Meet Our Team

Ishita Bakshi is a rising senior at Douglas S. Freeman High School, where her favorite classes are Chemistry and Ethics, and this will be her second year as a Project Engage director! During the school year, she spends time baton twirling with Freeman's marching band and competes on the debate team. Over the summer...

Fisher Finck is a rising senior at Goochland High School and is the treasurer of the Project Engage board. In his free time, he enjoys video games, hanging out with friends, and going to the beach! At school, he enjoys History classes the most! In the future, he would like to work on reversing climate change...

Mihir Pokhriyal rising junior at Godwin High School and this is his first year as a Project Engage director! He enjoys studying sciences like Biology and Chemistry. Some fun facts are that he plays the trumpet in the school band and all-district band, and also like playing tennis and racket sports on the side. In the future...

Ally Phillips is a junior at Maggie Walker Governor’s School, and she enjoys running track and cross country, reading, and spending time with her friends! Her favorite subjects are Math and Science, and her favorite class ever is Anatomy and Physiology. She would love to work as a scientific researcher, and hopes to earn a PhD...

Sastha Tripathi is a rising junior at Douglas S. Freeman High School this is her first year as a Project Engage director! She enjoys hanging out with her friends, baking, and reading in her free time. She is so excited to meet all of the new students and is more than looking forward to creating fun classes for everyone...

Nived Sanjay is a rising senior at Maggie Walker's Governor School, and he's been a director of Project Engage for a little over a year now. His passions include playing jazz, cutting hair, and producing music. He hopes to pursue a degree in engineering after high school, , and am interning with the VCU Department of Engineering...