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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
FINALE DOSHI-VELEZ
Finale is a graduate student studying computer science and statistics. She believes that happiness is a choice.
FORAM SHAH
My name is Foram Shah and I am a soon to be sophomore at Broad Run High School. I am a 15 year-old from Northern Virginia who is on the debate team and key club. Soon I am going to graduate from Jain School. I am probably one of the shortest teenagers at school. I am very energetic and usually can not stop talking when I am around my friends. I love dancing, music, ice cream, chocolate, traveling, sleeping, my friends and family. I have a hard time drinking milk in the mornings and absolutely hate make-up.
GAGAN PALRECHA
Gagan Palrecha is the CEO of Chirply, founder of The First Time Records, and all around technologist. He holds a bachelors degree from the University of Michigan, and a PhD from the school of Hard Knocks.
GARY FRANCIONE
Gary L. Francione is Distinguished Professor of Law and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law and Philosophy at Rutgers University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey. Professor Francione teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence, human rights and animal rights, and animal rights and the law.
GAUTAM SRIKISHAN
Gautam Srikishan is a recent graduate of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, where he served as a student leader in organizations like Interfaith in Action and Jain Students Association. A musician and composer by training, he spends most of his time playing whatever instruments he can get his hands on. Aside from music, Gautam is passionate about issues of food & hunger, service work, community organizing, interfaith collaboration, and radical acts of kindness. He is a committed vegan and (with parents of Hindu and Jain background) a spiritual seeker.
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YJA CONVENTION 2012 | Tampa, FL
