First Year Recap: The Hatchery Founder Fellows Program

The Hatchery Founder Fellows Program (formerly known as The Take Flight Fellowship), has just completed its first year! This program supports Emory student founders of both for and nonprofit organizations to identify a sustainable business model for their organization and begin to scale its impact. Students are offered a year long curriculum, peer to peer coaching sessions, individually selected Alumni mentors, and $2000 of funding.

Each project has made tremendous strides towards their goals of sustainability and scale and The Hatchery can’t wait to begin working with the 2022-2023 cohort in the Fall. See below for information on these inspiring student founders and their organizations.

Adway Gopakumar (23C, BS), Liberation Through Education: A nonprofit organization that raises funds and provides necessary tools for underserved children across the globe to obtain a foundational primary education.

John Gulledge (23PhD), Kelly Duquette (23PhD), Mary Taylor Mann (23PhD), Puck Project: A Shakespeare performance learning program for kids facing housing insecurity in the Atlanta metro area.

Jordyn Turner (22C, BA / 22B, BBA), ed(you): A platform that offers targeted tutoring and personalized resources for K-12 students to do better in the classroom and in life.

Katie Kartchner (21N, MN), ClearHealth: A software application that eliminates expensive surprise medical bills by using AI to instantly guide consumers through their health care coverage.

Katie Zhang (23C, BBA), Emily Kim (23C, BBA) Yifei Gao (23C, BA) A sustainable fashion club where activists and designers come together to spread awareness on upcycling, reducing consumption, and reusing pre-owned items.

Nithya Narayanaswamy (23C, BS & BA), Plastic Free Emory: A student led initiative dedicated to phasing out unnecessary single-use plastics on Emory’s campus through education, outreach, policy change, and a Break Free From Plastic Pledge that was recently signed by President Fenves.

Sheharyar Lalani (21, MSPH), SS Design: A small business that collaborates with small businesses to elevate their online presence.

Yifei Gao (23C, BA), Art for Heart: An idea foundry, knowledge-design space, 501(c)(3) certified nonprofit organization at the intersection of art and activism.

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