Manisha Kaura
Manisha Kaura is studying German full-time in preparation to return to school. She is passionate about volunteering, keen to return to her roots in dance, and aims to achieve MD/PhD degrees and also do self-funded social impact work in the fields of mental health reform and neurogenetics biotechnology. An autistic, INTP ADHDer, Manisha was a rising star in creative and nonprofit work who won numerous awards and did highly innovative work that ultimately left her seeking larger scale humanitarian impact after starting a few for-profit businesses in gene therapy and education technology and deciding she has no further interest in the for-profit business world. Manisha's current dream is to make an impact through the academic and nonprofit worlds. Her professional accomplishments include giving a TEDx talk at age 23, filming a documentary at age 24, working in clinical trials at age 24, presenting fashion collections at New York Fashion Week at age 25, being invited into the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture at age 27, running a podcast from ages 27 to 29, hand animating videos from ages 26 to 29, and founding a health-focused nonprofit organization that she ran for 6 years from ages 23 to 29 (with a student organization version of the nonprofit starting at age 19). A Junior League member for 6 years ages 21 to 27, she is well trained in the management of creative and nonprofit organizations and is also both a former World Economic Forum Global Shaper in Australia and a former Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts in England. Her experiences of living in different cities and abroad from a young age have informed her global citizen approach to her life and her future.