Our Team
Executive Directors
Founders
Celeste Abourjeili
Aqsa Anjum
Chief Executive Director
Michael Clarke
Past Executive Directors (2021-2022)
Sophia Lin
Executive Directors
(2022-2023)
Winni Ye
Finn Charest
2022-2023 Board
Writing Director
Lucia Gallo
English Director
Angelina Xie
Math Director
Bin Gao
Chief Marketing Officer
Duncan Park
SHSAT
2022-2023
Conor Van Casey
Wang Mak
Holly Shortell
Bin Gao
Kaden Liu
Tegh Pawar
Samiha Ahmad
Biprabrati Paul
Kristine Wong
Afeefa Azhar
Afia Ayesha
Asiya Ehsan
Tutors
2021-2022
Angelina Xie
Antara Adhikary
Asif Anzum
Bin Gao
Daniel Khen
Edwin Cheng
Eiki Shido
Emily Shang
Erica Semaya
Hridia Tanha
Jamie Lee Nicolas
Jason Gao
Partnering Middle Schools
I.S. 181 Pablo Casals Middle School
Democracy Prep Endurance Middle School
P.S./I.S. 76 A. Phillip Randolph School
M.S. 477 The Creston Academy for Responsibility and Excellence
Community Health Academy of The Heights
Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy
Michael Clarke
Former Executive Director
My name is Michael, and I’m an alumni executive director at Aim. Over the course of five years, I’ve served as a tutor, education director, and executive director. I currently attend Brown University, studying biochemistry and business with the intention of going to medical school. For secondary school, I attended Queens High School for the Sciences at York College. I’m responsible for overseeing the entire organization and guiding the current executive directors to ensure that the program runs smoothly in all sectors. I look forward to working with you all!
Bin Gao
Director of Mathematics
My name is Bin Gao, and I’m 17 years old and a senior at Bronx Science. I’ve been working with Aim since my sophomore year as a tutor, and now I work as both a tutor and the director of mathematics! As director of mathematics, I’m responsible for creating lessons and worksheets in math for our students and tutors to use. I can’t wait to work with you all this year!
Duncan Park
Chief Marketing Officer
My name is Duncan and this is my second year with Aim. I am a Sophomore attending Stuyvesant High School and I'm the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the Aim Project! As Chief Marketing Officer, I oversee things such as our website and social media accounts. I also tutor kids for the SHSAT and I'm extremely excited to be working with everyone this year!
Finn Charest
Executive Director
Hey! I’m Finn, a junior at Stuyvesant High School, and I’m one of the Aim Project Executive Directors. In my spare time I like to play Bridge (the card game), watch movies, and solve Sudoku puzzles.
Angelina Xie
Director of English
Hi, I'm Angelina, a current senior at the Bronx High School of Science. I am the ELA Director for reading comprehension and I've been working with Aim for 2 years now. In my free time, I like drawing, playing the guitar, and browsing Pinterest.
Agsa Anjum
Co-Founder/Former Executive Director
Hi, I'm Agsa and I am a co-founder of Aim and a former director. I currently am a junior at Macaulay Honors College, Pre-Med studying for a masters in Public Health and Policy.