TEDxMiltonAcademy

Speakers

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• Devan Agrawal

  Devan Agrawal is a high school senior from Boston. His interests in music and cognitive science were amplified after seeing the effect music had on his grandmother’s Alzheimer’s disease. Since then, he’s co-led Milton’s Psychology Club and the Piece of Mind cognitive science magazine. At TEDx, he will explore music’s power from a neurological perspective and specifically explain how it can combat dementia. In his free time, Devan likes to swim, play squash, sing in his school’s a cappella group, and play spirited card games with his family.

• Marisela Funes

  Marisela Funes is a Spanish teacher from Tucumán, northwest Argentina, and went to high school, college, and graduate school in Illinois. She loves learning in all its dimensions, theories and environments. In her talk, she discusses the joy of unlocking texts and passions, and how our early lives imprint our ways of seeing and reading the world around us.

• Rhia Patel

  Rhia is a junior student from Sharon, MA who enjoys science and global health studies. In her talk, Rhia discusses the intersectionality between women’s education and healthcare. She is currently working on an interscholastic coalition called Free Period Talk to raise awareness on menstrual equity.

• Ryan Farokhzad

  Ryan Farokhzad is a senior student from Chestnut Hill who is passionate about Chemistry, Biology, and Psychology. In his TEDx talk, Ryan discusses how the connection between the mind and the body can be used to advance human health and better understand physiological responses.

• Simon Farruqui

  Simon Farruqui, a high school senior at Milton Academy, explores the intersection of policy, data, and storytelling to address critical global issues. Inspired by his family's immigrant journey from Bangladesh to the U.S., Simon investigates how narratives and policies shape public perception and action. His research, including a computational analysis of U.S. presidential speeches, reveals the polarizing rhetoric surrounding immigration, underscoring the need for empathetic communication.