The Khan Academy Content Student Advisory Council

The Khan Academy Content Student Advisory Council Here at Khan Academy, we are continually expanding our library of videos, text explanations, and practice questions across many subjects. To help guide us in creating content that truly meets student’s needs, we assembled a Student Advisory Council who have been working with Khan Academy for the past 2015-2016 academic school year.The Student Advisory Council is a selective program that comprises high school and college students who care about learning and want to help other students succeed. Every month for the past academic year, the students’ consistent and valuable feedback have shaped our educational content and have enabled us to provide the most helpful resources for students around the world.In this blogpost, we want to highlight these Student Advisory Council members who have contributed significantly to Khan Academy. Below, you can read more about their background and what motivated them to work with Khan Academy.-Alejandrina Gonzalez Reyes: Senior at St. Brendan High S chool attending Stanford University next fall for college. Born in Mexico, but living in Miami for about 6 years. I love Khan Academy and wanted to get involved somehow. It was a great experience.-Amy Fan: High school senior at Bellaire High School in Texas. Ive always wanted to know how students could offer their feedback to Khan Academy and learn about whats going on behind the scenes.-Andrea Wasylyk: Sophomore at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY state. Khan Academy has helped me through high school and into college, and Im so glad I had the opportunity to help improve this amazing site!-Andrew Vaughn: I am a sophomore at Cornell University, and I am originally from Moraga, CA. I really admire the way organizations like Khan Academy are working to expand educational access, and I wanted to help in this mission.-Aniko Nowakowski: I am a graduating senior at St. Josephs Academy in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I wanted to become involved as a student advisory council member for Khan A cademy because this organization has helped me so much in my academic and personal career, and I feel called to give back and help out in any way possible! It has been a wonderful learning experience that has allowed me to grow as a student and a leader.-Asha Ravichandran: Senior at Revere High School in Ohio. I joined the Student Advisory Council to impact the changing face of education and to make a difference in the lives of my peers.-Brandon: Senior at Logan High School, from Utah. Khan academy has really helped me out so I thought I would like to give back and help others.-Brendan Guerin: Junior at Kings High School in Ohio. Im passionate about finance and have been investing since sixth grade. Khan Academy helped me learn the basics of finance as a kid and its only fitting I give back.-Caroline Li: Freshman in College, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia/Canada. I wanted to take an active hand in improving and developing one of the most helpful and accessible student reso urces out thereâ€"a resource that personally saved me from calculus!-Catherine Yeo: Sophomore in high school, Basis Independent Silicon Valley (but transferring to Stanford Online High School) in California. My vision of improving global education and making an educational impact, especially through technology, perfectly aligns with KA’s vision of “You Can Learn Anything.”-Elizabeth Griffin: I am a junior (rising senior) at Notre Dame Academy in Massachusetts. I loved being able to contribute to Khan Academys mission for global education at such a young age-Emily Jones: Senior at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Florida. Khan Academy saved me as I struggled through calc based physics last year and I wanted to help expand the content to help the next group of students in my situation-Grace Sawicki: I am currently a junior at Hopewell Valley Central High School, located in New Jersey. I was motivated to join the SAC because I wanted to help improve the articles and videos th at I found helpful and useful to use in challenging classes.-Jonathan Ort: I am a junior in high school, attending Kent Denver School in Englewood, Colorado. I applied to the SAC to engage with Khan Academy on a deeper level. As an appreciative user of Khan Academy’s many resources, I was excited to give back.-Juan Lazaro: I’m a junior in Rio Vista High School in California. I simply wanted to try something new and see what I could learn.-Kara Herson: Junior in high school at Woodside High School, California. Khan Academy provides an amazing service to students across the world, and I wanted to help them further their mission of providing a world class education for everyone.-Keila Delgado-Cruz: Hi, my name is Keila Delgado. I am currently a junior enrolled in Western Reserve Academy high school in Hudson, Ohio USA. My home is in Brazil, but I am attending a boarding school for all of my high school. I worked on Khan Academy over the summer and was motivated to participate in be ttering the website and spreading the word since it helped me so much!-Matt McConomy: I’m a college freshman attending Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Ive used Khan Academy so much in the past for homework and study help, and just wanted to give back by contributing towards improvements to make KA better for everyone.-Natalia Zielinski: I am a junior at John Hersey High School in IL. I joined the SAC because i have a great interest in teaching and motivating others to pursue STEM in the future.-Sage Simhon: Originally from Montreal but currently living in Florida, I am a high school junior at NSU University School. After visiting their headquarters and seeing firsthand all they do behind-the-scenes, I fell further in love with KA and needed to be part of it. SAC was the perfect way!-Shreya Shankar: Freshman at Stanford University, originally from Texas. Ive always benefitted from online education and was super excited to help Khan Academy come up with new content to reach out t o so many aspiring students.-Shreya Srivastava: Im a senior at Haslett High School in Michigan. Ive always believed that education should be both global and enjoyable. I joined the SAC because I wanted to help improve online resources for students around the world.-Vincent Tse: I’m a Senior from Arroyo High School; will attend UCLA in California for Fall 2016 as Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology major. To students with limited resources, I understand how vital websites like Khan Academy are in fostering academic growth. By improving the content, I hope that I can impact others learning.-Vrinda Deshpande: Im a senior at Glenelg High School in Maryland. I wanted to give back to the website that has helped me through so many chem tests! And help develop this awesome and modern education platform to help other youth :)Interested in joining the Student Advisory Council?If you are a student in high school (Junior or Senior year) or college (Freshman or Sophomore year) in th e US or Canada who is interested in serving on the SAC for the 2016-2017 academic school year, we want to hear from you! Fill in this application form by July 29, and we will inform successful applicants by the end of August if you have been selected.