Executive Team
Neela Bandla
Margot McCarty
Margot McCarty
Hello! My name is Neela Bandla and I am the founder of Raise the Bard. I am currently a sophomore in high school. I love learning about history, English, and many STEM related topics and how it all interconnects. In my freetime, I love to paint, draw, and especially read. So, of course making Raise the Bard was an absolute game changer in
Hello! My name is Neela Bandla and I am the founder of Raise the Bard. I am currently a sophomore in high school. I love learning about history, English, and many STEM related topics and how it all interconnects. In my freetime, I love to paint, draw, and especially read. So, of course making Raise the Bard was an absolute game changer in how I think about the many plays about Shakespeare, and I can not wait to expand this program to engage with different opinions.
Margot McCarty
Margot McCarty
Margot McCarty
Margot is a fifteen year old sophomore in high school. They have always loved the humanities with an emphasis on history. So of course reading Shakespeare was a given to give insight in to the time period. Margot firmly belives that things like education, housing, healthcare, and other basic needs should not be commodified. This is refle
Margot is a fifteen year old sophomore in high school. They have always loved the humanities with an emphasis on history. So of course reading Shakespeare was a given to give insight in to the time period. Margot firmly belives that things like education, housing, healthcare, and other basic needs should not be commodified. This is reflected in the work they put into not only this project but others as well. In their freetime they draw/paint, watch youtube, study, and go on walks!
Kimberly Zhang
Kimberly Zhang
Kimberly Zhang
Hey, I'm Kimberly! I'm a 10th grade student who has a love for art, music, and science. One of my biggest passions is community involvement and hope to give back-- one sonnet at a time!
Samaya Shah
Kimberly Zhang
Kimberly Zhang
Samaya is a sophomore at the Pingry School in New Jersey and a budding social entrepreneur. Samaya built the National Young Leaders Association to educate her generation on the new directions of business. In her free time, she enjoys playing squash as well as reading. Her favorite subject in school is English.