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Netra Easwaran

Chappaqua Teen is a Recipient of the 2022 New York State Senate Youth Leadership Recognition Award

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Netra Easwaran, a Junior at Horace Greeley High School, was awarded the 2022 New York State Senate Youth Leadership Recognition Award.

This award honors students who have demonstrated exceptional leadership qualities in their school and community and are dedicated to becoming a positive force for change. Well-rounded students who display leadership potential are nominated for this prestigious awards program by teachers, administrators, or other faculty members for their achievements in academics, athletics, arts, and community service. This award was presented to Netra by New York State Senator Peter Harckham (District 40).

Netra is an academically high-achieving and promising young adult who demonstrates initiative both inside and outside the classroom, serving as a role model for her peers. She is an Editor-in-Chief of the Greeley Tribune, Director of Tournaments for Debate, a Vice-President of the Chappaqua Schools Foundation Student Advisory Council, and a Peer Leader. She was also selected to represent Horace Greeley at the League of Women Voters of Westchester Running & Winning Conference.

Netra’s interest in government affairs and international relations began with her involvement in Model UN. She has won Best Delegate Awards at several prestigious collegiate conferences, including Yale MUN, MIT MUN, and Cambridge MUN, and has also chaired international conferences.

To further her passion for youth-led political advocacy, Netra has been engaged in several real-world opportunities. She was a member of Congressman Mondaire Jones’s Youth Advisory Council and interned with State Senator Peter Harckham and Assemblymember Chris Burdick during the school year. This summer, she is interning with the Hudson Valley Office of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and continues to gain valuable work experience through a Summer Fellowship with the office of County Executive George Latimer.

Chappaqua’s Netra Easwaran Receives YoungArts Award for Accomplishments in Dance

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Netra Easwaran, a Junior from Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York, has received a 2022 YoungArts award in Dance. Netra has been recognized at the Merit level–the organization’s third-highest honor–and joins 720 of the most accomplished young visual, literary, and performing artists from throughout the county. Selected through the organization’s prestigious competition, YoungArts award winners, all 15–18 years old or in grades 10–12, are chosen for their caliber of artistic achievement by esteemed discipline-specific panels of artists through a rigorous blind adjudication process.

YoungArts award winners gain access to one of the most comprehensive programs for artists in the United States, in which they will have opportunities for financial, creative, and professional development support throughout their entire careers. A complete list of the 2022 winners is available online at youngarts.org/winners.

“We are thrilled to announce this year’s YoungArts award winners–an extraordinary group of promising, accomplished young artists–and congratulate each of them on this exciting milestone in their artistic careers,” said Executive Director Jewel Malone. “YoungArts empowers artists to pursue a life in the arts beginning at the critical time when many are faced with decisions about life after high school. We are proud to support these young artists at the beginning of their journeys and look forward to becoming a resource for them at all stages of their careers.”

As a YoungArts award winner, Netra joins a distinguished group of accomplished artists such as Daniel Arsham, Terence Blanchard, Camille A. Brown, Timothée Chalamet, Viola Davis, Amanda Gorman, Judith Hill, Jennifer Koh, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Andrew Rannells, Desmond Richardson, and Hunter Schafer.