TEDxBOHS

Speakers

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• Adelyn Oh

  Student Speaker

  Adelyn is a freshman at Brea Olinda High School who leads with joy, gratitude, and authenticity. Known for her positive energy and uplifting spirit, she believes happiness is not just a feeling but a choice and a mindset. As a TEDx speaker, Adelyn shares her passion for helping others discover how to be truly happy by practicing gratitude, embracing challenges, and choosing optimism even on hard days. Through her speech, she hopes to inspire her generation to see the good, grow through adversity, and live boldly with a joyful heart.

• Charlie Chen

  Student Speaker

  Charlie Chen is a junior at Yorba Linda High School with a 4.0 unweighted GPA, currently taking multiple honors and AP courses. He has worked on local and congressional political campaigns, served as a youth legislative advisor in his city, and helped draft an e-bike ordinance that was later passed by the city council. Charlie is passionate about civic engagement and building youth initiatives that promote political awareness. In the future, he hopes to study business or economics and continue working at the intersection of policy, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

• Dara Aung-Pfingsten

  Student Speaker

  Dara Aung-Pfingsten is currently a freshman at Brea Olinda High School. She enjoys history and journalism and currently serves as a staff writer for the Wildcat student newspaper. This past year, she has involved herself in various clubs including Mock Trial, Model UN, and Red Cross. Outside of school, Dara spends her time playing volleyball, walking her husky, and traveling with her family. In the future, Dara hopes to combine her passions for writing, research, and debate to pursue a career in law.

• Gloria Jung

  Student Speaker

  Gloria Jung is a fresham at Brea Olinda High School. She plays violin and in the school orchestra, while also finishing CM 8. She enjoys volunteering with young children in orchestras and Korean schools, and also participating in other church activities. Her dream is to have a career in international relations and history.

• Kathryn Anderson

  Studnet Speaker

  Kathryn Anderson is a freshman attending Troy High School and is dual enrolled at Fullerton College. Kathryn is interested in the legal field as well as other topics such as business and economics. She is active in various school organizations, including Mock Trial, Apollo’s String Ensemble, NJROTC, Speech & Debate, FBLA, Track & Field, Economics & Finance Club, and more. Kathryn furthers her interest in law through her founding and managing of her organization called Youthful Lawyers aiming to provide students with access to opportunities in the legal field as well as her service as Vice President and Head of Law at EngagePolitica.

• Logan Hariri

  Student Speaker

  Logan Hariri is a senior attending Brea Olinda High School, involves himself in many clubs around BOHS with being president of Hiking club, Head Media Manager for PAFC, as well as participating in RYLA for Rotary Interact. Logan loves to spend his time listening to artists like 2slimey with his friends and going to Hip-Hop concerts. He hopes to establish a positive impact in the future with developing less negativity in our world.

• Quyen Anderson

  Student Speaker

  Quyen Anderson is a sophomore at Brea Olinda High School. She is the opinion editor for BOHS’s newspaper, The Wildcat. She’s a member of various clubs, like APISU and Cards For Kindness. Beyond academics, she also plays volleyball, waterpolo, and swim. After high school, she hopes to pursue a career in psychology, neuroscience, or communications.

• Tyler Park

  Student Speaker

  Tyler Park is currently a junior attending Brea Olinda High School. Outside of academics, he is heavily involved in music and STEM. In music, he is the field captain and plays clarinet for Marching Band, bass clarinet for Wind Ensemble, tenor saxophone and sometimes clarinet for Jazz Club, and is the secretary of the Music Healers club. In STEM, he is the scouting and strategy lead for the Robotics club, team 7157 μbotics, and is competing in the Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (OCSEF). He spends his free time self-studying AP Calc, prepping for college, or just spending time with his dogs. After high school, he plans to study data science and statistics and hopes to find a future career in STEM.