Founder
Yifu Zuo
CEO
Arnav Pemmaraju
CPO
Yutong Ren
Newsletter Head
Brendan Lo
Director of Marketing, CEO Assistant
Simon Davydov
Director of Graphic Design
Aadya Ajai
Chief Video Editor
Caspar Wang
Market Research Member
Ryan Jiang
Media Database Manager
Junmo Kim
Outreach
Eric
Outreach
siying
Spokesperson
Francie Xia
Outreach
Olivia Yang
Spokesperson
Cynthia Luo
Newletter Editor
Maksim Goodman
Newsletter Editor
Felix Kong
Newsletter Editor
Gorden Ye
Social Media
Tristan Wolf
Former CEO
Evan Wei
🌟 Meet Our Team
The Kudos team is composed of high school students who excel in various professions. Our team consists of newsletter editors, organization and mentor outreach officers, social media marketing experts, and video producers, among others. We are working hard to ensure the quality of our platform.
Natasha Kulviwat
Natasha Kulviwat is a rising freshman at Harvard University. She is very passionate about neuroscience and mental health research. She was named the “Gordon E. Moore Award for Positive Outcomes” Top Award Winner at the 2023 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) for her research on the neurobiology of suicide. Her research works have been featured by Business Insider, Columbia University, and National Geographic’s “Science Fair the Series”.
Harvard University / Jericho High School
💙 The Mentors Behind Kudos
The mentors who drive the community forum of Kudos are absolutely invaluable to us. We are immensely thankful to have an amazing group of accomplished college students and high school seniors volunteer their time and effort to keep our Kudos community fun and engaging!
Natasha Kulviwat
Natasha Kulviwat is a freshman at Harvard University. She is very passionate about neuroscience and mental health research. She was named the “Gordon E. Moore Award for Positive Outcomes” Top Award Winner at the 2023 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) for her research on the neurobiology of suicide. Her research works have been featured by Business Insider, Columbia University, and National Geographic’s “Science Fair the Series”.
Harvard University
Sarah Hao
Sarah Hao is a sophomore at Emory University and a Great Neck South High Alumni, having graduated in 2023. In high school, her strengths were in extracurricular activities, which became the focal point of her college application. She founded the school's Female Empowerment Society, served as the VP of South High's student body, President of Academic Outreach, VP of Manuals for DECA (where she competed in nationals and mentored teams that ranked 1st and in the top 10 at states), VP of the Long Island Green Defenders, Treasurer of Key Club, and co-captain of the varsity badminton team. In addition to her school involvement, she was a finance intern for a biomedical tech company and an intern for a state senator.
Emory University
Tiffany Zhang
Tiffany Zhang is a MIT freshman and an alumni of Great Neck South High School. To pursue her passion in computational astrophysics and the fields that compose it (computer science, astronomy, physics, and math), she completed many research projects, organized various STEM events and activities at her school’s clubs, and participated in academic competitions and summer programs. In her free time, she likes drawing, playing badminton, and K-pop dancing.
MIT
Ibrahim Qadri
Ibrahim Qadri is a current undergraduate student at the Sophie Davis school of Biomedical Education, a BS/MD program in NYC. His writing and interview skills, committed volunteer projects, and research experience led to awards in competitions such as the International Science & Engineering Fair and the Regeneron Science Talent Search, which helped him create a competitive medical school application. Ibrahim has a deep-rooted passion for oncology and orthopedics and hopes to continue these interests in becoming a skilled and diversified physician at the end of his medical journey.
Sophie Davis
Dani Kobrick
Dani (Danielle) Kobrick is a sophomore at Harvard University. She is an aspiring scholar committed to democratizing the learning of language, culture, and history for all. Dani believes that the past has critical implications for the future and therefore applies her background in ancient civilizations to her studies of current geopolitical relations.
Harvard University
Darren Sea
Darren Sea is currently a senior at Great Neck South High School. He has become a USABO Semifinalist, acquired a 1570 on the December 2023 SAT, and is currently competiting in the Regeneron Science Talent Search Competition.