Youth Leadership Board
Ariana Elle Majlessi, President of Finance, RCYT
Born in 2005 in New York, United States, Ariana Elle Majlessi is multilingual and can speak French, English, Spanish and Farsi proficiently. As a grade 11 student of American School of New York, she has won laurels with her excellent work in various boards related to writing and speaking skills.
She loves to keep herself busy and never shied away from doing part time jobs like mowing lawns, serving as a waitress and even worked as a dog sitter and babysitter. In her free time, she likes to assist her parents in their work. She has a goldfish named Stanley, which she admires the most and feels deeply attached to it.
She is an excellent cook and loves to prepare Iranian food when free. Apart from this, she has won several accolades in school as Editor-in-Chief of her school newspaper and Head of the green club. She also actively participated in modeling competitions and diligently handled responsibilities as a student ambassador and as Co-President of the school’s young entrepreneurship program. She has also been the Head of the Social Justice Club and Creator of the School’s Social Justice Summit. She also handled the title of Founder and Head of Middle Eastern Voices Club efficiently.
Ariana loves traveling and enjoys the scenic beauty. In sports, she loves taekwondo and has achieved second degree black belt level. As a tennis player, she played for the school team at various levels. With keen interest in law, political science and business, she loves to read and write on topics related to these subjects.
She hopes to make a difference in people’s lives and especially empower women by obtaining her yoga license and strengthen them mentally, spiritually, and physically. She also dreams to empower the incarcerated individuals by assisting them in obtaining a yoga license which would help them in getting a job further.
Aryan Pandalai, Neurobiology Research Intern
Aryan Pandalai, is bilingual and applied his native level English and Hindi as a moderator for The Youth Leadership Board’s Global Summit on Interactive On-Demand Education (August 2022) where he serves as the elected Co-President of Commencement of The Share Fund, Inc.
When he is not collaborating globally, he is an exemplary leader at Westhill High School (class of 2024) where he shares his talents as a 4.0 student as a peer tutor and a member of both theVarsity Lacrosse and Ice Hockey teams. It is inevitable that nutrition and healthy eating have always been important to Mr.Pandalai, as it is crucial for him to count his calories, maintain his weight and physique in order to to athletically perform. Beyond the classroom and sports arena, Pandalai performs 250 hours of community service a year as a mindfulness and deep breathing literary advocate during his tenure as a member of The Share Institute, Inc.’s Young Authors’Honors Society.
Pandalai’s notable contributions to the Broadening Our Horizons series include his analytical research on the subject of concussions and his influential report titled, The Impact of Mindfulness on Developmental Neurology (2022). Pandalai has been named a rising star and attributes his drive to succeed to wanting to set the best example possible for his younger twin siblings. As a resident of Connecticut aware of the school shootings in his state, Pandalai is determined to make schools safer through leadership advocacy rooted in scientific research and interdisciplinary solutions.
Ashley Holness, President of the Board, RYT 500
Ashley Erin Holness is a rising senior at New Rochelle High School. She developed an early passion for prose and a keen ability to capture the essence of human interest stories. In 2022, Ashley was elected President of the Youth Leadership Board of The Share Fund, Inc. and responsible for drafting analytical case studies for The Share Institute, Inc. during her tenure as a member of The Young Authors’ Honors Society. Ashley’s passions include wellness, language, cooking, and humanitarianism.
Ashley is bilingual, speaking English and Spanish - with hopes of becoming fluent in french. With many physical activities throughout the school year, such as tennis, lacrosse, and yoga, she is adamant about finding time for improving the lives of herself and others. She uses this time acting as president of the Junior States of America and Economics club in her school, as well as being a member of Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins’Youth Council. Ashley endeavors to continue both writing and social justice advocacy as an attorney when she reaches adulthood.
Gabriela Schlumberger, President of Sales and Marketing
Gabriella Schlumberger is a highly motivated grade 10 student who loves to volunteer in social acts related to youth empowerment. A bright student of Rye Country Day School, she is not only excellent in academics with deep love for topics related to Biology, but a wonderful sportsperson as well. She firmly believes in the fact that playing sports enhances one’s skills as well as talents.
She is bilingual and can speak French and English fluently. Gabriella is adventurous in spirit and loves to go on hiking in her free time. For her, the best view comes after the hardest climb and the world reveals itself to those who travel on foot.
This book is her manual debut. Her faith in yogic science is immense and she enjoys doing yogic asanas which induce meditative mood and heal one’s mind.
Inès Xhayet, President of Communications, RYT200
Inès is a 10th grader at Harrison High School and continues to express her passion for health and exercise throughout her high school experience. Participating in many physical activities throughout the year (competitive tennis, race skiing, yoga, and overall fitness) has always been vital for her to focus on nutrition. With many healthy recipes developed at home and inspired by nutritionists, it has always been a hobby to develop recipes with healthy alternatives.
As ShareLove.Fund’s youngest graduate, she has learned more about her body and mind. Coupled with her Spanish heritage, has focus has also enabled her to positively impact the Hispanic community. Along with the many author’s work in Broadening Our Horizons, Inès continues to inspire other young women to improve their lives.
Irene Lozano González, President of Commencement
Born in 2005 in Malaga, Spain, Irene Lozano Gonzalez is a rising senior and Creative Director of Physics Club in Harrison High School, New York. She is multilingual and can speak English, Spanish and French proficiently.
For Irene, the best therapist has fur and four legs and she deeply loves her pet Leo who is a 3 year old dog. She likes to spend time with him and both enjoy beach time together. They also do hiking, play with balls and enjoy the beauty of the winter season together. She is brilliant in extracurricular activities and has played various sports at school and inter-school levels. She played for Varsity Tennis at Harrison High School, and also participated in multiple USTA U16 L7 competitions.
As President of Commencement and yoga teacher with ShareLove.Fund, she has RYT 200 and RYT 300 certifications and enjoys doing yoga. She believes that falling in love with yoga is falling in love with one’s own self. Irene likes being active and participates in events related to skiing and fitness to keep herself healthy.
She mainly became passionate about yoga during the pandemic as it made her feel good and enhanced her physical and mental wellness. She was motivated to join the ShareLove.Fund team by her cousin who had got her yoga certificate from ShareLove.Fund and shared yoga videos on their platform. To her, Share Love Fund means motivation, empowerment, encouragement and a team which stands for youth and especially women empowerment. She feels proud to be a member of the ShareLove.Fund team and aims to give her complete support to make the motto of this organization successful.
Julia Jakubowsky, President of JailMail Program, RYT 500
Julia Jakubowsky is an avid yogi and lover of all living creatures. She is also a great cook and loves to experiment by making various flavors of nutritious smoothies. She loves to ride horses and also takes good care of them. Julia lives in Rye, NY, with her parents, brother and sister, and her two Lagotto Romagnolo dogs. She speaks English and French and loves and mingles with animals she meets while traveling. Her most noteworthy contribution as an artist commenced with her digital art debut in the book ‘Broadening Our Horizons: What can Modern Food Science Learn from Historical Nutritional Practices?’ She hopes to bring more books to life through her passion for sketch art, digital arts, and photography. She loves to take pictures of animals and create abstract designs.
Julia supervises ShareLove.Fund’s JailMail program, she checks the PO Box once a week, and responds to letters from Rikers Island inmates.
Mansi Pandalai, President of Commencement
Mansi Pandalai is a naive yogi. She is a lively and spirited young girl studying in 5th grade in Stamford chatter school of excellence. On the run way she is a Grand Supreme Junior Miss Connecticut and in math she is a nationally ranked math enthusiast. She speaks English and Hindi. She also loves to dance (Indian classical/fusion/bollywood), gymnastics and is a fencing enthusiast. She enjoys painting and sketching as well.
She wants to grow up to be a gynecologist. She is very kind and loves nature. There is always something to talk about when she is around. She has recently taken Yoga and is enjoying the benefits of the flexibility that she is able to achieve due to it.
Mariana B. Dushas, President of Media and Public Relations
Born in 2009 in Greenwich, Connecticut, Mariana B Dushas is bilingual and can speak English and Greek fluently. She is blessed with highly lucid writing skills and can impress anyone with her creative expressions. As an admirer and lover of digital art, she takes deep interest in character drawing, animation and creating original concepts and ideas. She has a sharp eye for aesthetics and trends. For Mariana, happiness is the smell of freshly baked cakes and she enjoys baking delicious cakes in her free time. She is a wonderful softball player and firmly believes that softball goals are attained by perseverance and focus.
She is fond of diving and adores the beauty of the underwater world. For her, breathing underwater is one of the most fascinating and peculiar sensations imaginable. Apart from this, she keeps herself fit and healthy with gymnastics and can amaze anyone with her flexible moves.
Mariana is a great admirer of ShareLove.Fund and discovered it through her mother’s involvement and close relationship with its founder. She firmly believes that a positive attitude really makes dreams come true and women are no exception to it. She aspires to help others and especially contribute toward women empowerment by guiding them on their path of healing and independence with the right education.
Marley Wies, President of Technology
Marley is multilingual (English, German, French, Spanish, Greek, Russian) and was raised in a multi-cultural household with influences from Germany, Austria, Greece, and Mexico. She is 14 years old and lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, with her parents and three younger siblings. Marley is passionate about hiking and loves to get lost in nature’s enchantment to find herself. Dedicated to the arts, she has been actively pursuing acting and musical theatre since the age of five, performing at Radio City Music Hall, several off-Broadway venues, as well as locally as the principal characters of her schools’ productions of Grease and The Wizard of Oz. Intensively trained in classical piano for the past seven years and en pointe in ballet, she can amaze anyone with her musical and dance performances.
She enjoys traveling and loves to integrate her language skills for cultural immersion. Marley is a self-motivated, eager mathematician currently studying Advanced Calculus and AP Statistics. Additionally, as a science-minded rising freshman, Marley is undertaking a project involving microplastics in the nationally recognized Honors Science Research program at Greenwich High School. This past year, Marley participated in the Concept Division of the I3 (Imagine, Innovate, and Inspire), a competition involving innovation for the benefit of small businesses in the community, and won first place!
Marley is proud to serve as the President of Technology of ShareLove.Fund’s Youth Board. With her father as a trained yogi and her years of devoted dancing in many forms, she is in a unique position to understand both the mental and physical benefits of yoga. She feels honored to be included in the exciting mission of the ShareLove.Fund.
Mia Jakubowsky, President of Academia, RYT 500
Mia Jakubowsky is bilingual and well versed in English and French. She is highly passionate about creative writing and theatre. Her favorite instrument is drum, and she enjoys using her own vocals as the melody while playing the drums for rhythm. She is deeply attached to her two Lagotto Romagnolo dogs. Her first dog, Coco, is, in fact, The Queen of the World, and Mia’s favorite pastime is singing praises of her majesty. For her, true love has four paws and she believes that there is no greater gift than the love of a dog.
Mia also enjoys being creative and her favorite hobbies are creating new things and drawing. Mia’s past works include artistic cartoon illustrations and corporate logo design jewelry. For her, drawing is a vision on paper and an exercise for a restless imagination.
Her creativity and efforts to make the book ‘Broadening Our Horizons: What can Modern Food Science Learn from Historical Nutritional Practices?’ a masterpiece, is highly commendable. Outside, Mia is an avid tennis player and has participated in competitive matches in both the United States and Spain. She resides in Rye, New York, with her parents, brother, sister, and dogs.
Nicole Uy, President of Commencement
Born in Cebu City, Philippines, Nicole is bilingual and can speak Tagalog, Cebuano and English proficiently. She is a student of Special Science Class in Grade 10. In her free time, she likes to write on a variety of subjects which touch her heart. She loves the healing power of writing and
the way one can share the deepest joys and sorrows on a piece of paper. Her writing skills are highly expressive in conveying her true emotions and striking a chord with others’ thoughts.
She is also a voracious reader and loves to invest her time in reading fiction as well as non-fiction. She believes that a book reader is never alone and there is no friend as loyal as a book. Her favourite topics are women empowerment, health and fitness and yogic ways of life which make a difference in people’s lives.
Nicole got introduced to ShareLove.Fund by her cousin and since then she has been a great fan of this organization which puts heart and soul to improve people’s lives and always stand for noble causes.
Russell Jakubowsky, President of International Women’s Day Event and International Relations Diplomat, RYT-500
Russell Jakubowsky, RYT 500, is a yogi, a philanthropist with an insatiable appetite for history, science, and solving the predicament of illness and aging. His valuable contribution as an editor in the book ‘Broadening Our Horizons: What can Modern Food Science Learn from Historical Nutritional Practices?’ is praiseworthy, which he accomplished at such a young age.
He is passionate about travelling and uses his multilingualism (English, French, Italian, and Hebrew) to enjoy food culture globally. He lives in Rye, NY, with his parents, two sisters, and his two Lagotto Romagnolo dogs. He attends The French American School of New York and enjoys receiving his education in French with an incredible international student body representing over 50 countries.
His hobbies include composing music, playing the harp, and camping outdoors with his Boy Scout troop. He hopes to become a criminal defense attorney upon maturity and is a dedicated ShareLove.Fund social justice volunteer by furthering its mission to provide free vocational Yoga teacher training to the incarcerated women at “Rosie’s,” the women’s ward at Rikers Island jail in New York City.
Vanisha Dimri, President of Intellectual Property Management and Publishing
Vanisha is a young yoga enthusiast and a creative writer from India who loves to write poems and blogs on topics related to beauty of nature and specifically health and wellness. She resides in Punjab, India with her parents and younger brother and studies in St. Xavier’s School, Chandigarh.
She is deeply passionate about involving herself in social acts which can help in empowerment of the downtrodden. She ensures to volunteer in such activities and motivates her peers as well to be a part of it. Her yogic poses reflecting spiritual ways of life which lead to wholesome wellness is one of the major highlights of ShareLove.Fund.
Vanisha takes keen interest in nature photography and uses those to make her blogs and poems highly expressive. Presently in grade 7, she is a great admirer of yogic science and has presented her views on attaining happiness with simplicity at various events organized by her school. She is also The President of Yoga Club in her school and her poses keep inspiring the students to practice yoga in their daily routine. At a tender age of 12, she dreams of publishing her collection of poems and aims to become a writer with a vision of happiness for all in every phase of life.
Yash Pandalai, President of Commencement
Yash Pandalai is a hyperactive athlete who has intensively devoted his time and effort to fencing, soccer, and swimming. Having a curious 10-year-old boy’s mind wander in all directions drives Yash to ponder creative problems and decode their solutions. When not on the field or the piste, Mr. Pandalai leads his Odyssey of The Mind, robotics, and math team at the national and international levels. Yash’s perception of mindfulness leads him to his love for Legos and how he can use his problem-solving/block-building skills to replicate real-world problems and solutions.
Though Mr. Pandalai doesn’t fancy the most orthodox mindfulness practices, he recently began to delve deeper into yoga and meditation, which he practices daily with his two siblings. Υash is an avid admirer of the world of programming and hopes to one day create an app that will serve as a solution to one of the bizarre problems his mind thinks of. When he isn’t busy doing said activities, he is busy thinking of his next big move on the chess board as his sole goal is to beat his older brother. As a bilingual advocate for his fifth-grade class, Pandalai strives to pursue mindfulness and the art of yoga and hopes to teach others the benefits of such.