P A U S E: FUSD Challenge Success Podcast
By FUSD Challenge Success
P A U S E: FUSD Challenge Success PodcastAug 01, 2020
Episode #27: Steven Wang (FUSD Alumni Series)
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In this episode, hear from Steven Wang, a Mission San Jose High School and Ohio State University alumnus, current master’s student in Supply Chain Management at Arizona State University, and current Manufacturing Operations Manager at Amped Innovation PBC, 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!
Here are the links to the websites Steven mentioned:
Amped Innovation PBC website: https://www.ampedinnovation.com/
The MI6 Sports Network (Steven’s podcast!) website: https://www.facebook.com/mi6sports
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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.