Marcus Jun - Founder and Executive Director

  • Fostered relations with 20+ community leaders, educators, and institutions
  • Directed all accompanying videos and co-managed website
  • Lead for all grants; overseeing all financials; managing donation campaigns
  • Designed physical kits and its components
  • Taught + Implemented kits in multiple institutions
  • Senior at the Bronxville School

Alex Kwon - Mentor

  • Provided extensive help to function and financials of NI
  • Optimized internal structure of org.
  • Current Executive Director of Graft Living Studios
  • B.S. at UC Berkeley, Masters at University of Michigan

Mason Lo - Financial/Digital Content Director

  • Provided financial strategy for where to allocate funds
  • Lead editor for all accompanying instructional videos
  • Co-managed NI Website
  • Designed internal stickers within kits and a compelling logo
  • Senior at the Bronxville School

Shane Bennett - Outreach Coordinator

  • Reached out and connected NI with 5 partnering institutions
  • Optimized our cold emailing process, trains new volunteers around outreach strategy
  • Taught + Implemented kits in multiple institutions
  • Senior at Leon M. Goldstein High School

Anton Liang - Financial Officer, Grant Specialist

  • Connected NI to partnerships with local Brooklyn NPOs, distributing 350+ kits to children. 
  • Connected with community boards and school district boards across NYC to discuss distribution of kits and foundations of new partnerships.
  • Expertise on grant writing, working to secure multiple opportunities.
  • Senior at NEST+M.

Other Contributors

  • Bridget O'Brien
  • Dr. Charlie Brennan
  • Casey Lee
  • Gamunu Withana
  • Beth Larkin
  • Matthew Tyler