Akshat Bora

Akshat Bora is a rising Bay Area senior involved in advanced academic programs such as UC COSMOS Photonics cluster at UCSD and the MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute, where he focuses on ASICs. At school, he loves playing bassoon in top ensembles, participating in water polo, and doing quizbowl with friends. In his free time, he also enjoys reading atlases, playing Cities Skylines, and tinkering with Arduino circuits!

Email: akshatbora22@gmail.com

Evana Thomson

Evana is a rising senior residing in SoCal. Also known as her friend group's "therapist," she enjoys talking with friends, watching TV series, coding, playing video games, competing in VEX Robotics, and eating with others! If you have any book recommendations as well, please let her know!

Email: evanathomson@gmail.com

John Luger

John hails from Rochester, NY and is a rising junior at Brighton High School. Outside of Brailliance, he runs several clubs at his school and posts videos regularly on his YouTube channel, Prepworks Education. He is particularly interested in the intersection of economics and engineering. In his (sadly limited) free time, John enjoys watching The Office and playing chess.

Email: johnwluger@gmail.com

Riley Gu

Riley Gu is a rising senior in the Bay Area with a background in physics. His participation in Science Olympiad and his BWSI experience were core to sparking his interest in chip design and FPGAs. Outside of academics, you can find him running for cross country, exploring new music genres, eating tasteful food, and sleeping.

Email: rileyisgu@gmail.com

Rittrija Mandal

Rittrija is a rising senior from the Bay Area, California, with a passion for debate, painting, and spending quality time with her friends. She enjoys projects like Brailliance because of their ability to put technology into everyone’s hands. She hopes to continue her future in the diverse field of materials engineering. 

Email: rittrija.mandal@gmail.com