Social Media Sub-Committee

Reese Langdon is a senior at The College Preparatory School in Oakland, California. She serves as head of the NNEA social media sub-committee and attended the SNP-Reach program in the summer of 2023. In addition to founding her school’s first affinity group for neurodivergent students, Reese volunteered with SNAPkids in Berkeley, CA as a swim instructor for autistic kids and serves as a summer counselor at Camp We Go in Lafayette, CA for kids with autism and other developmental disorders. As someone who has grown up neurodiverse, Reese believes passionately in building community and spreading awareness about neurodiversity. In her free time, Reese loves listening and playing music, fashion, writing, and swimming.

Annie is a rising junior at Orange County School of the Arts. She serves as a part of NNEA's Social Media committee. As an advocate for neurodiverse individuals, she hopes to drive meaningful change in educational and workplace settings. She hopes to study neuroscience and psychology to better understand herself and the world around her. In her free time, she enjoys painting, spending time with her friends by the beach, and playing with her dog.

Erin is a senior at Gretchen Whitney High School in Cerritos, California. She is a part of the social media subcommittee. Erin is interested in researching and advocating for learning disorders and the intersectionality in children and education. Erin has been a part of various organization's neurodiversity advocacy initiatives and projects and has attended the 2024 SNP-REACH Camp. She hopes to major in cognitive sciences or neuroscience in the future! She strives to push for more inclusivity and understanding of neurodiversity in education systems as a part of NNEA! Aside from neurodiversity, Erin enjoys gaming, photography, spending time with friends/family, and making playlists!

Aidan Kwon is a sophomore at Valley Christian High School in San Jose, California. He attended SNP-Reach in 2024 and was amazed about the mysteries and capabilities of the human mind and how certain neurological conditions can affect cognition, problem solving, and even personality in often unpredictable ways. He also tutors autistic kids in different types of math. As part of the NNEA Social Media Subcommittee, he is eager to find ways to assist neurodivergent individuals with communication, information processing, analytical, and other skills which will hopefully turn into methodologies and tools that will help equip other groups and individuals to better serve the neurodiverse community. In addition to his interests in neurodiversity and neurological science, he also loves studying physics and math and playing music. In his free time, he loves playing basketball, watching sports, and hanging out with his friends.

Marianne is a junior at Portola High School in Irvine, California. She is currently a member of the NNEA social media committee and joined due to her interest in social science and social change. Marianne is the assistant Opinion Editor of their school newspaper and a staff writer who creates multimedia content. She is committed to combatting misinformation about neurodiversity and news. In her free time, she can be found reading, debating people on the internet, writing poetry, editing content, unwinding with music/videos, or bonding with their loved ones.

Aditi Athuluri is a junior at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California. She is currently working under the Social Media subcommittee at NNEA. Aditi was introduced to NNEA at the Stanford Neurodiversity Project 2024 where her interest in neurodiversity sparked. She enjoys sleeping, reading books, and playing Minecraft in her free time.

Ella Song is a sophomore at Irvington High School in Fremont, California. She is serving on the NNEA Social Media Committee. Ella is interested in exploring different mediums and formats that can be used to spread awareness about neurodiversity. She works for her school newspaper and hopes to increase NNEA's social media reach through posts, lives, Q&As, and more. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, drawing, and writing.

Edison Jun is a neurodivergent high school student in 12th grade at Capital Innovations Academy and a DSPS student at Sacramento City College. Since his slow-processing brain function causes him to struggle a lot when doing his work, he uses his coping skills and asks for breaks. As a volunteer for the Special Olympics Northern California leadership program, he helps athletes with disabilities to compete in these sports and use ASL. As a friendly and problem-solving person for climate change, he is working towards a career as a civil and environmental engineer. He encourages others to recycle and drive electric vehicles to reduce carbon emissions. Additionally, he joined NNEA because he believes their mission is to advocate and celebrate everyone’s differences. He is part of the social media subcommittee because he uses different social media platforms.