your skin, or your financial […]
Samantha Wang
Samantha (Yu) Wang is currently an electrical engineering major with an entrepreneurship and management minor at Johns Hopkins University. Although she is an electrical engineering major, she is also interested in the area of medicine and specifically applying engineering concepts to medicine. Aside from her studies, most of her time is dedicated towards cardiology stem […]
Miguel Dias
Miguel Dias is currently pursuing a bachelors degree in Applied Mathematics and Statistics and in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Computational Biology at Johns Hopkins University (2017). He is on the Student Advocacy Board which manages the 50+ student service groups on campus and that organizes school wide events. He is a also tutor […]
Yadel Okorie
Yadel is a sophomore mechanical engineering major at the Johns Hopkins University. Growing up in Nigeria, Yadel became aware of the various problems and issues that people in developing countries face and hopes to continue to work to solve these problems by developing his skills and using them to empower others.
Harald Oswin
Harald Oswin is an Applied Mathematics concentrator at Harvard University who is based in the Republic of South Africa. His interests are entrepreneurship, statistics, design, technology, finance and politics. He believes entrepreneurship will be the key turbine for development in the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. For that reason, he would love to […]
