Our Team – STEM For All Foundation

Meet the Team

Meet the dynamic team of students determined to revolutionize STEM education.

Varun Srivastava

Co-Founder & President

Varun Srivastava is a senior at Redlands High School in Redlands Unified School District. He has a multifaceted personality with talents and interests ranging from science & engineering, sports, politics, technology, but the issues that concern him the most are related to children, their health, and education. He won the Best Academic Boy trophy at Mariposa Elementary School, silver medal for San Bernardino County Science Fair and has scored perfect scores on California standardized tests for both Math and English in 2016, 2017, and 2018. He has won the 2019 Congressional App Challenge and the 2020 WWDC Student Swift Challenge. He enjoys playing soccer, cricket, tennis, playing the saxophone, traveling around the world with his family, programming, and learning about and working with technology.

Shriyaa Narayanan

Vice President

Shriyaa is a senior at Redlands High School and a published author. She has written and published four novellas in a series known as the Tales of Floustaria; she has also written, illustrated, and published a picture book called Little Piggy's Adventures. Other than writing, she has a youtube channel where she posts professional reviews on books and TV shows. She is also involved in the swimming and tennis high school teams at Redlands High School, and plays the piano in her free time. She volunteers outside of school as well, such as helping with local races, including the Lopers race. She also plays chess and has gone to many tournaments. She started a chess club in 8th grade and a math club in 9th grade.

Samar Hyder

Communications Director

Samar Hyder is a sophomore at the University of Redlands. She has exceeded her standardized tests, won a silver medal at the San Bernardino County Science Fair, and was awarded the Director’s Award for Orchestra at Moore Middle School. Samar dreams of equality and educational opportunities for every child and is thrilled to be able to take part in exposing students to STEM opportunities. She wants to have a career in medicine because she wants to be able to help others. She loves reading, playing her piano and violin, swimming, traveling to new countries, and fashion.

Dexter Xu

Secretary

Dexter Xu is currently a senior at Redlands High School in the Redlands Unified School District. He has exceeded all his standardized tests, won the Best Academics Boy award for Mariposa, and scored in the 99th percentile for both English and Math in the PSAT for 8th grade. He enjoys ecology, world history, and learning about paradoxes and theories of the unknown. He is on the Redlands Swim Team and plays both the piano and the saxophone. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, playing games, watching TV shows and movies, and being involved in the latest news.

Board of Directors

Vidhi Srivastava

Co-Founder & Director

Vidhi Srivastava is a sophomore at Cornell University's College of Engineering, planning to major in Electrical and Computer Engineering. She started school as an English-Language Learner but was soon reclassified as proficient in English. She has won multiple PTA Reflection awards for visual arts, won the silver medal for San Bernardino County Science Fair, received the National Champion of Computer Science Award from CODE.ORG, the Principal’s Excellence Award at Moore Middle School, Presidential Gold Award for Academic Excellence, and has scored perfect scores on California standardized tests several years. She enjoys Bollywood dancing, playing the flute, sketching, reading, traveling around the world with her family, and trying new cuisines. She is very passionate about STEM education and wants to expose other students to a multitude of STEM opportunities that awaits them while challenging the barriers that exist in STEM fields for girls and under-represented students. She plans to continue her role as a STEM education champion to improve educational outcomes for all students.

Vikas Srivastava

Executive Director

Vikas Srivastava is a Business and IT Consultant with over 20 years of consulting experience. He is an expert in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and has worked in the Utilities, Oil & Gas, Local Government, and Transportation industries in India, Singapore and US. He also has experience in the implementation of Enterprise Asset Management, Work Management, Emergency Response, Disaster Recovery systems and their integration with GIS. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, a Master's degree in Remote Sensing and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Vikas believes that a nation’s ability to stay competitive depends greatly on innovation and staying at the forefront of technological advances. He wants to use his expertise to inspire and support the next generation of engineers, scientists, and innovators. He cares a lot of about the environment and likes to spend his time on learning about advances in recycling, environmental protection and reversing the effects of global warming.

Dr. Shazia Hyder

Director

Shazia Hyder, MD is a British trained medical doctor. She was born and raised in London. She went to Medical School at the age of 18. She moved to California and is married with three children. Dr Hyder's board certification is in Internal Medicine, from Loma Linda. She is the Medical Director of her Aesthetic Practice in Redlands, California. She has a child with autism and is passionate about helping children with special needs. She is the founder of a company for kids on the autism spectrum, called Autism Heroes. She has taught an abundance of doctors and future doctors since she qualified in 1997. Her passion is helping children, especially girls, excel in the field of Medicine and all STEM careers. Dr Hyder believes that every woman should be able to excel and support themselves in their chosen career.

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