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Ashley Artmann - Ashley Artmann is currently a junior at Stanford University majoring in English and Communication. She has loved her time at Stanford and grown much as a person, but her days back at Green Valley HS in Las Vegas, NV aren’t too foggy in her memory either. Ashley was an IB student who was in love with Forensics (Speech and Debate), dabbled in classical piano, and enjoyed her public high school experience to the fullest. While she had good grades with SAT and AP/IB numbers working in her favor, when it came to getting into Stanford, what made her stand out was her essays. All articles by Ashley

Atasha Jordan - Atasha Jordan is a current undergraduate at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. As a pre-medical student, Atasha is majoring in Neurobiology with a citation in French. Atasha was born in Barbados, an island nation in the Caribbean, but she has spent the majority of her life in the US – first in South Florida and now in Newtown, Pennsylvania. While in high school, Atasha found time to play varsity Volleyball and Track & Field and serve as the President of the Christian Fellowship Club, all while working to become the valedictorian of her graduating class. Outside of school Atasha volunteered in many different capacities, but the theme was always the same: education.

At Harvard, Atasha is just as active as she was in high school. She is a board member of the Harvard Society of Black Scientists and Engineers in addition to being a staff member of the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations. During her free time, Atasha enjoys working with youth in the Boston area, exploring foreign language and culture, modeling, traveling, and writing poetry. All articles by Atasha

Aya Inamori - Aya is a senior at Stanford University. She is an international student from Tokyo, Japan. Her academic interests lie in the fields of linguistics (bilingualism) and clinical psychology (child and adolescent mental health). Aya loves working with children - she find their energy, curiosity and creativity contagious. She is also interested in how language shapes the mind. Her long-term goal is to become a child clinical psychologist. Aya also enjoys learning new languages, traveling and eating good food. Countries she has visited during her four years of college include Dubai, Spain, Morocco, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and Canada. Her favorite thing to eat is freshly baked chocolate chip cookies dipped in milk. All articles by Aya

James Watanabe - James grew up in the midwest, to two parents who met in New York as two Japanese exchange students studying for grad school. He had a mother who was the stereotypical "asian tiger mom.” Instead of playing outside, he played violin. He did okay at school, but never stellar. He always had a few Bs on his report card and was considered a B+/A- student. James went to a normal public high school in Missouri and did the typical asian activities--math club, science club, dabbled in chess, loved video games. His grades were pretty mediocre in high school—He got a C his sophomore year and a few Bs on almost every report card--but he managed to get into MIT.

James loved MIT. He ended up making lifelong friends and the coursework really challenged him to think more rationally. It also introduced him to entrepreneurship. Since then, he has started a few companies--one that was bought by a pretty famous Fortune 500 company in Seattle and another after college that was bought by a Fortune 500 company in San Francisco. He is now starting another company in Silicon Valley. All articles by James

Joyce Ding - Joyce Ding comes from Shanghai, China. Her real Chinese name is Shuyu, but because Americans called her “shoot you,” she picked a more joyful name for herself. She started to play chess at the age of 8, because she just loved to sit face-to-face with another person silently for hours. She ended up winning the 3rd place in the World Youth Chess Championship. She quit chess and committed four years of her life to what she thought were dollar signs ($), but it turned out to be just Stanford’s mascot (a big S with a tree in it). In her sophomore year at Stanford, she studied and did an internship in Germany for 6 months. In spring of her junior year, she studied in Washington, D.C. and did an internship at the World Bank. The next summer, she interned at Morgan Stanley in NYC. She loved the daily salmon in Morgan Stanley's cafeteria so she committed to go back full-time after graduation. All articles by Joyce

Robert Lee - Born in South Korea, Robert J.H. Lee grew up in Chicago and is currently a junior at Harvard College, where he is pursuing a joint bachelors-masters degree in Economics and Regional Studies – East Asia. Having been fascinated by Chinese history and language since middle school, he has traveled extensively across China, studied at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and most recently worked within the Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley Asia. All articles by Robert

Sandy Yu - Sandy graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering. She spent her early years in the Midwest, but moved to Taiwan during the third grade. Eventually, when her family moved back to California, she was a high school sophomore and had to navigate the intimidating college application process. For Sandy, getting into Stanford was a dream come true. At Stanford, she continued her formal training in the piano, studied abroad in Japan, and was also involved in the Society of Women Engineers. As a Mayfield Fellow, she was very interested in entrepreneurship and also worked at a start-up. After Stanford, she worked at Microsoft for a few years, and then decided to pursue her passion in technology and business. Sandy is currently a PhD student at the Stern School of Business at NYU studying Economics/Strategy. All articles by Sandy

Steven Rao - Steven is a Harvard graduate who was accepted into the HBS 2+2 MBA program. He currently works in the high-tech industry. All articles by Steven

Tyler White - Tyler White is a sophomore at Stanford University in California. He is currently pursuing a degree in Symbolic Systems with an honors concentration in Ethics and Society. He went to school in Crystal Lake, IL and was born in Cleveland Ohio. He spent his freshman year at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor before transferring to Stanford for his sophomore year. At Stanford he is a brother of Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity and sings a cappella with Everyday People, Stanford’s R&B and soul group. His passions include achievement gaps in education and entrepreneurship. In the future, he hopes to either start or work for a company that allows him to work with education initiatives and ultimately wants to eradicate the racial achievement gap at all levels. All articles by Tyler