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Krishnaveni Parvataneni
President from 2022 - present
Krishnaveni is currently a junior at BASIS Independent Silicon Valley. She has a passion in the intersection of Computer Science and biology and wants to use this passion to better the lives of others. She considers herself fortunate to be given the opportunity to help improve seniors' lives by increasing their technological skills. Krishnaveni worked on rebuilding the TST organization since when she joined, many of the members had already graduated high school. She also brought the organization's meetings back to in-person, making it more accessible for seniors who may not have an already strong tech
nological background. Outside of school and TST, Krishnaveni participates in math competitions and is a part of a health tech company for Alzheimer's patients called CognoTrain. She also volunteers at the Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum in Sunnyvale, CA, where she interacts with members of her community, especially the elderly, through the history of the city of Sunnyvale.

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Emma Shen
Vice President of Media
Emma Shen is currently a junior at Del Norte High School in San Diego, California. She is interested in the various applications of computer science and hopes to advance the future of AI technology. She is grateful for the opportunity to guide seniors in how to use their electronic devices and assist with any questions they have. She loves to immerse herself in various areas of volunteer service. Emma created a student-run nonprofit called Academics and Athletics for All whose mission is to provide sports equipment, athletic clothing, and educational materials for underserved kids. She is in a First Tech Challenge Robotics Team where she is about coding the robot for competitive tournaments. She is also the team's Community Outreach leader who has organized multiple events and programs for San Diego's youth to learn about robotics and STEM-inspired activities. At school, Emma has been on her school's Varsity Girls Tennis Team since freshman year. In her free time, she loves to listen to music, hike in beautiful sceneries, and read a good fiction novel. 

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Evelyn Hsu
Vice President of 
Membership and Networking
Evelyn has volunteered for TST since middle school, and during the COVID pandemic, she has continued helping seniors by offering 1-on-1 virtual lessons on Sunday afternoons. Over the past four years, Evelyn has been actively participating in science competitions and winning awards in the Synopsys Science Fair, Science Olympiad, Ocean Science Bowl, etc. She has previously always done laboratory research in genetic engineering but also loves microbiology. In her free time, she enjoys singing opera, playing golf on her school’s varsity team, and playing the cello in the California Youth Symphony. She hopes her weekly lessons for TST will simplify her students’ daily lives and bring joy to them in this digital era. Evelyn and her students are all incredibly excited about meeting again in person this year.

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Russell Chen
Vice President of Technology
Russell is a senior at Lynbrook High School. This is his fifth year volunteering with Teach Seniors Technology. Russell loves connecting with the older generation, hearing their stories, and gaining new wisdom, and he especially enjoys seeing their gratitude when they learn new technological skills. At school, Russell involves himself in STEM. As a junior, he developed an award-winning fall detection system for elderly citizens at a science fair. Outside of volunteering and STEM projects, Russell also enjoys playing and watching basketball with his friends, running with his school's cross country team, and playing strategic games.

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Past Officers

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​Alan Zhang
President from 2020 - 2022
Alan is currently a senior at Lynbrook High School.  He started volunteering in his freshman year. Alan has a passion in technology and has been learning coding for many years.  He is glad to be able to contribute to enhancing local seniors lives and to apply his skills to help the TST organization.  Alan rebuilt TST website which greatly improved volunteer application process. He recruited new volunteers and assisted in new chapter creation. Alan volunteers at the Guidepost Gospel Church Chapter and is well liked by the seniors attending classes at that location. Alan is passionate about assisting under privileged population. At school, Alan is an officer for the Global Hunger Initiative club. He created a non-profit org call School Supply to help provide school supply for students in Cambodia, and he is a Chapter President of The Village Shed which focuses on improving water infrastructure of local communities. Outside of school, Alan enjoys playing on-line games with friends, basketball and swimming.
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Arnav Singhvi
President from 2018 - 2020
Arnav attended American High School in Fremont, CA and is now attending college. He enjoys playing sports like basketball and football and is an avid sports fan. Arnav participates in Speech & Debate and has won awards in various tournaments for Lincoln-Douglas debate and Humorous Interpretation Speech. Arnav also loves math and has participated in tournaments like MathCounts, MathLeague and AMC. He is Martial Arts second degree Black Belt holder. He created his own non-profit organization called We4U whose aim is to provide relief to natural disaster victims and has raised over 10K for the Santa Rosa, Carr and Camp fire victims and the Kerala flood victims. He also volunteers in the American Cancer Society, helping out with sorting donations. 

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​Michelle Zhang
President from 2016 - 2018
Michelle now attends Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business. She has a strong passion towards improving the lives of seniors in her area. Michelle was the first TST volunteer who focused on teaching mobile device usage and life simplifying apps. She extended the service to the Chinese speaking community by starting the Guidepost Gospel Church Chapter in May of 2015. She teaches in Mandarin and has created user-friendly handouts to aid the seniors' learning. Michelle plays tennis and was on school tennis team. Outside of school, she enjoys playing guitar and singing​.

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​Karthik Talluri
Ex Vice President- Organization Attendance
​Karthik is a Senior at Saint Francis High School. Along with having received a Presidential Gold Service Award for volunteering, Karthik also plays competitive Table Tennis and has received many US National Championship Gold, Silver and Bronze medals earning him a position in USA top 50 of his age group. Since middle school his interest towards science, technology led him to pursue high school courses that he uses to bring a problem to a solution using various business practices. Karthik believes that the difference between the impossible and the possible lies in one’s determination. He embraces the qualities of integrity, perseverance and listening as he believes these will allow him to succeed as a person with character and support his community. Karthik started the Barbara Lee Senior Center Chapter in September of 2015.

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​Emily Hsu
Ex Vice President - Organization Curriculum
Emily is a senior at Lynbrook High School. This is her fourth year volunteering with Teach Seniors Technology. Besides volunteering, Emily is a first violinist in the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, as well as the Concertmaster of Lynbrook's Chamber/Symphony Orchestra. At school, Emily has been on the Varsity Girls Golf Team since freshman year.  She was also fortunate to be selected as a member of the Lynbrook Spanish Honor Society since sophomore year.  Emily is grateful for being able to apply the bilingual and technological skills that she has gained over the years to teach many seniors who are eager to learn technology. She enjoys bringing joy to their faces when they understand new concepts. 

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