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P A U S E: FUSD Challenge Success Podcast

P A U S E: FUSD Challenge Success Podcast

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PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! Amidst the overemphasis on grades and other mere numerical values that pressurize students to engage in the rat race of success, FUSD Challenge Success, a non-profit youth organization, is dedicated to sparking change in the community to raise awareness about what truly matters in life: happiness. Our mission is to encourage our community members to embrace the broader definition of success and to promote student well being and engagement with learning.
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Episode #4: Sabrina Shen (FUSD Alumni Series)

P A U S E: FUSD Challenge Success PodcastJul 28, 2020

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Episode #27: Steven Wang (FUSD Alumni Series)
Jan 24, 202201:16:29
Episode #26: Enya Mistry (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #26: Enya Mistry (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Enya Mistry, an Irvington High School alumna and rising freshman at Yale University, about the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school and college. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Jul 30, 202151:24
Episode #25: Rishab Ramapriyan (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #25: Rishab Ramapriyan (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Rishab Ramapriyan, a Mission San Jose High School and Rice University alumnus who will be attending Harvard Medical School this fall, about the advice he has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school and college. Listen to his valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Jun 29, 202145:60
Episode #24: Sindhu Merugu (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #24: Sindhu Merugu (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Sindhu Merugu, a graphic designer, Mission San Jose High School alumna, and Academy of Art University alumna, about the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school, college, and beyond. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Apr 26, 202136:21
Episode #23: Carina Yuen (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #23: Carina Yuen (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Carina Yuen, a Mission San Jose High School alumna and current student at UC Santa Barbara, about the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school and college. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Mar 29, 202137:46
Episode #22: Manasi Kumar (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #22: Manasi Kumar (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Manasi Kumar, an American High School alumna and current student at UC Berkeley, about the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school and college. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Mar 22, 202149:44
Episode #21: Sunny Sun (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #21: Sunny Sun (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Sunny Sun, a Mission San Jose High School alumna and current student at Carnegie Mellon University, about the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school and college. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Mar 15, 202128:09
Episode #20: Kanchan Raju (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #20: Kanchan Raju (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Kanchan Raju, a Mission San Jose High School alumna and current student at UCLA, about the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school and college. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Mar 08, 202134:23
Episode #19: Bethany Woo (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #19: Bethany Woo (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Bethany Woo, a Mission San Jose High School alumna and current student at UCLA, about the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school and college. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Feb 22, 202154:36
Episode #18: Bhavana Kunisetty (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #18: Bhavana Kunisetty (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Bhavana Kunisetty, an American High School alumna and current student at Rice University, about the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school and college. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Dec 24, 202021:29
Episode #17: The Arts

Episode #17: The Arts

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, we're putting a PAUSE, pun intended - we'll never stop, on our usual guest speaker content as we experiment with a new format: a discussion between the hosts. Today's discussion revolves around the arts, more specifically, the performing arts. Come listen to our discussion about the presence of the arts in our education, how and why they’re perceived as they are in comparison to other subjects, and the reality of pursuing an arts career!

Dec 07, 202020:07
Episode #16: Procrastination

Episode #16: Procrastination

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, we're putting a PAUSE, pun intended, once more, on our usual guest speaker content as we experiment with a new format: a discussion between the hosts. Today's discussion revolves around passive procrastination. Learn about the mechanisms of procrastination, why we procrastinate, and how to curb procrastinatory habits as you listen to our discussion!

Nov 16, 202022:54
Episode #15: Expectations

Episode #15: Expectations

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, we're putting a PAUSE, pun intended, yet again, on our usual guest speaker content as we experiment with a new format: a discussion between the hosts. Today's discussion revolves around expectations: mainly, academic, parental, peer and personal expectations of oneself. Evaluate the expectations you have of yourself as well as those of the people around you as you listen to our discussion!

Nov 02, 202020:09
Episode #14: A Reflection on the Alumni Series

Episode #14: A Reflection on the Alumni Series

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, we're putting a PAUSE, pun intended, on our usual guest speaker content as we experiment with a new format: a discussion between the hosts. Contemplate your own definition of success as you listen to us discuss quotes, ruminate, and gain insight into the valuable advice we've recorded over the course of the alumni series!

Oct 19, 202013:35
Episode #13: Karen Trinh (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #13: Karen Trinh (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Karen Trinh, a Mission San Jose High School and UC Santa Barbara alumna, about her definition of success and the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school, college, and beyond. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Sep 27, 202020:34
Episode #12: Derek Bai (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #12: Derek Bai (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Derek Bai, a Mission San Jose High School alumnus currently studying at Dartmouth College, about his definition of success and the advice he has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school, college, and beyond. Listen to his valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Aug 19, 202016:48
Episode #11: Apoorva Dornadula (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #11: Apoorva Dornadula (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Apoorva Dornadula, a Mission San Jose High School and UC Berkeley alumna, previous CS masters student at Stanford, and Co-founder and CTO at Viralspace, about her definition of success and the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school, college, and beyond. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Aug 10, 202018:35
Episode #10: Rahul Makhijani (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #10: Rahul Makhijani (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Rahul Makhijani, an American High School and Cal Poly alumnus and current employee at Ernest & Young, about his definition of success and the advice he has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school, college, and beyond. Listen to his valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Aug 07, 202016:56
Episode #9: Aamir Rasheed (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #9: Aamir Rasheed (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Aamir Rasheed, a Mission San Jose High School and UCSD alumnus and current graduate student at Stanford, about his journey to Computer Science, his definition of success and the advice he has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school, college, and beyond. Listen to his valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Aug 06, 202045:16
Episode #8: Payal Makhijani (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #8: Payal Makhijani (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Payal Makhijani, an American High School and SJSU alumna and current employee at Electronic Arts, the video gaming company, about her definition of success and the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school, college, and beyond. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Aug 03, 202026:14
Episode #7: Anita Alem (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #7: Anita Alem (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Anita Alem, a Mission San Jose High School and Rice University alumna who will be attending Harvard Law School this fall, about her definition of success and the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school, college, and beyond. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Aug 01, 202034:25
Episode #6: Shefali Deshpande (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #6: Shefali Deshpande (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Shefali Deshpande, an American High School and USC alumna and current singer, songwriter, and actress, about her definition of success and the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school, college, and beyond. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Jul 30, 202026:39
Episode #5: Nithya Rajeev (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #5: Nithya Rajeev (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Nithya Rajeev, a Mission San Jose High School and USC alumna, about her definition of success and the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school, college, and beyond. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Jul 30, 202020:01
Episode #4: Sabrina Shen (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #4: Sabrina Shen (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Sabrina Shen, an Irvington High School and Johns Hopkins University alumna and current graduate student at MIT, about her definition of success and the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school, college, and beyond. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Jul 28, 202032:15
Episode #3: Dr. Monika Alem (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode #3: Dr. Monika Alem (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Dr. Monika Alem, a Mission San Jose High School, Mills College, and Keck School of Medicine at USC alumna, about her definition of success and the advice she has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school, college, and beyond. Listen to her valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Jul 28, 202029:40
Episode # 2 : Telvin Zhong (FUSD Alumni Series)

Episode # 2 : Telvin Zhong (FUSD Alumni Series)

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! In this episode, hear from Telvin Zhong, an Irvington High School and UCLA alumnus and current graduate student, about his definition of success and the advice he has to offer in regard to obtaining success throughout high school, college, and beyond. Listen to his valuable advice and apply what you learn to your own academic and life experiences!

Jul 27, 202027:42
Episode # 1 : FUSD Teachers & Their Definition of Success

Episode # 1 : FUSD Teachers & Their Definition of Success

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! Hear from FUSD teachers, Mr. Geschke (MSJ), Mr. Melcic(MSJ), and Ms. Christensen(AHS), about their definitions of success and how they believe it has changed over time. Take the time to hear out their life experiences and take note of how you can implement them to lead a happier life! 

Jul 24, 202029:49
P A U S E: FUSD Challenge Success Podcast - Welcome!

P A U S E: FUSD Challenge Success Podcast - Welcome!

PAUSE your busy lives and tune in to FUSD Challenge Success' podcast: PAUSE! Amidst the overemphasis on grades and other mere numerical values that pressurize students to engage in the rat race of success, FUSD Challenge Success, a non-profit youth organization, is dedicated to sparking change in the community to raise awareness about what truly matters in life: happiness. Our mission is to encourage our community members to embrace the broader definition of success and to promote student well being and engagement with learning.

Jul 21, 202001:57