Mentors
The founding mentors of SmartQuad are Harshatej Simhadri, Harshitha Simhadri, Navya Balineni, and Shreya Ambekar. The original main goal was to help children of a similar age in their neighborhoods improve their Math, Science, Computer science, and Leadership skills. This endeavor proved to be very successful, and now, just a few years later, the four mentors are helping children who live in the USA to tackle various other subjects.
Harshatej Simhadri
Harshatej Simhadri is one of the key mentors of SmartQuad. Along with his sibling Harshitha Simhadri and her friends Navya Balineni and Shreya Ambekar, he started working in SmartQuad when he was just nine years old. He's determined to continue being a mentor for those who need his help underprivileged students achieve their educational goals in any way he can. Furthermore, he is dedicated to helping kids in computer science and working on projects for the social good. Ultimately, he enjoys sharing his passion for programming, and science with others and hopes to become involved with more people of diverse backgrounds!
- Phone: (978) 799-2686
- Email: info@smartquad.org
Harshitha Simhadri
Harshitha Simhadri was in seventh grade when she first started SmartQuad with her fellow mentors. She is passionate about providing children with various educational opportunities, helping them find answers to the questions that arose at school, helping them overcome their daily struggles, and motivating them to keep striving towards their future goals. She is actively involved in organizing the public speaking sessions, science projects and extending her interest in social justice, leading diversity initiatives within the core organization. When she has free time, she likes to engage in one of her multiple hobbies. She enjoys playing basketball, reading, singing, dancing, being involved in art, and so on.
- Phone: (978) 799-2686
- Email: info@smartquad.org
Navya Balineni
Navya Balineni started mentoring in SmartQuad when she was twelve years old with her friends. She is one of the key mentors of SmartQuad. Her favorite class from a very young age is science. She enjoys interacting and teaching kids. She has a fondness for playing various amounts of sports and cooks throughout her free time. She also adores reading books, and her favorite genre is thriller/fantasy. Her goal is to help students improve their education in various ways. She also wants to help others think more strategically.
- Phone: (978) 799-2686
- Email: info@smartquad.org
Shreya Ambekar
Shreya Ambekar is one of the four teachers of the SmartQuad. She first started educating students in SmartQuad and the other teachers in 2019 and has currently been a teacher for more than one year. Her hobbies consist of basketball, reading, dance, and art. Shreya especially enjoys and is interested in math because she likes to solve and find solutions to problems. Shreya's utmost aim of SmartQuad is to create an interest for students in new topics.
- Phone: (978) 799-2686
- Email: info@smartquad.org