Kansas City Chapter



Daniel Moon

Chief Executive Officer

Daniel is a junior at Blue Valley Northwest Highschool. He is currently interested in biochemistry and gene editing. He holds a strong belief that educational equity is extremely important and has begun working with InterSTEM in order to spread these ideals in STEM so that people can continue to grow their ambitions in STEM, He also plays tennis, violin, and is involved in other science related clubs such as Science Olympiad and Scibowl.

Varsha Venkatesh

Editor-in-Chief

Varsha is a junior at Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas. She is interested in writing and mathematics. Outside of academics, she is involved in marching band as a drum major and plays oboe in concert band. In the future, she hopes to study psychology and neuroscience. In her free time, she likes to draw, paint, and watch bad reality TV shows.


Yuwen Li

Human Resources Officer

Yuwen is a senior at Blue Valley Northwest in Overland Park, Kansas. She is particularly interested in astrophysics and aerospace engineering and hopes to major in either one of those fields in university. Outside of STEM, Yuwen also swims competitively and plays the cello. In her free time, she enjoys playing video games, learning acoustic guitar, and reading mystery/crime novels

Andrew Lin

Financial Officer

Andrew is a junior at Blue Valley Northwest High School. His passion lies in mathematics and statistics. Outside of academics, he is a sabre fencer and plays the cello. He loves to socialize and collaborate with people who share common goals.



Salil Chandra

Head of Tutoring

Salil is a junior at Pembroke Hill in Kansas City. He is thoroughly interested in the field of STEM, and is a member of his Science Olympiad team at school in Anatomy and physiology, the physics of sound, and the building of bottle rockets. He is also an avid debater on his speech and debate team, and plays club soccer in the winter and spring. During his free time, he likes to play video games, hang out with friends, play the piano, and watch football.

Aiyan Sanjanwala

Publicity Officer