Speaking & Community
Achievements from conferences, competitions, and campus programs, with links to the original posts.
May–Jun 2025 · ServiceNow Knowledge 2025
My team won the HackZone category of the CreatorCon Hackathon with our app, kNOWich.
At the same conference I met ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott and brought 5 students along.
Knowledge 2025 recap on LinkedIn ↗
2024 · Stella Zhang New Venture Competition
Our team won 1st place in the Social Enterprise category and $10,000, then pitched in the Grand Finale.
Competition post on LinkedIn ↗
2024–2025 · UC Irvine
ServiceNow's Trey Hemmingsen called me "our first-ever ServiceNow campus ambassador." I organized UCI's ServiceNow intro event, "Tacos & Tech," for 100+ students.
In 2025 I launched a program training 100+ UCI students toward ServiceNow certification.
Trey Hemmingsen's post (Nov 2024) on LinkedIn ↗2022 · Legacy Youth Leadership Summit
I spoke on stage at the Legacy Youth Leadership summit and won its pitch competition. After attending the summit, I started the Afghan Economic Development Association (AEDA).
Oct 2023 · 3rd Annual Legacy Ball
I spoke at Legacy Youth Leadership's 3rd Annual Legacy Ball, a gala that raised $125,800+ for free youth leadership and mentoring programs.
Legacy Youth Leadership post on Instagram ↗
Dec 21, 2023 · Spectrum News 1
Spectrum News 1 featured AEDA (@afghaneds), which I started after attending Legacy's summit the year before, and our goal of educating 500,000 kids in Afghanistan by the end of the decade.
The segment covers why I see education as key to Afghanistan's peace and sovereignty.
Watch the segment on Instagram ↗
