Marvin Ridge High School will be hosting a TEDxYouth event on January 29, 2016 as a way to allow our student population to actively engage in the global knowledge community. We have elected to fully open the opportunity for student speakers to allow these students to explore their interests in meaningful ways and share their perspective on a global scale.

Marvin Ridge High School
2825 Crane Road
Waxhaw, North Carolina, 28173
United States

Aathmika Krishna

MRHS Student

Ava Erfani

MRHS Student

Ava Erfani is currently a junior at Marvin Ridge High School. She intends on pursuing a career in medicine and its modern applications to society. When she isn't at school, she enjoys playing the piano and the santur, a traditional Persian instrument. She hopes to one day join the organization Doctors Without Borders after her studies.

Danielle Sofio

MRHS Student

Jainith Patel

MRHS Student

Jainith is a 10th grade student interested particularly in the fields of biology and mathematics. He enjoys doing scientific research in his free time. He is aspiring to become a cardiologist and researchist involved with treatments for various illness such as cancer.

Julia Herring

MRHS Student

Justin Napolitano

MRHS Student

Katie Mueller

MRHS Student

Katie Mueller is currently a junior at Marvin Ridge High School. Katie is interested in STEM topics and plans on majoring in engineering in college. Outside of school, Katie enjoys running and is on the cross country and track teams. Katie also enjoys travel. She has visited England and Germany and looks forward to her trip to the Galapagos Islands this summer.

Nick Mitchell

MRHS Student

Nicholas Mitchell, better known as Nick Mitchell, is a standard human originating from the suburban jungle of Lake Zurich, Illinois. His quest to obtain cognizant understanding of the world began soon after his existence, upon which he found the joys of experience. Specifically, Nick took interest in the fields of science, ranging from evolutionary biology to astrophysics. Any and everything pertaining to empirical or theoretical investigations of the universe were at the forefront of his brain. That is, until he discovered philosophy. Its ability to make him question surroundings abstractly drew upon not only the fields of science, but instead every aspect of human understanding. Around this time he found a deep connection to nature and the outdoors, frequenting the local wilderness of his American homeland. His foray into nature resulted in his spiritual fulfillment, which he was able to apply to all walks of his insignificant terrestrial existence.

Roark Habegger

MRHS Student

Roark is a senior at Marvin Ridge High School, where he is enrolled in the International Baccalaureate Program. His main interests are in the fields of mathematics, physics, and economics, all of which he plans to pursue in undergraduate studies. These areas have developed from a young age, through learning about them from books such as Michio Kaku’s Hyperspace and Steven Levitt’s Freakonomics. While expanding his knowledge is his own highest priority, he also has interest in physical fitness. He has been running for over 7 years, and was a part of MRHS’s varsity cross country team for four years. He has been a captain of this team ever since his sophomore year. Furthermore, he has a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and experience backpacking in the Appalachian Mountains.

Ryan Alexander

MRHS Student

Ryan is a senior in the IB program at Marvin Ridge High School and works as a math tutor. He has obtained a black belt in Tae Kwon do and is currently training in boxing. He strives to earn a degree in computer science and enter the field of video game design.

Sam Peach

MRHS Student