Celebrating the Academy’s Volunteer Ambassadors
Thank you to this year’s Academy Ambassadors, volunteers from our global network who are helping us amplify the importance of STEM on social media.
Published December 09, 2021

If there is a key takeaway from this pandemic, it is that we need science and innovation to help develop solutions for our greatest challenges. At the New York Academy of Sciences, we celebrate the many ways those in our global community are advocating on behalf of science for the public good.
One group in our network, our Academy Ambassadors, have volunteered to amplify the importance of STEM on social media. This year, harnessing the power of their collective social media networks, our 81 volunteer Ambassadors helped the Academy by sharing inspirational and informative stories about students, scientists, and educators around the world. Ambassadors also shared information about virtual Academy programs, events, and opportunities that are accessible to people around the globe.
As the fifth year of our Ambassador program draws to a close, we wish to express how thankful we are for this community of volunteers.
Thank You to Our 2021 Ambassadors!
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2021 Academy Ambassadors
Bunmi Abioye
Comfort Adebayo
Neel Adwani
Kristine Agustin
Judy Albattal
Robert Alexander
Fátima Alonso
Ana María Amaya
Zainab Amini
Asrat Genet Amnie
Sanjana Anand
Urooj Ansari
Tomas Aparicio
Ragheb Ashar
Olutola Awosiku
Francis Ayombil
Shkar Aziz
Higewongel Belete Heyi
Lara Louise Bevan-Shiraz
Areez Bhanji
Esther Bistricer
Masroor Bukhari
Lauren E. Castellana
Aditya Chaudhary
Sabrina Chen
Rishabh Choudhary
Oumayma Es-saydy
NseAbasi Etim
Nsikak-Abasi Etim
NsikakAbasi Etim, Jr.
Anna Everette
Rupam Ghosh
Regina Goetz
Mallika Handa
Md Jonayed Hasan
David He
Nadine Hosny El Said
Rakshit Jain
Haruna John
Joshna Joseph
Mayuri Joshi
Milan Jovovic
Hemanth Surya Ganesh Kapa
Muneer Karama
Sunisth Kumar
Akhil Kumar
Charalampos Lazaris
Peter Leggat
Timothy Makanjuola
Gauri Mathur
Raunak Ranjan Mishra
Mohamed Mohamed
Nada Mostafa
Edwin Obaje
Patricia Joy Antonette Ortiz
Patrick Pallagi
Jade Karrie Palma
Arbana Pasholli
Prakhar Pranjwal
Hithesh Rai Purushothama
Aleef Rahman
Manasi Rajan
Ananiya Rastogi
Rahul Reddy
Nida Rehmani
Aarush Roy
Sandra Sánchez
Raktima Sengupta
Maria Iqbal Shah
Tina Sindwani
Sailesh Singh
Iulia Stanciu
Tanya Tani
Yee Chuen Gideon Tay
Dylan Tran
Haleema Ushaq
Stella Uzochukwu-Denis
Ashok Vaseashta
Yufeng Wei
Athena Yao
Rida Yumn Ahmed