Yulianna Kowalczyk
Chair
Yulianna is a freshman at the University of Michigan. She joined Connect Me in 2023 to get service hours. However, she found a passion for this non-profit organization and will continue to participate as she transitions into a college student. Yulianna enjoys dancing, baking, running, reading, and going out with friends!
Aahana Jain
Deputy Chair
Aahana is a senior at Troy High School. She is very passionate about volunteering. She joined Connect Me in order to give back to the community and help students improve in several subjects. She has also volunteered in local libraries and hospitals. Aahana aspires to be involved in clinical research in the future and loves science and math.
Adaa Chopra
Admissions Officer
Adaa Chopra is a senior at Northville High School who has been a part of Connect Me since her freshman year. Currently in school, she participates in DECA, National Honors Society, and IASA. Outside of school, she likes to dance, volunteer, hang out with her friends, and play the guitar.
Leo Shi
Admissions Officer
Leo is senior at Mayfield High School and has been in Connect Me since his freshman year. Besides his passion for volunteering, Leo enjoys spending time writing, performing and debating about a variety of topics.
Amrutha Dara
Admissions Officer
Amrutha Dara, currently a junior, joined Connect Me as a freshman. Now she serves as one of the leads for the Dunlap Chapter, wanting to get more people involved with Connect Me. She’s an active member of HOSA, Speech Team, Science Fair, and Medical Club. In her free time, Amrutha enjoys playing golf, spending time with friends, and diving into a good book.
Samaya Katikireddy
Admissions Officer
Samaya is a senior at Clovis North High School in Fresno, California. She originally joined Connect Me as a tutor, but she now also works with the Admissions Committee to help pair new students with tutors! Along with her passions within Connect Me, she is invested in her passion project that involves creating art to push for nationwide change, doing research on heart failure, and participating in various school clubs and teams. During her quiet hours, she finds herself going on walks, traveling, hanging out with friends, listening to music, and drawing.
Raavi Riar
Admissions Officer
Raavi is a junior in high school with a passion for working with children. Her favorite subjects to tutor are math and sciences, she is in Career and Technical Education (CTE) for contemporary issues in education, and has been a part of Connect Me since October 2023!
Bianca Perry
Admissions Officer
Bianca Perry, a high school junior from Long Beach, CA, is passionate about tutoring underprivileged children and engaging in VEX Robotics to explore the engineering design process. Outside of academics, she educates youth about the climate crisis, striving to make a positive impact on her community and the environment.
Muyang Wang
Admissions Officer
Claudia is currently a freshman at Novi High School. She joined Connect Me with the purpose of supplementing her academics, but has since found a passion to seeing her students' growth. She enjoys playing violin in her school orchestra and doing piano solos. She's passionate about rock climbing and participating in sports competitions.
Silvana Solsoloy
Admissions Officer
Silvana is a senior at Clovis North High School in Fresno, CA. She joined Connect Me in 2021 as a freshman and has since worked to help develop the organization inside and out by serving on the Admissions Committee and opening a Connect Me chapter in her school. She loved watching all her students grow throughout her time here, and hopes to continue tutoring after high school! Silvana enjoys traveling with family, hanging out with friends, and playing piano and violin in her philharmonic orchestra. Besides tutoring, she is very passionate about sleep research and climate change activism, and hopes to pursue medical research in the future!