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1/5 Meet the Team Co-Executive Director: Linda Chang Co-Executive Director: Manya Girivasan Associate Director: Charlotte Jew Associate Director: Sophia Zhang Junior Executive Director: Ceira Motoyama Junior Executive Director: Yuyao Wen Finance Director: Meredith Tan Lead Web Director: Rebecca Hsu Web Director: Keira Hsieh Lead Marketing Director: Bhavya Krishnan Marketing Director: Olivia Tu Marketing Director: Mohit Kulkarni Programs Director: Ariel Chien Lead Design Director: Evangeline Wai Design Director: Sophie Xu Lead Logistics Director: Anuhya Gottam Logistics Director: Dorthy Victor Lead Resource Director: Claire Perng Resource Director: Nathan Saputra Resource Director: Julia Geofferey

Amy Zheng Amy is an avid volunteer and dedicated leader in the music community, starting her work with Notelove as both an instructor and director in 2020. Her various experiences as a violinist — serving as Co-Concertmaster of California Youth Symphony’s Senior Orchestra, playing in California All-State ensembles every year since 2019, and placing in the 2022 US International Open Music Competition, 2023 Music International Grand Prix, and 2020 Pacific Musical Society Competition — inspire her work at Notelove in making music education accessible to all. As a committed member of her school’s music community too, Amy served as concertmaster of the Monta Vista Chamber Orchestra and Co-President of the Tri-M Music Honor Society. Amy is a passionate plant mom, Earth enthusiast, and cafe-hopper, and currently attends Stanford University. Ben Scharf Ben grew up in Cupertino and was active in the music classes at Cupertino High School, which inspired him to pursue music education as a career. He received his BM with emphasis in Music Education from San Diego State University in 2019. While primarily a saxophone player, Ben participated in a variety of ensembles on various instruments including bassoon, french horn, and trombone. During his time at SDSU, Ben was active in the collegiate CMEA chapter, serving as its Vice President in 2019. The chapter helped enrich the development of SDSUs music education students by hosting reading bands, mock interviews, training sessions, and more. During his senior year he had the privilege of student teaching at Marshall Middle School in San Diego as part of the SDSU Music Education Fellowship. He then received his teaching credential from SDSU in 2020 while student teaching at Scripps Ranch High School. Ben continues to be an active member of numerous music education associations, serving on the boards for the Santa Clara County Band Directors Association and the California Music Education Association Bay Section. Ben has presented at the state music education conference about diversity, equity, inclusion, and access, in the high school instrumental classroom. Avery Chen Avery Chen is a passionate community servant and leader. In her four years at Notelove as Executive Director, Notelove grew from one neighborhood to span the entire US. She also spent two summers volunteering for the California Native Garden Foundation as a Data Analysis Intern, providing findings crucial to their grant applications. In high school, she was an active flutist in various ensembles, playing as principal flute in Homestead High School’s Wind Ensemble I and symphony orchestra, the California Youth Symphony Senior Orchestra, as well as participating in the Santa Clara County Honor Band, California All State Honor Band, and Honor Band of America. Additionally, she served as Woodwind Captain in Homeatead’s award-winning marching band. All of these musical experiences have inspired Avery to serve through Notelove, so it can continue to spread the joys of music to students across the country. Currently, Avery is a sophomore at UC Berkeley studying computer science and cognitive science. Jane Park Jane is a senior at UC Berkeley studying mathematics. She has been working with Notelove since its start in September 2018. She started as Notelove’s secretary and a ukulele and guitar instructor, then worked as Executive Director from 2018-2020. In her free time, Jane bikes, tutors math, paints, produces music, and volunteers with cats. Aidan Lin Aidan is a dedicated and experienced youth leader in nonprofit organizations, student government, and extracurriculars. He is a co-founder of Our Time To Act United, a 501(c)(3) youth empowerment nonprofit, where he currently serves as Executive Director. Additionally, Aidan studies political science at UC San Diego and participates in the Associated Students of UC San Diego as Government Affairs Director. One of Aidan's many passions is music. In high school he practiced flute, placing as third chair in his school's top Wind Ensemble and second chair in their exclusive Symphony Orchestra, and served as the Woodwind Captain of a nationally acclaimed marching program. As such, he has experienced first-hand the transformative powers of music and is looking forward to supporting the advancement of Notelove's charitable cause.

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