California Chapter Heads and Locations
Karthik Talluri
Barbara Lee Senior Center
40 N Milpitas Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035
tallurikarthi80@gmail.com
Members:
Rohan Athalye - Senior at Saint Francis High School
Saaketh Gunukula - Junior at Irvington High School
Barbara Lee Senior Center
40 N Milpitas Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035
tallurikarthi80@gmail.com
Members:
Rohan Athalye - Senior at Saint Francis High School
Saaketh Gunukula - Junior at Irvington High School
Naman Dandia
Camden Community Center
3369 Union Ave, San Jose, CA 95124
namandandia@gmail.com
Members: Jason Li, Freshman at Cupertino High School
Naman is an 8th grader at Chaboya Middle School in San Jose. He is an ASB officer at school and works as a treasurer. Besides this, he is passionate about speech and debate and has participated in many competitive tournaments, including the National Middle School Tournament, and has won numerous awards. He also plays basketball for Team Elite. Naman enjoys getting involved in his community and spending time with friends and family.
Camden Community Center
3369 Union Ave, San Jose, CA 95124
namandandia@gmail.com
Members: Jason Li, Freshman at Cupertino High School
Naman is an 8th grader at Chaboya Middle School in San Jose. He is an ASB officer at school and works as a treasurer. Besides this, he is passionate about speech and debate and has participated in many competitive tournaments, including the National Middle School Tournament, and has won numerous awards. He also plays basketball for Team Elite. Naman enjoys getting involved in his community and spending time with friends and family.
Arjun Seshadri
Campbell Senior Center
1 W Campbell Ave # C33, Campbell, CA 9500
arjuns2004@gmail.com
My name is Arjun Seshadri and I love working with seniors. I am a Freshman at Los Gatos High School and I like Math. I love listening to music and playing with my 5 year old golden labrador Toby in my spare time. I have been playing the drums for the last few years and I am part of the percussion ensemble for the Marching Band at Los Gatos High School. I enjoy hiking and playing tennis as well.
Campbell Senior Center
1 W Campbell Ave # C33, Campbell, CA 9500
arjuns2004@gmail.com
My name is Arjun Seshadri and I love working with seniors. I am a Freshman at Los Gatos High School and I like Math. I love listening to music and playing with my 5 year old golden labrador Toby in my spare time. I have been playing the drums for the last few years and I am part of the percussion ensemble for the Marching Band at Los Gatos High School. I enjoy hiking and playing tennis as well.
Emily Hsu
Guidepost Gospel Church
6345 Janary Way, San Jose, CA 95129
emiehsu@gmail.com
Members: Alan Zhang, Russell Chen, Krystal Lan, Evelyn Hsu
Guidepost Gospel Church
6345 Janary Way, San Jose, CA 95129
emiehsu@gmail.com
Members: Alan Zhang, Russell Chen, Krystal Lan, Evelyn Hsu
Russell Chen
Guidepost Gospel Church
6345 Janary Way, San Jose, CA 95129
russellchen1234@gmail.com
Russell is a rising sophomore at Lynbrook high school in San Jose. In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball, running for cross country, and practicing his problem-solving skills by playing many different mind-boggling games. Russell has always been interested in giving back to his community, and he believes that TST is the perfect place where he can apply his knowledge in technology to help seniors. From his time in this organization, he's learned how to interact with others better, gained new experiences, and met many new people.
Guidepost Gospel Church
6345 Janary Way, San Jose, CA 95129
russellchen1234@gmail.com
Russell is a rising sophomore at Lynbrook high school in San Jose. In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball, running for cross country, and practicing his problem-solving skills by playing many different mind-boggling games. Russell has always been interested in giving back to his community, and he believes that TST is the perfect place where he can apply his knowledge in technology to help seniors. From his time in this organization, he's learned how to interact with others better, gained new experiences, and met many new people.
Krystal Lan
Guidepost Gospel Church
6345 Janary Way, San Jose, CA 95129
krystallan2003@gmail.com
Krystal is a senior at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, CA. She plays basketball on the school varsity team and loves to tinker in her free time. Krystal is also a black belt in Shaolin Kungfu, and has been competing and performing for many years. She loves volunteering and connecting with seniors, and especially enjoys teaching the seniors to explore the wonders of technology. She has won AdaHacks II, an all-girls hackathon at Google in 2019 and assisted in organizing HopperHacks 2020, a virtual hackathon during the COVID-19 pandemic. Krystal also loves baking, making 3D art, and watching action movies.
Guidepost Gospel Church
6345 Janary Way, San Jose, CA 95129
krystallan2003@gmail.com
Krystal is a senior at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, CA. She plays basketball on the school varsity team and loves to tinker in her free time. Krystal is also a black belt in Shaolin Kungfu, and has been competing and performing for many years. She loves volunteering and connecting with seniors, and especially enjoys teaching the seniors to explore the wonders of technology. She has won AdaHacks II, an all-girls hackathon at Google in 2019 and assisted in organizing HopperHacks 2020, a virtual hackathon during the COVID-19 pandemic. Krystal also loves baking, making 3D art, and watching action movies.
Judy Wu
Saint Joseph of Cupertino Parish
10110 N De Anza Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014
sobored246@gmail.com
Judy is a senior at Lynbrook High School. During her free time, she enjoys baking and reading. She joined teach seniors technology because she wanted to gain new experiences as well as meet different people. From this program, she will able to connect better with the older generation while also giving back to her community.
Elise Jang
Saint Joseph of Cupertino Parish
10110 N De Anza Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014
jangelise@gmail.com
Elise is a senior at Lynbrook High School. She loves helping others and in her free time, she bingewatches YouTube videos or Netflix shows. Tech for Seniors was introduced to her as a way to spend time with seniors and help them in different ways. It has and will continue to be an amazing way for her to communicate with seniors, receive advice, and make new friends in her community.
Saint Joseph of Cupertino Parish
10110 N De Anza Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014
sobored246@gmail.com
Judy is a senior at Lynbrook High School. During her free time, she enjoys baking and reading. She joined teach seniors technology because she wanted to gain new experiences as well as meet different people. From this program, she will able to connect better with the older generation while also giving back to her community.
Elise Jang
Saint Joseph of Cupertino Parish
10110 N De Anza Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014
jangelise@gmail.com
Elise is a senior at Lynbrook High School. She loves helping others and in her free time, she bingewatches YouTube videos or Netflix shows. Tech for Seniors was introduced to her as a way to spend time with seniors and help them in different ways. It has and will continue to be an amazing way for her to communicate with seniors, receive advice, and make new friends in her community.
Arjun Prabhu
Pearl Avenue Branch Library
4270 Pearl Ave, San Jose, CA 95136
arjunprabhu2011@gmail.com
Arjun Prabhu is a junior at Saint Francis High School in Mountain
View, CA. He plays the alto saxophone in the Saint Francis High School marching and symphonic bands and the tenor saxophone in the jazz band. He is also an active member of the Saint Francis robotics team. He enjoys volunteering in the community and has a lot of experience volunteering at different senior living centers. Arjun has founded a nonprofit organization, thelinkingchord, which has middle and high school students sharing their passion for music at various senior centers. Seniors relax and enjoy listening to this music, most of which is from the 50s and 60s. In academics, he is very interested in math, science and technology. Arjun has also been doing Taekwondo since a very young age. He is currently a third-degree black belt.
Pearl Avenue Branch Library
4270 Pearl Ave, San Jose, CA 95136
arjunprabhu2011@gmail.com
Arjun Prabhu is a junior at Saint Francis High School in Mountain
View, CA. He plays the alto saxophone in the Saint Francis High School marching and symphonic bands and the tenor saxophone in the jazz band. He is also an active member of the Saint Francis robotics team. He enjoys volunteering in the community and has a lot of experience volunteering at different senior living centers. Arjun has founded a nonprofit organization, thelinkingchord, which has middle and high school students sharing their passion for music at various senior centers. Seniors relax and enjoy listening to this music, most of which is from the 50s and 60s. In academics, he is very interested in math, science and technology. Arjun has also been doing Taekwondo since a very young age. He is currently a third-degree black belt.
Rohun Krishnan
Aegis Senior Center
26922 Camino de Estrella, Dana Point, CA, 92629
rorokrishnan@gmail.com
Rohun Krishnan is a rising senior at Sage Hill School in Newport Beach, CA. His hobbies include creating and flying quad copters, building computers, and playing the drums/piano. He also plays tennis and competes at the National level. While not competing or tinkering, Rohun spends his time volunteering at the local hospital, where he is currently the president of the volunteer branch. He actively seeks to help others in his community through involving himself in different organizations such as Aceing Autism and MasterThese. From these experiences and through his interest in engineering and technology, he felt that he could help Teach Seniors Technology in their mission. Currently, Rohun runs local chapters in Orange County.
Aegis Senior Center
26922 Camino de Estrella, Dana Point, CA, 92629
rorokrishnan@gmail.com
Rohun Krishnan is a rising senior at Sage Hill School in Newport Beach, CA. His hobbies include creating and flying quad copters, building computers, and playing the drums/piano. He also plays tennis and competes at the National level. While not competing or tinkering, Rohun spends his time volunteering at the local hospital, where he is currently the president of the volunteer branch. He actively seeks to help others in his community through involving himself in different organizations such as Aceing Autism and MasterThese. From these experiences and through his interest in engineering and technology, he felt that he could help Teach Seniors Technology in their mission. Currently, Rohun runs local chapters in Orange County.
Antony Zhao
Mary L. Stephens Davis Library
315 E 14th St, Davis, CA 95616
tonyzhao.davis@gmail.com
Members: Amber Kao
Antony is a Senior at Davis Senior High School in Davis, California. He plays viola in the school symphony and has been a part of the Sacramento Youth Symphony and the CODA All-State Orchestras. He is also interested in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, especially reinforcement learning.
Mary L. Stephens Davis Library
315 E 14th St, Davis, CA 95616
tonyzhao.davis@gmail.com
Members: Amber Kao
Antony is a Senior at Davis Senior High School in Davis, California. He plays viola in the school symphony and has been a part of the Sacramento Youth Symphony and the CODA All-State Orchestras. He is also interested in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, especially reinforcement learning.
Anish Agrawal and Kito Pang
Sunnyvale Branch Library
665 W Olive Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086
kitop40@gmail.com, anishagrawal2003@gmail.com
Anish Agrawal is a sophomore at Archbishop Mitty High School. He enjoys playing tennis outside of school, as well as on the AMHS Tennis Team. Anish is also vividly passionate about technology. He reads lots about advances in modern technology as well as consumer technology like cars and smartphones. Anish enjoys DIY projects with his Raspberry Pi. He has also previously had an internship at the TechShop and is skilled in 3D printing and laser cutting. Anish is also a teacher at the Kumon Sunnyvale branch where he teaches mathematics. Anish has a passion for learning about the stock market and enjoys researching stocks. Anish Agrawal is the founder and manager along with Kito Pang of the Sunnyvale Library branch of Teach Seniors Technology.
Kito Pang is a sophomore at Archbishop Mitty High School. He loves being a part of the school's robotics team and is the current driver for competitions. Kito is also involved in writing technology articles for the school newspaper and plans to become an editor next year. Along with this, Kito enjoys being in the PIT, where he can help the school cheer at sports games. Kito likes to spend his free time by reading technology articles to keep him up to date on modern advances. He also enjoys doing small projects that involve arduinos, raspberry pis, and other tech accessories. Kito additionally likes to program in Java and is interested in application development.
Sunnyvale Branch Library
665 W Olive Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086
kitop40@gmail.com, anishagrawal2003@gmail.com
Anish Agrawal is a sophomore at Archbishop Mitty High School. He enjoys playing tennis outside of school, as well as on the AMHS Tennis Team. Anish is also vividly passionate about technology. He reads lots about advances in modern technology as well as consumer technology like cars and smartphones. Anish enjoys DIY projects with his Raspberry Pi. He has also previously had an internship at the TechShop and is skilled in 3D printing and laser cutting. Anish is also a teacher at the Kumon Sunnyvale branch where he teaches mathematics. Anish has a passion for learning about the stock market and enjoys researching stocks. Anish Agrawal is the founder and manager along with Kito Pang of the Sunnyvale Library branch of Teach Seniors Technology.
Kito Pang is a sophomore at Archbishop Mitty High School. He loves being a part of the school's robotics team and is the current driver for competitions. Kito is also involved in writing technology articles for the school newspaper and plans to become an editor next year. Along with this, Kito enjoys being in the PIT, where he can help the school cheer at sports games. Kito likes to spend his free time by reading technology articles to keep him up to date on modern advances. He also enjoys doing small projects that involve arduinos, raspberry pis, and other tech accessories. Kito additionally likes to program in Java and is interested in application development.
Jeff Kim
Holy Spirit Church
1200 Redmond Ave, San Jose, CA 95120
jeffkim.email@gmail.com
Jeff Kim is a senior at Leland High School who will graduate in 2019. He enjoys developing iOS apps and currently has three on the App Store. His most notable app is Worldly, a language learning app that utilizes image recognition to help users expand their vocabulary in foreign languages. He also interned at a tech startup where he helped build an augmented reality and AI iOS application that allows children to practice, perform, and share music in a more engaging way. In addition to programming, Jeff also enjoys teaching and working with other students as a tutor of the Bilingual Tutoring Program, president of his school's iOS App Club, and vice president of his school's Computer Science Club.
Holy Spirit Church
1200 Redmond Ave, San Jose, CA 95120
jeffkim.email@gmail.com
Jeff Kim is a senior at Leland High School who will graduate in 2019. He enjoys developing iOS apps and currently has three on the App Store. His most notable app is Worldly, a language learning app that utilizes image recognition to help users expand their vocabulary in foreign languages. He also interned at a tech startup where he helped build an augmented reality and AI iOS application that allows children to practice, perform, and share music in a more engaging way. In addition to programming, Jeff also enjoys teaching and working with other students as a tutor of the Bilingual Tutoring Program, president of his school's iOS App Club, and vice president of his school's Computer Science Club.
Ishan Goyal
San Jose YMCA Center
1717 The Alameda, San Jose, CA 95126
ishangoyal100@gmail.com
Ishan is a sophomore at Lynbrook High School in San Jose, CA, who is most interested in the intersection of computer science and business. At school, he nurtures these passions as the Vice President of Computer Game Design club and the Chapter Project Head of FBLA, as well as PR Officer of UNICEF. He is also conducting research in integration of mobile applications for humanitarian causes. He has honed a love for business and finance and won 2ndplace nationally in Future Business Leaders of America’s VBC Personal Finance competition and 5th place in Introduction to Business. He enjoys giving back to the community by helping seniors learn technology and teaching underprivileged kids about financial literacy. He has also founded my own non-profit organization, Essentials4Homeless to help provide essential personal care items to the homeless. He loves to play basketball, chess, and read in his free time.
San Jose YMCA Center
1717 The Alameda, San Jose, CA 95126
ishangoyal100@gmail.com
Ishan is a sophomore at Lynbrook High School in San Jose, CA, who is most interested in the intersection of computer science and business. At school, he nurtures these passions as the Vice President of Computer Game Design club and the Chapter Project Head of FBLA, as well as PR Officer of UNICEF. He is also conducting research in integration of mobile applications for humanitarian causes. He has honed a love for business and finance and won 2ndplace nationally in Future Business Leaders of America’s VBC Personal Finance competition and 5th place in Introduction to Business. He enjoys giving back to the community by helping seniors learn technology and teaching underprivileged kids about financial literacy. He has also founded my own non-profit organization, Essentials4Homeless to help provide essential personal care items to the homeless. He loves to play basketball, chess, and read in his free time.
Hiya Ghosh
West Valley Community Services Center
10104 Vista Dr, Cupertino, CA 95014
ghosh.hiya@gmail.com
Members: Ria Nair, Prarthan Ghosh
Hiya Ghosh is currently a sophomore in Cupertino High School, graduating in 2021. She became interested in this organization because she wanted to give back to her community, but didn't always have the opportunity to do so. Teach Seniors Technology gave her a perfect opportunity to broaden her social, technical, and leadership skills while helping many people along the way. She really enjoys communicating with the older generation of Cupertino, and feels excited each class to teach them things they never knew before, and in return receives much needed life advice.
West Valley Community Services Center
10104 Vista Dr, Cupertino, CA 95014
ghosh.hiya@gmail.com
Members: Ria Nair, Prarthan Ghosh
Hiya Ghosh is currently a sophomore in Cupertino High School, graduating in 2021. She became interested in this organization because she wanted to give back to her community, but didn't always have the opportunity to do so. Teach Seniors Technology gave her a perfect opportunity to broaden her social, technical, and leadership skills while helping many people along the way. She really enjoys communicating with the older generation of Cupertino, and feels excited each class to teach them things they never knew before, and in return receives much needed life advice.
Aditya Murthy
Moraga Library - Contra Costa County Library
1500 St Marys Rd, Moraga, CA 94556
adityamurthy2016@gmail.com
Aditya Murthy lives in Moraga, California and is studying at Campolindo High School. He enjoys reading and listening to music. His branch is at the Moraga Library, part of the Contra Cost County Library. In Moraga, there are a lot of seniors, and Aditya hopes to help them learn technology.
Moraga Library - Contra Costa County Library
1500 St Marys Rd, Moraga, CA 94556
adityamurthy2016@gmail.com
Aditya Murthy lives in Moraga, California and is studying at Campolindo High School. He enjoys reading and listening to music. His branch is at the Moraga Library, part of the Contra Cost County Library. In Moraga, there are a lot of seniors, and Aditya hopes to help them learn technology.
Raj Thota
raj.thota20@gmail.com
Raj Thota is a junior at Washington High School in Fremont, CA. He is passionate about learning computer science and wants to go into the field in college. Raj has always loved giving back to the community, and Teach Seniors Technology gives him to combine his passion for computer science with his love for community service. In his free time, Raj enjoys learning about finance, going to hackathons, and learning more about artificial intelligence and machine learning. He hopes to be able to spread his knowledge about computers to the older generations!
raj.thota20@gmail.com
Raj Thota is a junior at Washington High School in Fremont, CA. He is passionate about learning computer science and wants to go into the field in college. Raj has always loved giving back to the community, and Teach Seniors Technology gives him to combine his passion for computer science with his love for community service. In his free time, Raj enjoys learning about finance, going to hackathons, and learning more about artificial intelligence and machine learning. He hopes to be able to spread his knowledge about computers to the older generations!
Nathan Hsu
hsupernate@gmail.com
Nathan is an 8th grader at Miller Middle School in San Jose. Whether it’s entertaining residents at the Rose Meadows Elder Care Center or teaching the challenged kids of Moreland Little League how to play baseball, Nathan has found immense fulfillment through volunteering in the community. Nathan also has tremendous passion for technology and TST gives him the opportunity to help local seniors become tech-savvy in today's digital world. Additionally, Nathan plays travel baseball with CCB Elite and club basketball with HoopRight.
hsupernate@gmail.com
Nathan is an 8th grader at Miller Middle School in San Jose. Whether it’s entertaining residents at the Rose Meadows Elder Care Center or teaching the challenged kids of Moreland Little League how to play baseball, Nathan has found immense fulfillment through volunteering in the community. Nathan also has tremendous passion for technology and TST gives him the opportunity to help local seniors become tech-savvy in today's digital world. Additionally, Nathan plays travel baseball with CCB Elite and club basketball with HoopRight.
Rayan Hirech
ramine411@gmail.com
Rayan Hirech is a 17-year old rising senior at the Fremont High School in Sunnyvale. Rayan is highly focused, responsible with excellent time management and problem solving skills. Since young age, he strives to balance his academic and social life. He loves computers and programming. He is part of the Fremont FIRST robotics team 3501, where he has been actively programming their robots for the past 4 years. Outside the school, he spent many years in Boy Scouts learning skills, environment-awareness, do-your-best attitude, servant leadership and caring for others. He is presently working on his Eagle Scout rank. This short presentation will not be complete without mentioning the invaluable years of experience in Taekwondo, training with the world renowned master Ernie Reyes. Rayan earned his 3rd degree black belt and countless life skills on character building, perseverance, friendship and care.
ramine411@gmail.com
Rayan Hirech is a 17-year old rising senior at the Fremont High School in Sunnyvale. Rayan is highly focused, responsible with excellent time management and problem solving skills. Since young age, he strives to balance his academic and social life. He loves computers and programming. He is part of the Fremont FIRST robotics team 3501, where he has been actively programming their robots for the past 4 years. Outside the school, he spent many years in Boy Scouts learning skills, environment-awareness, do-your-best attitude, servant leadership and caring for others. He is presently working on his Eagle Scout rank. This short presentation will not be complete without mentioning the invaluable years of experience in Taekwondo, training with the world renowned master Ernie Reyes. Rayan earned his 3rd degree black belt and countless life skills on character building, perseverance, friendship and care.
Michael Temkin
Sherman Oaks, California
michaeltemkin2@gmail.com
Michael is a junior at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. I share a passion for teaching seniors technology due to my own personal experiences with my grandparents. Outside of school, I write newsletters about business, finance, and technology and volunteer hundreds of hours to benefit my community. In my free time, I like to exercise, swim, and play chess. I classify the 21st century as the Age of Technology, and I hope to guide seniors through it.
Sherman Oaks, California
michaeltemkin2@gmail.com
Michael is a junior at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. I share a passion for teaching seniors technology due to my own personal experiences with my grandparents. Outside of school, I write newsletters about business, finance, and technology and volunteer hundreds of hours to benefit my community. In my free time, I like to exercise, swim, and play chess. I classify the 21st century as the Age of Technology, and I hope to guide seniors through it.
Kyle Koh
Cupertino Senior Center
21251 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014
kylekoh48@gmail.com
Cupertino Senior Center
21251 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014
kylekoh48@gmail.com
Neil Joshi
Pleasanton Center
5353 Sunol Blvd, Pleasanton, CA 94566
neiljjoshi@gmail.com
Pleasanton Center
5353 Sunol Blvd, Pleasanton, CA 94566
neiljjoshi@gmail.com
Chitra Uppalapati
Village Square Branch
4001 Evergreen Village Square, San Jose, CA 95135
2uchitra@gmail.com
Village Square Branch
4001 Evergreen Village Square, San Jose, CA 95135
2uchitra@gmail.com
