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MEET OUR FOUNDING TEAM

The team consists of Francis Ruan, Michael Leff, Michael Manche, and Jeronimo Sepulveda Sagaseta, all influential student leaders on the Los Altos High School campus.

Co-Founder

Francis Ruan

Francis Ruan, a 17-year-old senior, attends school at Los Altos High School in CA, is a passionate student and plays Varsity Football and runs Varsity Track and Field. Founder of Los Altos Vintage, a clothing business that helps to aid in the riddance of Fast Fashion, and donates 10% of profits to Elevated Youth. Currently, he is a marketing data analyst intern for Pre Snap, an app that gives  Unlimited access to hundreds of college football cut ups, coaching videos, and drills. On campus he is in the National Honors Society, mentors the Mandarin section for the ELD Foundation, mentors the incoming Freshman for Jumpstart Mentoring, and peer-tutors Calculus and Algebra II on campus. Francis is a Fellow on AI in Medicine at the Los Altos Institution. He is in his fourth year of Student Government (ASB) at school and has taken initiative as Class President Of The Class Of 2025 two consecutive years. He also served as the current ASB president.

“We care about the childhoods of others because we still have one too.” – Francis Ruan

Co-Founder

Michael Leff

Michael Leff, a 18-year-old senior at Los Altos High School in CA, is a dedicated student and varsity wrestler with a passion for personal growth, sports, business, and entrepreneurship. Co-author of a book on Stoicism available on Amazon, he actively engages in school leadership, community outreach, and spent a summer interning at The Professional Fighters League. In the PFL’s social media division, he focused on enhancing fan engagement and expanding the organization’s online presence through strategic posts and influencer collaborations.

“Everyone has had a time in their lives where they received help, now it’s time for us to give back.” – Michael Leff

Co-Founder

Michael Manche

Michael Manche, a 17-year-old senior, attends school at Los Altos High School in CA, is a student athlete who plays Varsity Football and runs Varsity Track. Michael is a part of the National Honor Society, the class of 2025 class council, Advanced Science Investigation, ASB Activities Commissioner, and serves as a jumpstart mentor where he mentors incoming freshmen. He has experience working at an Orthopedic lab at Stanford where he helped assist in the process of creating synthetic limbs.

“It’s never too late to go out and make a difference.” – Michael Manche

Outreach Director

Jeronimo Sepulveda Sagaseta

Jeronimo, a 16 year-old junior, attends Los Altos High School in CA. He is a student athlete participating on the school Track team as well as a club soccer team. Jeronimo is part of ASB and serves as a jump start member. He also is fluent in Spanish.

“Helping the community around me is only the start of the vision” – Jeronimo

 

Development Director/Operations Manager

Tyler Erdell

Tyler, a 17 year-old senior, attends Los Altos High School in CA. He is one of the lead directors in the engineering program and loves to help kids through the design thinking process.

Meet our staff:

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Hi, I’m Joyce! I love the process of creating art and being able to share it with kids in the community.

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Dhruv Aron: Dhruv is passionate about computer science and business. He’s loved computers from a young age and is excited to inspire the next generation programmers and computer engineers with Elevated Youth!