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Avantika Nair

Avantika Nair

IB Diploma Programme student at Washtenaw International High School in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and guest on the IB Matters podcast discussing the IB student experience with her twin sister Anantika.

Sep 10, 2026

14:16
michigan itself has a lot of different populations and have a lot of different experiences especially with mental health itself and we feel like a lot of the resources that are already available for mental health they might not be as adapted to different organizations different identity groups and that's something that kind of was one of our it's one of our main goals and values at wellness for washington to make sure these different identities from bipoc or low-income people these underserved minorities get the resources that can actually make an impact on their wellness And
14:47
a bit more about our journey with Wellness for Washtenaw.
14:50
In our freshman year of high school, there was this senior that we knew that founded it.
14:54
That time, it wasn't like a nonprofit.
14:56
It was just a seven-person youth-led organization.
15:00
And it was funded by the Bezos Family Foundation because it was like a community change project.
15:04
So at that time, it was just a club at our school.

10 MINS LATER

24:50
Can you speak a little bit about how AI has been involved in your education and you're part of the first generation to really be fully like you have that as an as a possible asset? How has that played a role in in the learning this last few years?

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