Ryan Yeo '24 graduated with a BA (Hons.) in Philosophy from Yale-NUS College, where they won the 2024 Philosophy Capstone Prize for their capstone titled “The Structural Quotational Account of Phenomenal Concepts.” They currently work as a Philosophy Research Assistant at Yale-NUS and as an early childhood educator. During their time at Yale-NUS, they were Managing Editor of The Octant and Co-President of Yale-NUS Improv, where they performed in 14 shows, facilitated 5 improv workshops, and performed in three international improv festivals. Apart from their involvement with Yale-NUS Improv, they founded two other improv troupes, 7-Star Cendol and Kingfishy, and have designed and facilitated 5 other improv workshops exploring social issues in the philosophy of games, climate justice, Buddhism, and the philosophy of gender. Their poetry has been published in local anthologies such as “Contour” and “SG Poems 2017-2018,” and is forthcoming in SUSPECT. 

Manisha Saigal ’24 graduated from Yale-NUS College with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Environmental Studies and a minor in Arts and Humanities, specialising in human-wildlife interactions and marine conservation. Soon, she will begin work as a marine and coastal environmental consultant at DHI Singapore. Throughout her time at Yale-NUS, Manisha was Co-President of Yale-NUS Improv, where she facilitated 5 improv workshops and performed in several sold-out shows on campus and in international improv festivals in Hanoi, Manila, and Singapore. Outside of her work with Yale-NUS Improv, Manisha also facilitated 3 improv workshops on social issues, including one on play and nature therapy at the University of Virginia and one on climate forum theatre at Yale-NUS College.