We had difficulty reaching you via email so we decided to leave a comment on your Substack. Hello! We are from the Young Asians Foundation (https://www.youngasians.org). We are a youth-led, non-profit organisation that accelerates Asian youth to become the next generation of young Asian disruptors. At the YA, we run a 6-week virtual accelerator and a 4D4N physical summit for the selected fellows. We’re funded and backed by Emergent Ventures. More relevant information can be found at our website.
We love what you’re doing in preserving and celebrating the Orang Laut heritage. You’re truly a disruptor in your field! That’s why we are inviting you to join the 100 individuals in the YA100. In the YA100, you’ll be a mentor for a few youth participants that look up to virtuosos and visionaries like yourself.
What is the YA100?
The YA100 is a list of 100 high achieving and trailblazing young individuals from Asia like yourself who come from all walks of life. They are talented STEM researchers from colleges like MIT and Harvard, founders of startups and service projects that touched the lives of the community around them and creative artists sharing their work region-wide and worldwide.
1. Bai Ruotong, Undergraduate at Princeton University, Represented Singapore at the Research Science Institute held at MIT, Represented Singapore at ISEF 2023
2. Medha Shridharan, Undergraduate at Stanford University, Published a Paper in IRC Conference Science, Engineering and Technology (IRC-SET) 2023 at the age of 18
3. Armaan Dhanda, Founder of Pawsible, S&T Scholar at NUS and Bioengineer at Anthology based in Boston, Massachusetts
4. Jamie Wen, Founder of the Asian Youth Research Journal and Represented Singapore at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), placing 3rd place
5. Judy Chua, Founder of PeacePod and Student Leader
6. Shayna Leng, Undergraduate at Harvard University and former Team Singapore Debater
7. Gena Soh, Co-Founder of Playces, Philosophy Graduate from Yale-NUS and Changemaker at Give Asia
8. Kah Shuen Gan, CEO of Handishelf, Represented Singapore at the Research Science Institute held at MIT and Team Singapore Dancer
9. Jamie Yau, COO at Cyber Youth Singapore and National Young Leaders Fellow
10. Ray Wehn, Undergraduate at Singapore Management University, Founder of CORDY Singapore
11. Dr. Tommie Chen, PhD in computational linguistics, Head of Partnerships, Partnership & Market Development Division at the Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)
As part of the YA100, you will personally mentor 2-3 young talents working on projects of similar focus to your own achievements for a span of 6 weeks (only two 30 min meetings minimum). You’ll provide valuable insights to accelerate their endeavours and develop the next generation of trailblazers.
What’s in it for YOU?
- As part of the YA100, you and your achievements will be shared on our social media and press releases (if you’d like). This programme is not only about the participants, but it's also about spotlighting the amazing work you’ve done.
- You will be invited as a distinguished guest to our YA physical summit. This event is a 4D4N event held in Singapore (optional for you) for the youths in the programme to come together for excursion, network with like minded individuals, and present their endeavours to the rest of the congregation (if you come, you can help judge and evaluate their work).
- You will get to empower and accelerate young talent who you were once like!
- We will show our appreciation of your time and commitment by issuing a token of recognition of your efforts towards this cause
What You’ll Do:
As a YA100 mentor, you will be added into a communication group with your matched youths/groups and you will help to answer their queries and give them feedback as they work on their Endeavour over 6 weeks.
Minimally, you will have at least two 30 min calls with each youth/group across the span of 6 weeks (according to your availability). You are welcome to go beyond and help these teens 10x their impact and work, perhaps by connecting them to people, holding more calls as you see fit and sharing resources.
Next Steps:
Our journeys to success often rely upon key mentors and experts guiding us and being there for us. We hope you could now take on that role in mentoring young talent in Asia and join the YA100!
If you’d like to join us, please email us at team@youngasians.org and we’ll discuss further from there. See you!
Dear Firdaus,
We had difficulty reaching you via email so we decided to leave a comment on your Substack. Hello! We are from the Young Asians Foundation (https://www.youngasians.org). We are a youth-led, non-profit organisation that accelerates Asian youth to become the next generation of young Asian disruptors. At the YA, we run a 6-week virtual accelerator and a 4D4N physical summit for the selected fellows. We’re funded and backed by Emergent Ventures. More relevant information can be found at our website.
We love what you’re doing in preserving and celebrating the Orang Laut heritage. You’re truly a disruptor in your field! That’s why we are inviting you to join the 100 individuals in the YA100. In the YA100, you’ll be a mentor for a few youth participants that look up to virtuosos and visionaries like yourself.
What is the YA100?
The YA100 is a list of 100 high achieving and trailblazing young individuals from Asia like yourself who come from all walks of life. They are talented STEM researchers from colleges like MIT and Harvard, founders of startups and service projects that touched the lives of the community around them and creative artists sharing their work region-wide and worldwide.
You can check out some of the current YA100 mentors at https://www.youngasians.org/ya100. The YA100 include:
1. Bai Ruotong, Undergraduate at Princeton University, Represented Singapore at the Research Science Institute held at MIT, Represented Singapore at ISEF 2023
2. Medha Shridharan, Undergraduate at Stanford University, Published a Paper in IRC Conference Science, Engineering and Technology (IRC-SET) 2023 at the age of 18
3. Armaan Dhanda, Founder of Pawsible, S&T Scholar at NUS and Bioengineer at Anthology based in Boston, Massachusetts
4. Jamie Wen, Founder of the Asian Youth Research Journal and Represented Singapore at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), placing 3rd place
5. Judy Chua, Founder of PeacePod and Student Leader
6. Shayna Leng, Undergraduate at Harvard University and former Team Singapore Debater
7. Gena Soh, Co-Founder of Playces, Philosophy Graduate from Yale-NUS and Changemaker at Give Asia
8. Kah Shuen Gan, CEO of Handishelf, Represented Singapore at the Research Science Institute held at MIT and Team Singapore Dancer
9. Jamie Yau, COO at Cyber Youth Singapore and National Young Leaders Fellow
10. Ray Wehn, Undergraduate at Singapore Management University, Founder of CORDY Singapore
11. Dr. Tommie Chen, PhD in computational linguistics, Head of Partnerships, Partnership & Market Development Division at the Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)
As part of the YA100, you will personally mentor 2-3 young talents working on projects of similar focus to your own achievements for a span of 6 weeks (only two 30 min meetings minimum). You’ll provide valuable insights to accelerate their endeavours and develop the next generation of trailblazers.
What’s in it for YOU?
- As part of the YA100, you and your achievements will be shared on our social media and press releases (if you’d like). This programme is not only about the participants, but it's also about spotlighting the amazing work you’ve done.
- You will be invited as a distinguished guest to our YA physical summit. This event is a 4D4N event held in Singapore (optional for you) for the youths in the programme to come together for excursion, network with like minded individuals, and present their endeavours to the rest of the congregation (if you come, you can help judge and evaluate their work).
- You will get to empower and accelerate young talent who you were once like!
- We will show our appreciation of your time and commitment by issuing a token of recognition of your efforts towards this cause
What You’ll Do:
As a YA100 mentor, you will be added into a communication group with your matched youths/groups and you will help to answer their queries and give them feedback as they work on their Endeavour over 6 weeks.
Minimally, you will have at least two 30 min calls with each youth/group across the span of 6 weeks (according to your availability). You are welcome to go beyond and help these teens 10x their impact and work, perhaps by connecting them to people, holding more calls as you see fit and sharing resources.
Next Steps:
Our journeys to success often rely upon key mentors and experts guiding us and being there for us. We hope you could now take on that role in mentoring young talent in Asia and join the YA100!
If you’d like to join us, please email us at team@youngasians.org and we’ll discuss further from there. See you!
Regards,
Team @ Young Asians Foundation