TEDx in photos: the 2022 event featured students and community members who are Parts of a Whole
Jan 8, 2022
Student and guest speakers presented during TEDxMountainViewHighSchool, a day-long event full of activities, videos, and talks that were connected the 2022 theme, “Parts of a Whole.” Presentations covered topics including the fear of going first, finding strength in community, and ethnocentrism in America. The event took place on Friday, Jan. 7 in the theater.
Period 2 and tutorial speakers
Photos by Carly Heltzel and Katharine Tsang 
Juniors Sawyer Gavira and Brent Bennion announce the next TEDx speaker. The pair emceed the all-day event. 
Senior Esin Demiray talks about the fear of going first and how we can overcome the cycle of social cues and talk to one another. 
Guest Speaker Svasti Patel talks about the untapped energy of trust 
Sophomore Rohan Shankar talks about being a change maker 
Guest Speaker Tim Lynch talks about authenticity in work and life 
Sophomore Citlani Orellana talks about the diversity of stories of people from Mexico despite being stereotyped as a monolithic culture. 
Students solve the MVHS riddle of who set off the fire alarm 
The clues for the riddle are displayed on the screen
Period 4 and 6 speakers
Audience members compete in a game of MVHS Jeopardy 
Juniors play a game of rock-paper-scissors to decide the winning team in Jeopardy 
Junior Billy Peir talks about bringing energy to a team like baseball player Munenori Kawasaki 
Guest Speaker Margaret Abe Koga talks about individualism versus collectivism in politics 
Senior Lorenzo Varlaro talks about finding strength in community after undergoing a 10 surgery to remove a benign brain tumor that was deteriorating his vision. 
Junior Blythe Powaga talks about her relationship with her late mother in a spoken word poem 
Senior Allie Nguyen talks about ethnocentrism in American history curriculum 
Guest Speaker Christa Gannon talks about living a life of leadership and her non-profit for incarcerated juveniles 
Senior David Fomin talks about his lessons from his medical internship in Kenya 
Student and guest speakers answer questions from the audience at the end of the day
