Vinay Joshi and Mukul Kulkarni reflect on their high school careers.
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Voices of the Valley Episode #12, Reflecting on high school careers
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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.
Mukul Kulkarni, Copy Editor
Mukul Kulkarni is a Senior at Pleasant Valley High School and will be working as a Copy Editor for the Spartan Shield. He is a passionate musician, teaching himself drumset and successfully auditioning for a snare drum [position on the Spartan Drumline after less than a year of experience. Mukul wishes to continue exploring talents by joining the PV jazz band as a drummer and being a part of Drum Corps International. Hoping to be an engineer in the future, using and teaching STEM principles is a central part of Mukul’s life. Mukul volunteers for the non-profit STEAM On Wheels, an organization that encourages elementary school students to pursue STEM careers by conducting creative hands-on experiments. Mukul has a job as a tutor for Mathnasium, a math only learning center. Although Mukul is undecided about which university he will attend, his creativity and interest for engineering can be seen with his woodworking projects, a skill he taught himself.