Commonapp activities

Type	Position / Leadership	Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12	hrs/wk	Organization	What I did: - Responsibilities I had - Problem I solved	- Impact I had on community - Skills I gained - Honors I earned	Activity Description
Community Service (Volunteer)	President, Water Solutions & Student Affairs	9 10 11 12	5	Maji Wells [Tanzania and United States] & Project FUEL [India]	- Provided clean and accessible water to the Maasai People - Deployed 10 water harvesting units. - Leadership of student teams on ground	- saved 7 hours a day on avg for walking for water for 5k maasai - project management and adaptablilty - Next Gen Forsight Practicioners Young Voices (NGFP-YV) - UN SDG 6 award - International Melvin Jones Award for humanitarian efforts - School level magazine article	Deployed 10 water harvesting units; saved 7 hrs/day of walking for 5K Maasai; Intl. Next Gen Young Voices, UN SDG Award; Intl. Melvin Jones Award
Social Justice	Researcher, "Maasai Water Units Impact"	9 10 11 12	2	Maji Wells [Tanzania and United States] & Project FUEL [India]	- Recorded information surrounding impact of water harvesting units in 40+ interviews. - 2x School enrollment - 3x Economic Activity - Re-engaged community efforts to betterment of society	- academic rigor and research skills - interviewing skills - Presented at MDCON 23 w/ 600 person international audience - Paper in Peer Review at NHSJS	Did 40 interviews; 2X school enrollment; 3X more economic activity; reduced sickness; In peer review in NHSJS; Speaker Africa MDCON23 w/600+ audience
Environmental	Researcher, Remote Sensing & AI	11 12	5	Independent Project	- Lead researcher - Using AI + Remote Sensing to map populations of 50k Maasai - Using data to scale Water Harvesting Initiative	- Now have survey data mapping population of Maasai - Using data to deploy more water harvesting units more effectively	AI+satellite imagery for mapping population of 50K Maasai to deploy 100+ water units; Present @ Univ. of Exeter, UK [ML4EO'24]; Peer review at NHSJS
Journalism/ Publication	Creative Writer	9 10 11 12	3	Independent Projects	- Writing stories, Opinion pieces, poems, etc. - Needed to get more involved in creative aspect of my life	- Published Writing in "The Ravens Perch" - Published Writing in "Beyond Words" magazine - Routine and creativity	Published in the international publications The Ravens Perch, Beyond Words, and PALM. Active @ roshantaneja.stck.me , also Host school podcast series
Computer/ Technology	Hardware Captain	9 10 11 12	6	Robotics Team	- Design and build and wire all 5 robots - troubleshoot designs and maintain design heirarchy in CAD - Built a whole robot alone in 48 hours to be a regionals finalist	- Sent one robot to state in 23' - built 3 robots that went to state in 24' - learned mentorship and leadership	Built one robot in '23. Lead all 3 robots to State level in '24. Mentoring 3 freshmen. Built a robot in 48 hours that was a Regionals finalist
Theater/Drama	Co-President & Founder	10 11 12	2	Improv Club	- Revived previously extinct improv club with 3 friends - Organized external coach improv workshops - Organized on-stage events for school to attend - Ran weekly Improv Sessions		Revived extinct club; organized 2 workshops with coaches; led 5 on-stage events; grew memerbship to 20 members; Run weekly sessions
Student Govt./Politics	Class Officer	11 12	2	Sacred Heart Preparatory			1 of 4 class officers, planned and executed 25 events; Introduced 3 new annual, cross-grade events across 500+ students. Will be recurring traditions
Work (paid)	Sales and Social Media	9 10	12	Calabazas Cyclery			Migrated inventory from punch cards to digital system, sold 30 bikes; fixed bikes; improved digital presence[calabazascyclery.com, usboss.bike]
Internship	Software Engineering Intern	10	8	Fluxon Apps			Built software tool to move from manual auditing to automated auditing, billing system saving 2000 annual man-hrs; First intern for the company