Vinay Joshi and Kushi Maridu catch up with former PV teacher, Mr. Fry
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Voices of the Valley Episode #9, Catching up with Mr. Fry
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Vinay Joshi, Business Manager
Vinay Joshi is a Senior at Pleasant Valley and serves as the business manager for the Spartan Shield. A dedicated musician, you may recognize him on the snare drum leading the Spartan Marching Band during football games. He was selected as the 1st Alternate Percussionist for Iowa’s Allstate band, and plays viola in the Quad City Youth Symphony. Vinay is also the president of the PV Economics Club which made it to the finals of the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition last school year. Outside of school, Vinay spends time running a small business specializing in providing investing guidance for digital commodities to paid subscribers. He is the business manager and a programmer for the Winter Soldiers, a robotics team that placed 1st in Iowa’s state FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) competition last year. He spends his free time programming pet projects in Java, adding to his sneaker collection, and traveling the world with his family. Vinay has an older brother, Vivek, who is a senior at Emory University majoring in Political Science on a Pre-Med track. Vinay plans to attend an undecided four-year-university, majoring in computer science and economics so he can contribute to the world positively through technology in the future.
Kushi Maridu, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Kushi Maridu, a former Site Manager for the Shield, is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and takes up the job of being a Co-Editor-in-Chief this year. He ran for the PV cross country team for all four of his years at the high school. Kushi’s favorite classes include Journalism and Anatomy & Physiology. After high school, Kushi plans on going into the medical field and his love for medicine and sciences propelled him to co-found the Future Physicians of America club and passionately leads the club with his peers. He also actively engages in Math Club and Ethics Bowl, leading Math Club and contributing his knowledge to Ethics Bowl. Outside of school, Kushi enjoys going to the gym, watching movies and TV, and playing chess. Kushi is very excited to co-lead the Spartan Shield this year!