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Meet Netra: The Founder of SpunkGo and Recipient of the Diana Award for Social Impact
Netra Venkatesh is currently a Sophomore at Rice University. While in high school in Dubai, she founded SpunkGo: a teen-led mental health platform that created open spaces for girls to speak honestly about stress, identity, and emotional well-being, and was later recognized with the Diana Award for social impact.
This Dubai Student Turned His Love for Chemistry Into a Global Education Project
Usman Kashif is a Chemical Engineering student at UC Berkeley who grew up in Dubai. During high school, he wrote The Magic of Molecules, a book that simplifies complex chemistry concepts through analogies and storytelling.
How This Dubai Student Made An App to Increase Access to Welfare Programs in India
Neeraj Shah is an Economics and Mathematics student at Duke University who grew up in Dubai. During high school, he founded Scheme Bharat — a digital platform that simplifies India’s government welfare programs for communities who need them most.