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OUR TEAM
How We Came To Be
In 2018, Navya and Jharna decided to together learn more about dyslexia. They realized that almost everyone in their community had grown up with incredible educational privilege. Students with dyslexia are highly intelligent and capable learners who struggle in school due to a lack of free educational resources, technology, and empowerment. Motivated to make a change, they created a free multisensory Android app called Dyslessia to help with phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, and spelling. The app was based off the suggestions and guidance of accredited dyslexia professionals and educators. Since then, Dyslessia has grown into an organization working on several different intiatives to empower students with dyslexia.
NAVYA RAO
Founder
Navya is now a senior at Monta Vista High School who is passionate about using technology for social impact such as helping students with learning difficulties. She created Dyslessia as a high school sophomore. At Dyslessia, Navya designs and develops assistive technology, communicates and collaborates with dyslexia organizations and tutors, creates and manages all websites, writes blogs, and manages social media. She was the lead organizer of Dyslessia's latest large-scale initiatives of hosting a free webinar for the dyslexia community and an associated donation drive to help low-income dyslexic students.
JHARNA SURESH
Founder
Jharna is now a senior at Monta Vista who believes in creating equal educational opportunities through technology. She created Dyslessia as a high school sophomore. For Dyslessia, Jharna designs and develops assistive technology, communicates and collaborates with dyslexia organizations and tutors, and manages social media. She was the lead organizer of Dyslessia's latest assistive technology initiative to upload "Dyslessia" to the App Store.
SRUSHTI BATNI
Officer
Srushti is a freshman at Monta Vista High School who is passionate about learning and spreading awareness of learning difficulties and real world problems. She is the Lead Director of Writing and Research at Dyslessia where she spreads awareness of dyslexia through researching and posting informative blogs.
SMRITI RANGARAJAN
Officer
Smriti is a freshman at Monta Vista High School who is passionate about combining art and technology in order to make a difference. She is the Lead Director of Marketing and Outreach for Dyslessia, promoting the initiative, by creating engaging and informative posts. Smriti spreads awareness about Dyslexia and provides updates about information and events supporting Dyslexia.