MEET
THE TEAM
FOUNDING TEAM
Heman Bekele
President
Heman is an accessible healthcare researcher and activist. Growing up in Ethiopia, he witnessed firsthand the impact of limited healthcare access—an experience that sparked his commitment to addressing the global healthcare crisis. In 2023, Heman developed a low-cost skin cancer-treating soap, earning recognition as America’s Top Young Scientist and TIME Magazine’s Kid of the Year. He founded CareForAll to transform healthcare from a privilege into a fundamental human right, building a community dedicated to innovation and equity in medicine.
Will Jordan
Vice President
Will is an IB student at the Oslo International School. Bringing an international perspective shaped by experiences across Europe and the U.S., he focuses on organizational strategy, growth, and mobilizing youth. He has worked with youth teams that raised over $50,000 for blood cancer research in under three months and contributes to policy, writing, and outreach initiatives, advancing scalable, youth-driven impact. He is committed to building institutions that turn youth-led ideas into lasting, systemic change.
Olivia Greenaway
Chief Executive Officer
Olivia earned her Bachelor’s in Medical Humanities from Columbia University and is an MHS Candidate at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her experience includes founding a sports equity conference for 15 high schools, and working under the NBA’s psychiatrist to support psychiatric screenings in 30+ New York City churches. She also served as an expert panelist at the United Nations’ 2026 ECOSOC Youth Forum.
Jay Patel
Chief Operating Officer
Jay is a student at Harvard University studying Economics and Global Health. He is passionate about expanding healthcare access community by community, with a focus on healthcare management and operational efficiency. His experience includes serving as a student manager for a nonprofit clinic, conducting mental health research to improve counseling services in his school district, competing internationally through Model UN, and serving as a youth representative for his city and school district.
Executive TEAM
Olaedo Udensi
Chief of Staff
Olaedo Udensi is a recent graduate of Barnard College of Columbia University, where she earned a B.A. in Neuroscience and Behavior. As a Population Health Fellow with NYC Health + Hospitals Correctional Health Services, she conducted epidemiological research on Hepatitis B among incarcerated populations to inform targeted screening and vaccination initiatives. She has also served as a patient advocate in Bellevue Hospital’s emergency department and was a TEDx speaker, where she spoke on the importance of honoring the pronunciation of non-Western names.
Hasan Raza
Chief Communications Officer
Hasan is a John Jay Scholar at Columbia University majoring in Medical Humanities. He currently serves as a Communications Intern at Emgage, building community-centered narratives to drive civic engagement. Previously, Hasan worked as a Litigation Assistant and Legal Apprentice, developing skills in translating complex legal and regulatory frameworks into clear advocacy. His passion for health equity is rooted in the power of narrative and legal ethics to dismantle systemic barriers to care.
Terrah Garner
Fundraising Director
Terrah Garner is a senior at Barnard College of Columbia University majoring in Sociology and Human Rights on the pre-law track. She founded Danalize, an initiative that has helped over 500,000 students across 12 countries navigate financial aid, and has conducted research on financial literacy and college access as a Laidlaw Scholar. This fall, she will contribute to a human rights casebook at Columbia Law School while continuing her work to expand access to educational and economic opportunities.
Katherine Buckman
Strategic Communications Director
Katherine Buckman is a junior at Columbia University double majoring in Medical Humanities and Political Science. She is interested in the intersection of healthcare, ethics, and public policy, with a focus on advancing equitable healthcare systems. She has conducted bioethics research at Yale School of Medicine on epistemic injustice in transplant candidacy decisions and has published research on early women’s labor movements. At Columbia, she serves as Director of Engagement for the Columbia Political Review and is a John Jay Scholar.
Lucas Shen
Chief Marketing Officer
Lucas Shen is a senior at Carter G. Woodson High School, passionate about connecting people, ideas, and information through social media, video editing, and innovative technology. Through the CareForAll initiative, he hopes to use creative storytelling to reach and support as many people as possible. He has also designed and prototyped AR glasses to assist deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, presenting his work at multiple competitions and a research conference. His interests span accessible technology, creative media, and human-centered innovation, with a broader passion for building solutions that help people.
Rachel Ma
Chief Marketing Officer
Rachel Ma is a public health graduate from California State University, Fullerton, specializing in global health and marketing. With experience at Providence and the Orange County Health Care Agency, she has optimized EHR workflows, supported clinical product launches, and improved patient-facing systems. Her work spans health informatics, patient experience, and scalable healthcare solutions, driven by data-driven strategy, human-centered design, and digital innovation, and has been recognized by the California legislature for her contributions to community health.
Anika Loganathan
Chief Creative Officer
Anika is a Graphic Design student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Her work focuses on unified brand identities and engaging digital media. Anika currently serves as a Graphic Design Assistant for Cal Poly’s College of Engineering, managing institutional branding across publications and photography, and as Social Media Chair for the CLA Student Diversity Committee, where she creates promotional materials that foster multicultural competence and campus engagement.
Noor Shabbir
Graphic Design Director
Noor is a junior at Rutgers University–Newark majoring in Graphic Design with a minor in Art History. Her experience includes national-level design work with Young Muslims, branding projects for local youth organizations and community centers, and serving as Graphic Design Manager for two Rutgers working groups. Noor enjoys blending research, cultural context, and experimentation with patterns and textures into her work.
Max Yang
Geospatial Health Director
Max is an undergraduate at Stanford University from St. Louis, Missouri, majoring in Human Biology. He uses geospatial analysis to address health inequities, particularly in studying tuberculosis phylogeography in Latin America. He also leads Stanford’s Global Health Club, where he launched a Mapathon initiative mapping over 4,000 buildings in Sub-Saharan Africa in collaboration with Partners in Health, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, and other agencies.
Yug Patel
Programming Director
Yug is a McGrae Scholar at the University of Michigan majoring in Biology, Health, and Society. Yug currently serves as a research assistant at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in partnership with the American Heart Association, conducting qualitative and policy-driven analyses to inform global cardiovascular policy through dietary intervention. He is also a research fellow at the Perrin Research Institution, a student-led policy think tank.
Ashlyn Roice
Technology Director
Ashlyn Roice is a graduate of the California Institute of Technology, where she majored in Computer Science and Data Science. She is interested in the intersection of technology, healthcare, and public policy, with a focus on improving equitable access to healthcare. She has conducted research at Stanford and Yale on quantifying bias in large language models for healthcare and using machine learning to predict cardiac disease up to a month in advance. She has formerly interned at Apple and served as student body president.
Imanga Lufungulo
Technology Director
Imanga is a sophomore at Columbia University majoring in Computer Science with planned minors in Theatre and Film & Media Studies. She has led STEM education outreach through the STEM DRC Initiative, helping connect students in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with educational resources, and has helped students secure over $95,000 in scholarships. She is a Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon Web Services, where she is gaining experience in cloud infrastructure and large-scale software systems.
Abhinav Anne
Partnerships Director
Abhinav is a senior at Neuqua Valley High School and a member of the World Health Organization’s Youth Council. He has worked with Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to redesign the state’s youth mental health system and advocated for legislation establishing no-cost annual screenings for students in grades 3–12, impacting over 1.5 million youth. He has also spoken at national forums on youth mental health, including APHA and the World Health Summit.
Expert Advisors
Rebecca Sale, Ed.D, MPH
Senior Director of Education,
Department of Health Policy & Management at Columbia University; Board Chair of Fresh Youth Initiatives
Laura Guay, MPH
Alumna, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Rhodes Finalist
Kaila Thorn, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies at Hollins University; Lead Trainer of UNESCO
Youth as Researchers
Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, MD
Co-Founder & Executive Director, My Sister’s Keeper; Physician; Co-Pastor, Bethel AME Church, Boston; Instructor, Harvard Divinity School
Jamaji Nwanaji-Enwerem, MD, PhD, MPP
Presidential Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, UPenn; Advisor, White House Environmental Justice Council; Advisor, World Health Organization
