About Spero

Spero was originally founded in middle school by Shailesh Senthil Kumar, Krishna Ajjarapu, and Aryan Dwivedi with a goal in mind to help seniors in their community.

The organization was then able to expand, reaching out to more senior centers, adding more members, and taking advantage of more volunteering opportunities. Currently, Spero holds 20+ members and takes part several events at multiple senior centers, helping the seniors in their respective communities.

About The Team

Check out our wonderful team below!

Shailesh Senthil

Co-Founder, CEO, Co-Chairman

Shailesh is a junior at Lynbrook High School He enjoys playing volleyball, conducting biological research, and reading when he’s not working on Spero.

Derrick Cai

President, Co-Chairman

Derrick is in 11th Grade at Lynbrook High School. When he isn’t volunteering for Spero, he enjoys playing basketball, hanging out with friends, and listening to music.

Krishna Ajjarapu

Co-Founder, Chief Human Resources Officer

Krishna Ajjarapu is currently a junior at Lynbrook High School. Outside of Spero, he competes in Lincoln-Douglas debate, plays tennis, and loves conducting medical research.

Ian Chen

Chief Financial Officer

Ian Chen is currently a junior at Lynbrook High School. Outside of Spero, he serves as an officer in multiple clubs and runs his own business and multiple non-profits.

Rohil Shah

Chief Marketing Officer

Rohil Shah is a Junior at Lynbrook High School. Outside of Spero, he loves programming websites and algorithms, playing tennis, learning about robotics.

Arhan Mulay

Chief Operations Officer

Arhan is currently a junior at Lynbrook High School. He enjoys playing basketball and attempting to dunk on people even though that may be a bit far fetched. He is passionate about serving the community and is interested in math and science.

Rishi Kodavati

Director of Accounting

Rishi is currently a junior at Lynbrook High School. Outside of Spero, he enjoys volleyball, gaming, and robotics.

Kristin Zhao

Director of Fundraising

Kristin is currently a junior at Lynbrook High School. Outside of Spero, she enjoys reading, arts & crafts, singing, and playing the piano.

Andy Xu

Director of Multimedia

Andy is currently a junior at Lynbrook High School. Outside of Spero, he enjoys playing volleyball, business, and drinking water (stay hydrated).

Michael Ma

Director of Communications

Michael is currently a junior at Lynbrook High School. In his free time, he enjoys playing sports such as volleyball and basketball, participating in debate and business clubs, and eating his favorite foods, KBBQ and Hot Pot.

Sydnie Yu

Director of Events

Sydnie is currently a junior at Lynbrook High School. She is passionate about helping others and enjoys traveling around the world and exploring various different cultures.

Keshav Mannem

Director of Recruitment

Keshav is a rising junior at Lynbrook High School. When he is not busy with Spero, Keshav likes to play basketball and video games, as well as hang out with his friends.

Marie Lee

Fundraising Staff

Pramesh Karthikeyan

Expansion Staff

Pramesh is currently a junior at Lynbrook High School. Outside of Spero, he enjoys going for long runs with the cross country team, competing in Public Forum debate, and hanging out with friends.

Nicholas Huang

Events Staff

Catherine Jiang

Events Staff

Currently, Catherine is a sophomore at BASIS Scottsdale. She loves dancing, painting, competing in Public Forum debate and playing the piano.

Demir Genc

Events Staff

Demir is currently a junior at Lynbrook High School. When he isn't busy helping the community, Demir likes to play water polo, soccer and video games. He also enjoys spending quality time with his friends and family.

Joanna Zhu

Multimedia Staff

Joanna Zhu is a junior at Amador Valley High School. She spends her free time baking, cooking with her family, and binging various Netflix shows.

Joe Lin

Communications Staff

Joe is currently a junior at Lynbrook High School. He loves to serve the community and spends a lot of his free time coding.

Aaryan Kainth

Communications Staff

Aaryan is currently a junior at Lynbrook High School. He enjoys video games, meeting new people, and reading.

Our Volunteers

We love the fantastic work all of our volunteers do!