Alumni
Meet the Neurodiversity Ambassadors
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Alice Yang
Alumni/Class of 2024
Having taught and created curriculums for young children for some time, Alice gladly accepted a new opportunity to work with the neurodivergent and introduce them to the wonders of music. She hopes to spread her love of music to her community and encourage everyone to support one another. In her free time, Alice enjoys playing music, reading memoirs, and making sushi in her family-owned restaurant.
Arturo Banegas Nieves
Alumni/Class of 2023
Arturo is an upcoming freshman in the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he will be studying architecture. He joined NDA as a member of the social media group in the NJ chapter. Since he heard of the club, from Nina, Arturo appreciated the attention it brings to the neurodiverse community. Arturo hopes that he can help NDA reach its full potential and increase awareness for neurodiversity across the country.
Alyssa Kim
Alumni/Class of 2024
Fueled by her love of community, Alyssa joined NDA this year in order to continue her commitment to give back to the people closest to her. Alyssa is a committed dancer and loves to give back to the community through dance. Prior to joining NDA, she taught dance classes for Neurodiversity at Ridge High School. In her free time she loves to read, run, and of course, dance! Alyssa strives to create a comfortable and safe environment for individuals who need more representation!
Clara Seoyoung Kim
Alumni/Class of 2024
Clara lives in Seoul, South Korea who goes to Korea Kent Foreign School. She likes to travel around the world and likes to watch youtube or movie in her free time. She believes that spreading awareness for the cause of neurodiversity is important.
Nazli Bilge Yasar
Alumni/Class of 2024
​Having travelled to many countries and met different people, Bilge is driven by the need of equal opportunity. For leisure, Bilge loves skiing, playing the violin, and watching movies. She has lived in Turkey, Switzerland, and the U.S, and will possibly move again. Being used to change, she wants fair education and fair social opportunities for people with different neurodiverse circumstances, and thus leading her to be a member in NDA.
Leena Mathai
Alumni/Class of 2024
Leena along with the rest of the team truly believes in teaching about Neurodiversity. In her free time she loves to bake and spend time a home watching movies with her family. Leena hopes her effort as a part of this team will change even one persons life and help many more.
Camille Xu
Alumni/Class of 2024
Wanting to help make this world a more understanding and aware place, Camille joined the NDA in order to spread awareness and bring attention to neurodiversity and how it affects people all around the world. Camille loves to create art, learn music, and read in her free time with the addition of teaching others new languages! Camille hopes that with her joining, she can help NDA help those who are underrepresented due to neurodiverse circumstances to explore new areas like art, music, and language!
Jennifer Ni
Alumni/Class of 2024
Feeling fortunate for the opportunity as a member of NDA with her peers, JenNi looks forward to learning from experiences in, spreading awareness for, and impacting the neurodiverse community and beyond. For years, she has witnessed how neurodiversity affects everyone and the interconnection and similarity that neurodiverse and neurotypical are just like you and me! Attempting a bit of various activities, JenNi develops and constantly re-searches for its interests/passions, which incessantly shift.
Angelina Yang
Alumni/Class of 2024
Always pushing to help the community around her, Angie is excited and grateful to be a part of the Neurodiversity Ambassadors. She has a deep passion for music and the outdoors. Angie dreams of traveling the world and meeting people along the way to hear their stories. Through the Neurodiversity Ambassadors, she hopes to fight the stigma surrounding neurodiversity and help build the steps to an accepting community for all.
Aarohi Gami
Alumni/Class of 2024
Hoping to spread more information about neurodivergence and driven by a passion for writing, Aarohi hopes that both will shine through the work they do for NDA. Outside of school, they love to read, listen to music, and write as often as they can. Aarohi hopes that their work for the organization will have a real positive impact on the people around them.
Eunice Jaeryoung Lim
Alumni/Class of 2024
Although Eunice herself may not fall under the category of neurodiversity, she is aware of the struggles neurodivergent people must have to experience in their daily lives and has met people who are. Through NDA, Eunice hopes to better understand neurodivergent people and help them as much as she can. She can't wait to be a part of contributing to various activities to make this world into a more welcoming place for neurodivergent people to live in and raising awareness on neurodiversity among people as well. Aside from this, Eunice enjoys taking pictures, watching movies, listening to music, and spending time with her friends and family. As a person who loves traveling, she also enjoys meeting new people and getting to know them. Starting with this one organization, in the future Eunice hopes to further spread greater influence to the society and the world regarding neurodiversity!
Cami Pérez
Alumni/Class of 2024
Excited to be joining NDA, Cami is determined to work hard in order to create a society that is more inclusive to everyone. In her free time, Cami loves to listen to all types of music and spend time with her friends and family. She’s excited to be able to be a part of such a wonderful organization.
Alexis Monterroso
Alumni/Class of 2024
Alexis is really motivated to help out with the Neurodiversity Ambassador's podcast team. Having ADHD provides him with a special perspective on neurodiversity and he think it’s serving with the organization is a great way to not only raise awareness about the importance of neurodiversity to the public, but also to help neurodiverse people have new opportunities to explore and follow their passion.
Emily Minseo Kang
Alumni/Class of 2024
Emily is a high school junior passionate about helping others and her community. She is a part of founding NDA with her friends to spread awareness of Neurodiversity in hopes to help and create a more inclusive community. Emily likes to play the piano, read books, solve jigsaw puzzles, and hang out with her friends. She can speak Korean and English fluently and also loves learning new languages. Emily would love to continue to make further contributions along with her fellow members to reach the goals of NDA!
Aviral Agastya
Alumni/Class of 2024
​Aviral is outspoken and passionate about social equity, advocacy, policy, politics, life sciences, psychology, and public health—he wants to do his part in making the world a better place, socially and structurally. He joined NDA to aid in the effort of destigmatizing neurodiversity. Currently a Junior, Aviral also enjoys organizing, debate, reading, history, learning more about cultures, traveling, calligraphy, and writing.
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Vienna Li
Alumni/Class of 2024
As a podcast host for Neurodiversity Ambassadors, Vienna is excited to use her voice to raise awareness about neurodiversity and create a more welcoming world for neurodiverse individuals. She hopes that the stories shared through the podcast will shed light on neurodiversity and its effect on people from various backgrounds. In her free time, Vienna enjoys playing music, reading, and exploring the great outdoors.
Susan Liu
Alumni/Class of 2024
After meeting and befriending neurodivergent folks from around the world and bonding with them through art, Susan is driven to use her artistic skills to spread information on the neurodivergent experience. In her free time, she enjoys drawing, reading about current events, and playing video games.
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Skanda Arvind
Alumni/Class of 2024
​Skanda feels that it is necessary to spread awareness about the cause of neurodiversity and aims to make people who are neurodivergent feel more comfortable in spaces they typically do not. In his freetime, he enjoys singing Indian classical music, decorating his journal, and listening to songs of a variety of genres. As a second generation immigrant, Skanda is adaptable to changes and is passionate about celebrating and appreciating diversity. Through Neurodiversity Ambassadors, Skanda hopes to help build a more connected, accepting, and open-minded community for all.
Valentina Montesinos
Alumni/Class of 2024
​Wanting to help others, Valentina joined NDA with the hopes of sharing the truth about neurodiversity. In her freetime, Valentina likes watching her favorite shows and spending time with her dog. Valentina also loves to travel to new places and learn more about the world. For these reasons, she is very excited be part of this amazing organization and reach people from all over the world.
Grace Tan
Alumni/Class of 2024
Grace hopes to increase awareness about neurodiversity and contribute to her community by joining NDA. In her free time, Grace enjoys drawing, running, and coding. She looks forward to working with her peers to make a world a more understanding and welcoming place for neurodiverse people.
Kyubi Kim
Alumni/Class of 2023
Kyubi is a college freshman in McGill University, studying nutritional sciences. She was the former vice president of NDA (korea chapter) from her senior year of highschool and managed the organization in Seoul with Hyeonyi. While joining, she felt the meaningfulness of this club, as there is great merit in learning about neurodiversity, and being a part a significant movement. In many aspects, she looks forward for NDA to grow larger and further become a notable non-profit organization.