Volunteer Highlight: Lola Ravid
Boundless Brilliance would not be able to carry out its mission, provide amazing educational resources, and operate successfully for the past five years without the assistance of our dedicated volunteers and interns.
This month we would like to highlight the contributions of Lola Ravid, who is a volunteer contributor to the Boundless Brilliance blog. You can check out her latest article, “Healthy eating habits for the developing brain.”
Lola Ravid is a pediatric nurse and is passionate about education and research. In 2009, Lola graduated from Mount St. Mary's College with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She has had over ten years of combined experience working with children in hospitals and public school settings. She currently writes engaging content in order to educate and encourage lifelong learning in readers and includes children, parenting, and health topics in her work. Lola’s extensive experiences as a nurse, mother, traveler, and child advocate inspire her to complete each project with a relatable and evidence-based approach through her unique perspective.
Since 2016, Lola has volunteered with the Selective Mutism Association and is an accredited leader for La Leche League International. She is a polyglot, philomath, and self-proclaimed historian. Lola currently works from home and lives in Israel.
New Board Member: Azi Mohebbi
After serving for two years on our Advisory Council, Azi Mohebbi joins our Board of Directors. She also serves as the Chair of the Finance & Fundraising Committee.
Azi Mohebbi graduated from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, with an MA and Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics. She has work experience at Pacific Bell/SBC Communications as the Director of Customer Satisfaction, analyzing customer data through statistical analysis and reporting to the company's upper management.
Azi has also served as a volunteer in nonprofits throughout the years as a treasurer, in fundraising, and in donations solicitation for events benefiting communities in need around the Bay Area. Currently, she is a co-president of the EPFL Alumni U.S. West Coast Chapter, organizing speaker and networking events for the alumni in the region.
Azi is fluent in English, French, and Farsi, and thrives in giving back to the community.
New Board Member: Julie Holt
We are also excited to welcome Julie Holt to the Boundless Brilliance Board of Directors!
Julie Holt, MBA CNP, is currently the Sr. Manager of Data & Insights for Disney Publishing Worldwide. She loves creating meaningful change through the power of storytelling with data. She holds an MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College and a B.S. In Nonprofit Management from George Dean Johnson, Jr. School of Business & Economics at the University of South Carolina Upstate. She is also a certified nonprofit professional from the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. She enjoys reading, exploring the local cuisine, and traveling in her free time.
Amazon Smile makes giving back easy
Did you know that you could support Boundless Brilliance by simply shopping?
Amazon drivers probably visit your house weekly, so why not make your money go further, by allowing a percentage to help support Boundless Brilliance?
Boundless Brilliance is listed on AmazonSmile! Next time you shop on Amazon, select Boundless Brilliance as your charity of choice at the checkout! Your price will stay the same, but Amazon will make a donation worth 0.5% of the purchase amount to support our work to increase equity, diversity, and inclusion in STEM.
With the holidays around the corner, it is the perfect time to register for Amazon Smile.
start the giving season early
We have partnered with Minted this Holiday season, and we are excited to announce that they are offering a 20% discount on their unique stationary and custom gifts to supporters of Boundless Brilliance.
Shop here: https://www.minted.com
Use code: FUNDRAISEBOUNDLESS at checkout.
Minted will also donate 15% of the proceeds from all purchases made in support of Boundless Brilliance to our organization.
Don’t wait! With an offer this great, you can get a jump start on your holiday gift-giving.
elin nodegren
“Education is one thing no one can take away from you.”
ellen pao
“We need to understand that if we all work on inclusion together, it’s going to be faster, broader, better, and more thorough than anything we can do on our own.” – Ellen Pao, Project Include CEO
