Volunteer Stories

Inspiring stories from our volunteer community

Our community is made up of incredible volunteers who support our students directly, lead teams that provide essential services to our community, and fundraise for our mission. Learn more about them below!

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Meet Cindy

Meet Cindy, a Mentor at Minds Matter Bay Area!

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Meet Greta!

Meet Greta, our current co-Chief Program Officer!

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Meet Anjali!

Meet Anjali Anagol-Subbarao, a current junior verbal instructo and member of the Volunteer Recruiting Team!

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Meet Sara

Meet Sara Buck, current junior mentor!

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Meet Kathy

Meet Kathy Kang, current Junior Mentoring Lead and incoming co-Chief Community Officer

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Meet Joanne

Meet Joanne, our current co-CFO & member of the Mentee Alumni team

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Meet Daniel

Meet Daniel, a current mentor and one of our social chairs!

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Meet Jenny

Meet Jenny, a former mentor and current co-lead for the Mentee Recruiting team!

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Meet Lucy

Meet Lucy, our current sophomore instruction lead and math instructor!

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Meet Raymond

Meet Raymond, a current mentor and one of our social chairs!

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Meet Thomas

Meet Thomas, a current member of our Associate Board Leadership Team!

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Meet Michael

Meet Michael Gao, a current mentor and member of our Parent & Guardian Engagement team

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Meet Venkat

Meet Venkat Balan, a current mentor and member of our Impact team!

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Meet HJ

We would like to introduce you to one of our amazing volunteers, HJ Seo! She joined Minds Matter as a Pod Leader for the Sophomore Class in 2022 and has contributed tremendously to our community.

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Meet Nicole

Meet our star volunteer, Nicole Chui! Her journey with Minds Matter began as a mentee, and our community is proud to have Nicole as a Class of 2017 MMBay graduate! She has been a pillar in our mission to transform the lives of high-achieving, low-income students.

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Meet Josey

Meet our phenomenal volunteer, Josey Hu! She joined Minds Matter during the 2022–23 Program Year and has contributed meaningfully to our mission of helping high-achieving, low-income students pursue the colleges of their dreams.

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Meet Julia

Meet our volunteer, Julia Lee! She has been involved with Minds Matter since 2020.

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Meet Janaki

Meet our wonderful volunteer, Janaki Krishnaswamy! Janaki has been a dedicated, long-time volunteer with Minds Matter.

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Meet Mitchell

Meet our amazing volunteer, Mitchell Quon! Mitchell has been an active member of the Minds Matter community for the past four years.

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Meet Michelle

Meet our volunteer, Michelle Chen! She has been an active member of the Minds Matter community since 2017.

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