Success is measured over a course of a lifetime, not at the end of a semester.
MONICA MANMADKAR
Founder & President
As the founder and president, Monica Manmadkar, a rising senior at Mission San Jose High School, makes it a priority to spread awareness about mental health and their mission. Outside of this organization, Monica loves swimming and playing water polo for her school’s team, writing her blog, doing LD debate, and being active in her community. In her free time, she loves to curl up with a book or bake.
ARISTA ZHU
Co-Vice President of Event Management
Arista Zhu is currently a Sophomore at Irvington High School. She joined the FUSD Challenge Success team to help promote more about the organization and to collaborate with others and create new events and ideas. She loves using her creative freedom and has a growing passion for digital design and photography, and she strives to use those skills for a greater cause in the community. She loves listening to music and going to concerts. She’s always open to try new things, especially new foods and exploring new places.
NANDIKA NAMBIAR
Secretary
Nandika Nambiar is an incoming sophomore at Mission San Jose High School. She enjoys dancing and playing the ukulele, as well as travelling. The reason she joined FUSD Challenge success is to make an impact on the community and to give high school students a platform to express their opinions. In addition to that, she loves helping people and hopes to pursue a career in medicine in the future.
RIYA BHATTACHARJEE
Vice President of Media and Outreach
Riya Bhattacharjee is currently a sophomore at Mission San Jose High School and a student liasion for FUSD Challenge Success. She joined FUSD Challenge Success because she resonated with and was inspired by the organization’s mission to raise awareness about the importance of happiness and to expand the definition of success in students’ minds. She strongly believes that hard work beats talent, that one’s happiness and peace of mind precedes over all other factors in life, and that the definition of success is unique to the individual. At school, she is a member of the varsity badminton team, show choir, and is a club officer for both Mission’s music club and GSA. She loves communicating and interacting with others, and when she isn’t singing, she’s listening to Italian arias.
TRISHA NAIR
Irvington HS Liaison
My name is Trisha Nair, and I’m a rising junior at Irvington High School. I joined FUSD Challenge Success because I believe it’s crucial to spread awareness about mental health and expand the horizon of knowledge about what success actually means and to promote the idea that school is more than just academics. I like to think of myself as spontaneous, so I really enjoy doing a variety of things and love keeping myself busy. In my free time I enjoy taking pictures, cooking/baking, playing basketball and staying active in any way, meeting new people and simply spending quality time with my friends and family and my dog!
MANASA MADDI
Webmaster
My name is Manasa and I’m a 15 year-old rising sophomore at American High School. Coming from a relatively competitive school atmosphere, through FUSD Challenge Success, I strive to bring a realization in my peers that there are many other things that matter in life other than grades and expand the real meaning of the word “success” as that signifies a deeper definition than just some numerical values, which definitely don’t define anyone’s triumph. In my free time, I love to sing Indian classical music, draw and paint realistic acrylic portraits.