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The National Herald proudly presents its inaugural 40 Under 40 edition!

Read 40 incredible bios of young people with Hellenic heritage who have dedicated their lives to helping others and are paving the way for others to follow them.

From artists to doctors... from journalists to politicians... and every field in between... this next generation showcases the traditional Greek spirit by honoring their past and helping their future thereby exemplifying the true meaning of Greek culture in their careers.

We congratulate these rising stars and acknowledge their wonderful achievements! Αliz Κoletas

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Nick and Melanie their organization is seeing the School shooting massacre. Angelis, 33 and 32 happiness and joy that comes “When I arrived in town that day, from giving children their wish everyone was in shock. Memori - One husband-and-wife team items. “We feel empowered that als immediately went up in town in Florida is on a medical mission we can help to make a difference with all the young victims' to help others as a nurse anes - in a child’s life. Play is a vital part names. It was right around thetist and holistic health consul - of growing up because it is not Christmas and it was so heart - tant, respectively. Nick and only fun, it is proven to help with breaking to see all these festive Melanie Angelis are using their normal cognitive, as well as, psy - decorations inches away from a Master’s Degrees and wealth of chological development. We be - memorial bearing children's medical knowledge and holistic lieve all children need to play and names. Every church in town was information to help patients and have the right to play. The hard - holding prayer services. Parents clients stay safe through either est part is finding the places to were crying everywhere you surgery or alternative medicinal place the money /gifts because looked. You could not be there therapies. They are also accom - we have to make sure we re - that day without being emotional plished authors in their field. search the organization and en - attached and in shock yourself to Nick graduated nursing school sure the children that need the the injustice. I imagined the hor - be public, who utilize Agape from Youngstown State and is a items are the ones that will re - ror these children went through Match's discrete services. "They magazine contributor for "AD - complexity of the multidiscipli - ceive our donations.” Several mo - at the school. Dozens of innocent are just trying to find someone VANCE for Nurses" and "New nary scientific field of Regenera - ments in particular stand out the only independent artist in his children were massacred and ter - special to share their life with Physician" and the author of How tive Medicine, where she at - most to them. “We delivered class to chart consistently on Bill - rorized for no good reason. Fam - who they can admire. Celebrity to Succeed in Anesthesia School tempts to create the building roller blades to an orphanage and board Hot Single Sales with mul - ilies had pieces of their souls is an obstacle." Avgitidis-Pyrgio - (And RN, PA, or Med School). blocks of life. As a researcher in were allowed to help them learn tiple releases, holding the great - ripped away. It's one thing to see takis has a Masters in Global Af - Nick always enjoyed science and Regenerative Medicine and Arti - how to use them. We also played est weekly sales gain in the US. a national tragedy like this on TV, fairs – Private Sector & Econom - communication and the ability to ficial Organ Technology with a fo - basketball together and just spent Since then, Akillezz has collabo - but another thing to actually be ics from NYU and her family is communicate with patients and cus on tissue-engineered trans - time with them. Another memo - rated with artist, Tony Yayo, from there watching it unfold before from Serres, Alonissos, and uses anesthesiology as a way to plants for patients in need, rable moment was delivering G Unit on a track titled "Circus" your eyes. I don't think I slept Athens. She enjoys exploring dif - improve a patient’s wellbeing. Antoniadou also serves as the items to an all-girls foster home and most recently, released his well for days. I kept seeing the ferent cuisines, spending time Melanie originally was in the ed - President of the European Health and getting the chance to sit and music video "Gentleman," which children's images in my mind and with family and friends, traveling ucation field having received her Parliament, a platform for eighty talk and enjoy dinner with them.” accumulated a million views on thinking of the fear that had hap - and discussing current events teaching degree from Southeast - young professionals to brainstorm They also just held a special event YouTube in only one month's pened during what was supposed and business strategy. about making Europe a healthier in Baltimore to help Kivitos tou time. Originally, his viral success to be a typical day at school.” place and to rethink the EU Kosmou and proudly share, “This began in 2013 with his music Athans’ father grew up in the vil - Niko Bonatsos, 32 healthcare system. Their syner - video, Gravity, which garnered lage of Trikala and then immi - gistic work between all 5 com - upwards of 2 million views on grated to the United States with Talent is universal while op - mittees outlines a ‘blueprint’ to YouTube. As a result of early suc - his family at 16. She enjoys read - portunity is not and that is a con - reignite action for efficient deliv - cess, Akillezz was invited to per - ing (non- fiction only, please), stant reminder for an early stage ery of healthcare to EU citizens, form at Hot 97 Summer Jam in cooking, hiking and spending venture capitalist investing in utilizing the enormous potential 2014. This courtesy was ex - time in museums. young tech startups. Niko Bon - of emerging health innovation. tended while the New York atsos, the Managing Director at Trying to translate pieces of her based station was expecting the General Catalyst Partners, admits research into the clinics, towards release of his first single, One Maria Avgitidis- he wasn’t the greatest engineer the development of a new thera - Level off Transgressionzz but it Pyrgiotakis, 31 but he loved technology and en - peutic pathway has been a very would be rival station Power trepreneurship. Putting those tough but unique experience to 105.1 which would first air his When people think of match - two together is “magical” and he that has made Antoniadou evolve single. Quickly spreading across making, they may think “old readily points out that the best not only as a scientist but also as the US, "One Level" aired on world”, but not with Maria Avgi - part of his job is “partnering with a person. Translational medical more than 30 major radio sta - tidis-Pyrgiotakis, CEO of Agape ridiculously ambitious founders research requires a wider under - tions. Most notably, his most Match, a modern boutique who are building category defin - standing of the regulatory frame - popular music video, Punching matchmaking firm based in New ing companies.” Bonatsos also work, the financial interdepen - Bag, features model and actress York City. Avgitidis-Pyrgiotakis is spends a lot of time mentoring dencies within the entire Charlotte McKinney who quickly a dating industry entrepreneur young founders and student en - healthcare continuum, as well as rose to fame after her controver - whose natural inclination to con - trepreneurs at Stanford Univer - the establishment of new health sial Carl's Jr. commercial which nect with people and her no-non - sity, YCombinator and other policies that embrace disruptive aired during Super Bowl XLIX. sense attitude helped establish mentoring organizations. Bonat - medical innovations. She explains Akillezz' earliest break was his one of the leading and award sos’ most memorable moments further, “I take baby steps in the international live performance at winning matchmaking firms in in his career came from “invest - world of science, acknowledging Akrwtiri Boutique in Athens, the country. Avgitidis-Pyrgiotakis that failure is part of the process Greece for MTV Greece. Arvani - and her staff of six, known as the and hoping to make fruitful con - tis’ family is from Lefkada, "Agape Team," provide dating so - tributions in the field of regener - Greece and he enjoys reading lutions for busy professionals ative medicine. Each day I take a August we delivered 6000 dollars academic work and writing es - who cannot (or won't) partici - deep dive into research trying to to Kivitos Tou Kosmo which went says. pate in "modern dating" – online disentangle the complex issues towards their wish list item of sites and mobile apps. She ob - associated with the development commercial sized washers and Elaina Athans, 33 serves that modern dating has of artificial organs for transplan - dryers in order to help take care made people “quite spoiled and tations.” Antoniadou is from of the needs of over 400 children. Most people freeze under unfocused" to what’s really im - Thessaloniki and enjoys traveling We are very proud of this event pressure. Very few go on camera portant, or "absolutely over - with friends, skydiving, reading and hope to host another one to to report the news. Elaina Athans whelmed" by the amount of ern University but after research - and exploring new things. continue to help Greece and all is part of the very few. As a TV work needed to be successful. ing her way to health naturally the children that need it in our news reporter for WTVD in "As matchmakers, we vet char - from a variety of puzzling condi - Nikephoros Argeroplos, 21 home country.” If that’s not Raleigh, NC, Athans doesn’t have acter, family values, lifestyle, and tions, she went back to school to & Vasiliki Argeroplos, 17 enough to keep them busy, the the typical desk job- one that she communication style because help others “live a nourished life.” siblings also have launched their wouldn’t want anyway. Before re - that’s what is important when it She received her Graduate and One time two children first app called nudge social dat - porting down south, Elaina was comes to finding a life partner. Masters of Science in Comple - watched a documentary on chil - ing available now for download the lead reporter at YNN Hudson We are very popular among a mentary and Alternative Medi - dren suffering hardships through - at the apple App Store where Valley about an hour north of vast array of backgrounds and cine from American College of out the world so the brother and Greeks can locate other Greeks New York City. She reported on religions, but ultimately we work Healthcare Sciences. She’s seen sister decided right then and within 100 feet of their location Hurricanes Sandy and Irene and with college educated profes - ing via General Catalyst in cate - children with behavioral prob - there to do something about it. worldwide. Also, they each are was invited to travel with World sionals who value privacy and gory defining startups like Class - lems and adults with serious de - That’s how Okay to Play started starting their own clothing line. War II veterans on an Honor high caliber service." Avgitidis- dojo and Snapchat that are now pression and anxiety improve and while Nikephoros and Vasi - More importantly, they are mak - Flight to our nation’s capital. But Pyrgiotakis, considered to be a household brands!” He received their physical well-being just by liki, the CEO and CFO, are now ing sure to follow their passions the most impactful was covering leader in the dating industry as his education at Stanford, the changing their diets and taking young adults, they are still mak - and learning to not be afraid of the Sandy Hook Elementary a whole, regularly consults with University of Cambridge and the health supplements and it is mo - ing dreams come alive across the trying even if they fail. They other dating companies on im - National Technical University of ments like these that inspire her world. Nikephoros and Vasiliki credit the important businessmen proving their user experience. Athens. Bonatsos also worked in to keep pursuing her professional Argeroplos, 21 and 17 respec - in their lives- Pappou and dad- Her company was awarded Best Tokyo at the R&D headquarters path. Melanie is the author of tively, founded a nonprofit orga - with instilling this important Matchmaking Agency at the for Yokogawa Electric Corpora - The Grecian Garden: A Natural nization that recycles old elec - work ethic in them. The Argero - 2016 US Dating Awards, where tion. Bonatsos was born in Path to Wellness. Nick’s parents tronics in order to raise money plos’ family is from Sparta and dating companies were judged Athens and grew up between emigrated from Rhodes as to buy items on wish lists for chil - Domvrena and they enjoy trav - on a number of factors, including Greece and the UK. He enjoys teenagers and Melanie’s paternal dren that are in foster care, or - eling, reading and music. approachability, professionalism, spending time with his wife and grandparents are from Chios. phanages or sick. Niko is a senior innovation, success rate, cost, friends and enjoying the Greek They enjoy writing articles, read - at University of Wisconsin- Madi - John “Akillezz” customer service and reputation. islands every summer. ing books and cooking gluten son graduating in the spring of Arvanitis, 22 Avgitidis- Pyrgiotakis is also one free in their spare time. 2017 with a BBA in Business and of the co-founders of The Match - John Catsimatidis Jr, 23 Real Estate. He is applying to law Philosophy meet hip hop. Po - makers Alliance, an organization Eleni Antoniadou, 28 schools this fall. Vasiliki is a se - etry meet rap. Achilles meet that exists to help collaboration Finding a Republican in New nior in High school graduating in Akillezz. Greek-American John between professional matchmak - York is unique. Finding a young “Where there might have been the spring of 2017. She is apply - Arvanitis who is better recog - ers around the world, and co- Republican who graduated from despair in the face of one patient, ing to colleges in the fall and nized by his stage name, hosts their yearly conference for NYU is almost unheard of. Yet to see that replaced with hope is hopes to study Computer Science Akillezz, released his debut stu - dating professionals each year. John Catsimatidis Jr is not only a gift beyond words.” That’s how and Economics. She plans on at - dio length solo album Transgres - Her most memorable client in - proud of that fact but he’s opti - Eleni Antoniadou stays optimistic tending law school after college. sionzz in May 2015. With his al - teractions involve celebrities or in the challenges of the increased Both siblings say the best part of bum's success, he became the politicians, whose life tends to Continued on page 4

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sources, and coaching services to engineering school for women, tributes her interest in the field passive and active candidates. and as a mentor for the Lean to the influence she received Employers rely on The Muse to Startup Conference. Cavoulacos from her mentors and says the hire top talent by showcasing is also involved with Yale in Tech best part of her job is new dis - their brands and corporate cul - and the Y Combinator alumni coveries. Deligianni received her ture, creating authentic and last - network. Alexandra grew up in Bachelors, Masters and PhD at ing connections with candidates Paris before coming to the US for the University of Crete and still before they even apply.” Since college. “My high school was es - vividly remembers some very starting The Muse five years ago, tablished in 1952 as a school for defining moments in her career. Cavoulacos has led the opera - the children of international per - “One of the most impactful mo - tions and product functions of sonnel working at NATO's mili - ments was when our work was the company. “My big focus has tary command HQ (now in Bel - selected among more than a been on growth and scaling, gium), so it was a hybrid thousand others to be presented making sure that we’re prepared between French public school in an international conference, for what’s coming next. On the and international school with and I received a presentational product front, that’s taking the over 13 different nationalities award as well. I had just finished time to speak to users and supported. In additional to a my first year as a PhD student clients, and really push the en - bilingual curriculum, I was re - das’ family is from Sparta and and I was extremely nervous for velope in terms of user experi - quired to take two additional Crete, and he enjoys playing plat - this presentation, but at the same ence. I’m excited about our work languages, so I graduated high form tennis which is a combina - time, I felt really proud of what on the data and personalization school ready for the global econ - tion of tennis and racquetball we have been doing in this small side, which continues to deliver omy and appreciative of the that is played outside on a minia - lab in the Institute of Molecular more and more value to our power of diversity and cultural ture tennis court as well as trying Biology and Biotechnology in Musers. On the operational side, differences.” Her family is from new restaurants and spending Crete. My second most impactful mistic that his message of oppor - serves on the Emerging Leaders I work to think ahead -- what Athens and she spent every sum - time with family and friends. moment was when I defended tunity and idealism will start a Council of the Federal Enforce - might we need in 3 months, 6 mer visiting her grandparents in my thesis. I will never forget the fire among millennials, maybe ment Homeland Security Foun - months or a year -- and also to Greece. She enjoys reading, long Chrysoula Deligianni, opening speech (before my pre - even those at odds with the GOP. dation. He was recently awarded solve issues as they come up. distance cycling (having biked PhD, 31 sentation) of my supervisor. His His message is two-fold: there the Partner in Caring Next Gen - We’ve grown the company to for 3 weeks from the South of touching words about me and are just as many Republicans as eration Award by The Bridge, an 135 employees through rapid France to Paris) and mentoring From biology class to dance our project made all the effort Democrats out there that are organization focused on housing, growth, so every quarter has a and coaching entrepreneurs in ballet, Chrysoula Deligianni eas - worth the trouble.” She is now concerned with helping people treatment and training for those new opportunity or challenge for her spare time, especially first- ily made her way between both passing those same words of en - and the second part? Don’t lose suffering with both mental illness me to dig my teeth into.” When time founders, women, and non- worlds that she loved so much couragement onto the younger faith in the political system and and substance abuse. Catsima - asked the best part about her job, technical founders. growing up in Greece. And now generation saying, “To all those let it create apathy. Easier said tidis’ family is from Nisyros and she immediately credits her she finds herself using the same young people who love science, than done but if anyone has the he enjoys computer program - team. “It sounds cliché, but I look Nikolas Cromydas, 29 stretching techniques she learned my best advice would be to learn motivation for this mission it’s ming and playing the guitar. forward to coming to work every in ballet class (and a twirl here as much as you can about your Catsimatidis who is determined day because I’m surrounded by If at first you don’t succeed, or there in the biology lab when career path and as early as pos - to show an alternative to the Alexandra Cavoulacos, 30 passionate, smart, insightful peo - try again. Nikolas Cromydas took no one is around) while she sible. And never give up.” Deli - clichéd “dirty ol world of politics” ple who are also collaborative that advice and is now the CEO works as a molecular biologist gianni is from Nafplio and enjoys mindset that has turned off so In Greek mythology, the and kind. We’re all here to build and founder of New Coast Ven - post-doctoral researcher at doing crossfit and spending time many of his peers. “Senator muses are goddesses of various an impactful company; that’s a tures, a design, development and Mount Sinai. She explains how with family and friends. Sanders and Donald Trump have arts. In real life, the founder and hard goal, but doing it together venture capital firm based in her love of biology grew into her struck a chord. They recognized COO of The Muse, Alexandra is part of the fun.” But starting a Chicago. But he says the most current career saying, “I’ve al - Maria Dimakopoulou, 25 how upset Americans are and Cavoulacos is helping millennials company is never easy and there impactful moment of his career ways had a strong interest in sci - how broken they perceive Wash - find their dream job. “The Muse are many highs and lows she ad - was shutting down his first com - In November 2011, Maria Di - ington to be. Laws regarding is the most trusted career site for mits. “The hardest part more re - pany where he had built a busi - makopoulou received an email campaign finance and the influ - Millennials and beyond, chang - cently has been working to main - ness, was accepted into a top 10 from Google. She replied back ence special interest groups have ing the way candidates find their tain our culture as we’ve venture accelerator, pitched 500 and this was the peak that un - needs to change, and we might ideal jobs and helping employers experienced rapid growth. When investors at the incubator’s demo folded many other peaks before finally see that happen. Whether find their best-fit candidates. Se - we were small, those things day and secured a lead investor her eyes that she conquered over you like any of the candidates or lected by over 50 million people came naturally - office outings, only to watch it all crumble in a the following 5 years. “My pro - not, the amount of people paying a year as their career platform regular lunches, etc. But as we’ve matter of months as the invest - fessional passion is Mathematics attention to politics is setting of choice, The Muse delivers grown, my co-founder, Kathryn, ment dollars didn’t come and Computer Science for deci - records. Political apathy is poison quality advice, skills-building re - and I have needed to be much through. Cromydas explains the sion making. Currently, I am pur - to a free and democratic system’s more deliberate about preserving lesson learned saying it taught suing my PhD studies at Stanford, sustainability, and I am happy to the culture that has set us apart.” him humility and perseverance focusing on Operations Research see more people involved on But even the hardest parts bring and the importance of building & Optimization. It has always both sides.” When Catsimatidis the greatest rewards. Getting ac - something that didn’t rely on ex - been my dream to work on re - is not busy staying abreast of the cepted into Y Combinator in ternal funding. That’s where search problems directly drawn local, national and international their winter 2012 class was the New Coast Ventures comes in. ence, and my undergraduate from and applied to industry. I political scene, he is an executive most memorable moment of her New Coast Ventures is a digital training in the laboratory of Prof feel very fortunate to have at the Red Apple Group in the career. “Based on what we knew innovation company helping . Papamathaiakis and Dr. Kretso - worked with Krux, a very dy - energy and investment divisions. of the program at the time, we large companies and entrepre - vali, in IMBB FORTH (Institute namic company in the space of An exciting development coming didn’t think we were the type of neurs build technology solutions. of Molecular Biology and marketing intelligence, as it has soon for the company is their company that YC was looking “The best part of my job is help - Biotechnology), cemented my in - inspired the line of research I am opening of one of the largest bio- for. But we applied anyway, and ing clients bring their ideas to terest in molecular biology and pursuing at Stanford. From 2012 diesel plants in the Northeast YC proved us wrong. We were life. Everyone has an idea. We biochemistry. So the decision to to 2015, I worked at Google, first which will be built in Brooklyn. their first all-female team, as well help make it happen. We help pursue graduate training was in the Operations Research & Op - And that may just be the first as their first team of non-techni - large companies gain a competi - easy. To my favor Professor timization team and then in the stop in Catsimatidis’ dream to cal founders, though I’ve since tive advantage by moving Spilianakis accepted me in his Ad Exchange Optimization team. see North America become 100% learned to code and design.” In quicker than they thought possi - team and together we worked This experience defined my pas - energy independent. Catsima - San Francisco she was an inau - ble and we give entrepreneurs on the spatial organization of the sion for my field.” She earned tidis is involved in the Catsima - gural advisor for Hackbright the necessary innovation tools to genome, since then it has be - bachelor’s and master’s degrees tidis Family Foundation and Academy, the leading software start their first business.” Cromy - come my passion.” She con - from the School of Electrical and

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ing health and creating jobs. “One help provide for his family just Journalism Awards for their In - tion. If I want to make something such organization is Atencion Pri - recently arrived to the States. Af - jured Nurses series. She says, happen I really have to show up. maria en Salud (APS), a commu - ter only living in America for one “The best part of my job is leav - There is no road map and often nity-based organization in the year he landed on the honor roll ing the office and getting out in for each success there are multi - second poorest country in the all through high school and then the community to talk to people ple failures. But my Yiayia used Western hemisphere, Nicaragua. graduated Cum Laude with his about the issues that matter to to always say that failure is the Maravilla Health seeks to develop BBA in Finance from DeVry Uni - them.” Emmanouilidou was born stepping stone to success. And and expand the community versity. Since then he’s tirelessly in Thessaloniki and moved to any good Greek knows Yiayias health entrepreneur (CHE) model focused on financially helping Newton, MA around 12 years are always right.” Huffington fo - best championed by APS. It trains Greek-Americans both in Greece old. She enjoys, running, reading cuses on creating art out of and empowers community mem - and America while currently and taking acting classes. everyday objects saying “I've al - bers to provide basic health care working at the Republic Bank of ways been really interested in services in the most impoverished Chicago. Understanding the eco - Isabella Huffington, 25 creating art out of every-day ob - and remote areas where there is nomic issues happening to both jects. I love that every day I'm no doctor. CHEs learn to take vital countries is paramount to his job A child’s fascination of just making things. That even when signs, assess patients, and provide since many of his clients have fi - simply “making things” can lead the day has seemed hard or un - Computer Engineering of the Na - appropriate treatment and refer - nancial ties to both Greece and ment of Veterans Affairs to help to something so much more and productive I can look down at tional Technical University of rals when specialized care is the United States. But it’s not just World War II veterans who were it’s led Isabella Huffington on a what I've done and see progress Athens. “I always had great re - needed. APS also helps Commu - about the financial success of his exposed to mustard gas, and journey of self-awareness and ex - and say I made that. I think there spect for this academic institution, nity Health Entrepreneurs estab - clients that matters to him- it’s hundreds of people have been ploration as an accomplished are so many beautiful, interest - which spawned many genera - lish small pharmacies in their own the physical and spiritual success able use NPR’s online database artist. Perhaps her secret to suc - ing things around us that we just tions of acclaimed Engineers, in - communities where medications of those in need that has to determine whether they or cess is also the freedom to work don't notice because we've for - cluding my grandfather. So, in are otherwise not available.” Drakopoulos going on mission their relatives has been exposed unstructured by the weights of gotten how to really look at 2014, when I graduated with Dodd has been working with APS trips throughout the year. He to mustard gas. Recently she and static nonsense but allowing the things. I've always wanted to 10/10 GPA, the highest ever since he was a medical student proudly supports organizations coworkers at NPR were honored inspiration of art to carry her bring beauty into the every-day. achieved in the 200-year History in 2004. But it’s not just his work such as Feed My Starving Chil - with two awards: the RFK Award through to the next stage of com - I even wrote my thesis on art and of National Technical University globally that inspires him. He ex - dren, Bread of Life Orphanage and the Television and Radio pletion. She explains her moti - accessibility at university, which of Athens, it was a dream coming plains, “As you may know, the Journalism Award in the 22nd vation saying, “Being an artist true for me.” At school, Maria de - U.S. is currently facing an epi - Annual NIHCM Research and requires constant self-motiva - Continued on page 6 veloped a strong interest in Math - demic of deaths from opioid use ematics, participated and won (prescription narcotics, heroin). several prizes in national and in - To become a part of the solution ternational competitions. Since I underwent training to become the beginning of her studies, she a Buprenorphine prescriber, has been attracted to the chal - which is a medication used to lenging problems in the area of treat opioid addition. I now have Algorithms which also have a the pleasure of caring for a num - tremendous impact on real-life ber of people whose lives were applications and she is seizing any filled with chaos - abusing heroin, opportunity to pursue them. “Un - without work, etc. ... now living doubtedly, the best part of my job productive lives. One of them re - is the people with whom I collab - cently stopped me from walking orate. I am impressed by the peo - out of the examination room, ple I have worked with at Google took my hand, and said "Dr. and Krux. Not only they are in - Dodd, I just want to thank you in Romania and Passage to Life credibly smart and constantly im - for saving my life ... I couldn't in Athens, Greece whose mission proving themselves, but also they have done it without you." Wow, is to reach out and save those put a lot of energy to elevate and just one moment like that contin - suffering from drug addiction, catalyze the contributions of each ues to drive me to do what I do.” prostitution and poverty. He Ioannis C. Zouzias, MD other. One would normally expect Dodd is on the faculty at the De - agrees with the organizations’ such a culture from Silicon Valley partment of Global Health at the belief that a strong foundation companies that change the world, University of Washington and two in their Christian faith is just as but when I experienced it, I was of his primary roles there are to important as food on their table Specialties: amazed. Similarly, at Stanford, mentor public health/medical and clothes on their back. But the intellect of the people with students as well as to direct the Drakopoulos never forgets where • Sports Medicine and arthroscopy whom I collaborate and from Nicaraguan Social Medicine he came from. “I came here as whom I learn, is what motivates Course and Rotation - hosting an immigrant when I was 13. It • Shoulder, Elbow & Knee Reconstruction me most. There are professors medical students in Nicaragua for was very hard for me as I was in • Hip arthroscopy such as Peter Glynn, Susan Athey, a one week didactic course on So - a totally new environment, didn’t Olivier de La Grandville, who are cial Medicine and 5 weeks of ro - speak the language and had to top contributors to the world tations- time with an APS com - support my family. The way that Ioannis Christos Zouzias, M.D., is an attending orthopaedic surgeon at Winthrop University Hospital who specializes progress and inspire me not only munity health entrepreneur, time some of the Greek Americans with their knowledge, but also in a rural hospital/clinic, time in helped me was amazing. Now in sports medicine and shoulder surgery. He received his medical degree from New York University School of Med - with their attitude. I fully entrust an urban hospital/clinic, etc. that makes me want to help peo - icine and completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Columbia University – New York Presbyterian Hospital. them in steering my passion for Dodd’s mother is Greek and her ple in their difficult times.” Drak - During his training at Columbia University he completed a research fellowship in the Columbia University Trauma my field. At the same note, it is parents were immigrants from oupoulos is from Kiato Greece Training Center. He was elected to be chief orthopaedic surgery resident during his final year of training at Columbia certainly a great honor to be the where his family owned success - University. He then went on to complete a sports medicine fellowship at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los latest “Arvanitidis” Stanford Grad - ful automobile and agricultural Angeles where he assisted in the care of multiple professional sports teams including the L.A. Dodgers, the Lakers, uate Fellow in memory of William companies as well as a fruit ex - K. Linvill. The greatest part, how - porting business before immi - and Kings, as well as local high school and college teams. He has also served as one of the physicians for the NFL ever, is that I got to know Dr. Nick grating to the United States. Players Association Collegiate Bowl game and the PGA Tour’s Northern Trust Open. His post-residency training Arvanitidis. He is a remarkable focused on both surgical and non-surgical techniques to treat shoulder, elbow, hip and knee disorders in athletes figure in Silicon Valley, an amaz - Lydia Emmanouilidou, 23 of all levels, from teenagers playing organized sports to weekend warriors and elite athletes. Dr. Zouzias has also ing person, a role-model and I published multiple peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has presented his research at the American Acad - feel very fortunate to have him When telling stories changes emy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) National Meeting. Dr. Zouzias performs shoulder, elbow, hip and knee re - in my life.” In 2014, her solution lives, Lydia Emmanouilidou does - to a three-year-old problem in the n’t do it for the awards… though constructive procedures including total shoulder replacements, and arthroscopic treatment of rotator cuff tears, Intel processors improved thou - sometimes those come. Em - shoulder instability, ACL reconstruction, and hip labral repairs. sands of Intel machines and manouilidou is a Higher Educa - brought her acclaim inside tion Associate Producer for Education: Google, Intel and CERN. In 2015, Boston's NPR station (WGBH) she developed an algorithm that and involved in all aspects of pro - Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York significantly increased the rev - ducing local and national higher Residency: Columbia University-New York Presbyterian, New York, New York enue of Google Ad Exchange Auc - the island of Marmara, which is education reports, including en - Fellowship, Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy: Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Los Angeles, California tion. Over the past years, she has currently modern day Turkey. terprising story ideas, conducting been honored with a number of “They were Asia Minor Greeks research, and mixing radio Board Certification: awards in the field of Computer who were forced to leave their pieces. While working in public Science, including the Intel Inno - home during the Greek-Turkish radio for about two years now Board Eligible, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery vation Award and the Google Population Exchange after World since graduating college, she’s Anita Borg Memorial Award. In War I in the year 1923. They then also has been doing internships Academic & Hospital Appointments: June 2016, Stanford honored her became refugees in Greece and and temp work in journalism with the Annual Award for Out - eventually immigrated to the U.S. since starting college. While Attending Physician, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY standing Academic Achievement My Pappou worked on the rail - working for NPR’s Investigative at the Graduate Level in Manage - roads and eventually settled in Unit, she had the opportunity to Affiliations: ment Science & Engineering. Tacoma, Washington.” Dodd en - contribute some research to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) However, she feels that the most joys international travelling and Peabody Award-winning series impactful and memorable mo - spending time with his wife Maria World War II Secret Mustard Gas American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) ments have not come yet. “This Christofilis and two daughters Testing. The NPR investigation Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) enhances my dedication to offer Evangelia and Elena. found that tens of thousands of even more to my field”. 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Ζούζιας, M.D. Christopher Michael Dodd, 40 A Greek-American doctor Νευροχειρούργος - Εγχειρήσεις Σπονδυλικής Στήλης whose own grandparents were Greek immigrants fleeing war is Alexandros Dimitris Zouzias, M.D., received his medical degree from new bringing compassion and medi - cine to the most medically and York University School of Medicine and completed his residency in neurological socially complex patients locally surgery at the University of Medicine and dentistry of new Jersey (UMdnJ), and globally. Christopher Michael Dodd is Regional Medical Direc - University Hospital in newark. during his training, dr. Zouzias spent one year at tor for Concerto Health, a new University Hospital as a neurointerventional endovascular fellow . breed of healthcare organizations aiming to help improve the lives He was later chief neurosurgical resident both there and at Robert Wood Johnson of those living in poverty and heavy burdens of chronic dis - Hospital in new Brunswick. dr. 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in Maryland, earning the en - our fat cells that decides whether Kioulaphides went with one of dorsement of The Baltimore Sun, they will store excess calories as her classes to Japan that was in - the state's leading newspaper. fat or whether they will burn it volved in a joint effort with the The Sun wrote, "When Republi - as heat (Claussnitzer, New Eng - University of Tokyo to tackle can primary voters go to the polls land Journal of Medicine, 2015). worldwide engineering prob - ...., they should pick the candi - These three papers have major lems. “Getting to travel to Asia date not only best positioned [to implications on our understand - for the first time and meet so win the senate seat] but also to ing of human disease, and on the many friendly people was truly serve the state with distinction strategies for therapeutic devel - incredible! I was able to both see in Washington, and that is attor - opment against some of the most how the students there tackled ney Chrys Kefalas." After finish - important diseases we face today. problems like energy storage, the ing third in a crowded 14-candi - Kellis is from Athens and is a de - global food chain, or education, date field, he returned to help voted father to two children and and at the same time immerse lead the NAM, the largest indus - loves spending time with them myself in the culture, one that is trial trade association in the and discovering the world drastically different from the one through their eyes. that I have grown up in.” started my interest in making art Kioulaphides’ father was born more accessible to more people.” Sophia kioulaphides, 18 and raised in Athens and she vis - Huffington received her Bachelor its her paternal side often. of Arts degree from Yale Univer - The engineering field is only sity. She’s also had solo art exhi - 18% female dominated and Drs. Jason kofinas and bitions in New York City and Los Sophia Kioulaphides is hoping to Antonia Fthenakis Angeles. Her mom was born and help increase that number once raised in Athens and her spare she graduates college. But since kofinas, 32 and 30 time, she enjoys reading and lis - the age of 12, Kioulaphides Moon” has taken Yiorgos tening to audio books- “the more wanted to be an engineer and The Hippocratic Oath is one Kostopoulos all over the world low-brow the better.” Huffington credits her math teacher for en - of the most well-known Greek chasing his musical dreams. also enjoys science-fiction, coun - couraging her to pursue a career medical texts and two doctors “Since I was a child, I used to try music, and the theater. in the STEM (Science, Technol - are upholding that ethical stan - spend a lot of time playing on ogy, Engineering and Mathemat - dard not just as husband and my piano and eventually I Constantino “Deano” ics) field. She talks about her ac - wife but as proud Greek-Ameri - started writing music. The thrill kastis, 33 complishments just in high cans. Jason Kofinas and Antonia of writing new music when the school alone saying, “In senior Fthenakis Kofinas are reproduc - inspiration comes and the magic United States of America say country, representing more than year of high school, I became an tive endocrinology and infertility moments of energy when impro - hello to United Greek Americans. 14,000 manufacturers in the Intel STS semifinalist with my and dermatologist physicians, re - vising and playing music with Kastis is the founder of United United States. He says the most project on artificial neural net - spectively. Jason helps couples other accomplished performers Greek Americans (UGA) the impactful moment was “the works. I felt that this was my with fertility struggles saying, technology and new gadgets, is the best part of my job.” But largest young Greek-American night I lost my first election. De - greatest achievement so far, as I “There are so many 'best parts' and long walks with their the job doesn’t feel like work at social networking groups in spite the outcome, we won over had worked extremely hard on of my job that it is hard to pick adorable puppy. all since this is his passion and North America. In his “spare” thousands of supporters, enough that project for about 2 years. just one. Ultimately, the joy of love at the same time. Two mem - time, he is also founder of Naked to fill a major league ballpark, That entire experience opened helping a couple who has been Cristos kontos, 36 orable moments for Kostopoulos and built a movement that lifts before my eyes a whole a field dealing with infertility to have a happened when he recorded his everyone up and leaves nobody of science that I had not known child is the biggest reward. It What does a BS in criminol - own album in the studio (Last behind.” Kefalas’ father is from about until that moment and makes the many years of hard ogy, a master’s in forensic psy - Trip to the Moon is available on Rhodes, and his maternal grand - made me incredibly curious to work and study worth it.” Anto - chology and a fashion label have iTunes, Amazon and Spotify) and parents are from Karpathos and discover, to explore new frontiers nia is helping those struggling in common? Ask Cristos Kontos when he played at Lincoln Cen - Pireaus, respectively. He enjoys of knowledge. Other than be - with various skin conditions and the founder of MAC&LOU and ter in New York City with the mentoring young people to pay skin cancer. “The field of derma - you’ll get your answer. The com - World Peace Orchestra. And if forward all the great advice and tology is extremely diverse and pany creates leather bags, shoes the hardest part of his job means mentorship he’s received in his exciting. From diagnosing and and other accessories that com - carrying the upright bass, he’s life. treating skin cancers to alleviat - pare to premium Italian brands ready to see what else the musi - ing debilitating skin rashes to and that was his mission saying cal winds bring him saying “The Manolis kellis, 39 performing cosmetic procedures- he embraces “the need to create more you give, the more you the versatility of the field ensures quality products that are reason - take back.” Kostopoulos has Working in computer science you’ll never be bored.” She ably priced.” While it’s difficult shared the stage with a wide since 18, working in genomics points to a recent example that he said to get “people to under - range of performers in the US since 23 and being a professor was very memorable to her. “I stand they don’t need to spend a and Europe. Artists including at MIT since 27 –these are just treated a young woman who fortune to own a quality prod - Ulysses Owens Jr., Michael Moss - Fitfoods, a healthy meal delivery some of the accomplishments of came in with severe, scarring man, Alexander Markov & World company in the Tampa area and Manolis Kellis. He is also an in - acne a few months before her Peace Orchestra, Emilio Solla, co-founder of Acropolis Foods, a stitute member of the Broad In - wedding. I provided her with a Lammy Istrefi Jr., Camille Gainer fresh food manufacturer. Kastis stitute where his research is on treatment regimen and was able Jones, Vitor Concalves, Livio explains why creating UGA was understanding the human to clear her acne prior to the Almeida, Oran Etkin, Joe Gal - so important even on top of his genome and the mechanism coming an Intel semifinalist, I re - wedding. She was so happy that lardo, Douglas Walter, Milcho business demands. “The aspect through which genetic differ - ceived several other awards she could enjoy her photos and Leviev, Tuomo Uusitalo, James of unifying Greek-Americans ences predispose humans to dis - throughout my time in high special day without stressing Shipp, Celia Owens, Sly Scott, across the nation that share sim - ease. Kellis loves blending his school. In my sophomore year about how her skin looked!” Ja - Spiros Exaras, Costas Baltazanis, ilar enthusiasm and passion for love of computer science and (2013), I got a bronze medal at son understands a patient’s stress Kyreneia Opera Orchestra and our common threads of culture math and his love of biology and the Greater Metropolitan New when it comes to not being able also with some of the most ac - and love of the homeland is the natural world. He believes York Math Fair. In my junior year to have a baby and he credits his complished singers in Greece something that gives me tremen - that computer science is at the (2014), I joined the National own dad for the inspiration to such as Marios Frangoulis, Alk - dous pride. What Greeks can do heart of decoding the circuitry Honors Society at Bronx Science, go into the infertility field. “My istis Protopsalti, Dimitris Bassis as a unified entity has been of human cells, deciphering the was awarded the Deputy Com - father has been an infertility spe - and Stavros Siolas to name a few. demonstrated time and time language of DNA and mining missioner Labor Relations Award cialist in NYC since 1984 and he He also participated in the New again and I wish to do my part at the New York Police Depart - has been a huge inspiration for York Times acclaimed off-Broad - in supporting and creating op - ment for an essay contest, and me. During medical school I did uct,” he feels honored when see - way musical “Louis Armstrong: portunities such as UGA. The was awarded a scholarship from explore all of my options and ca - ing something he created worn Jazz Ambassador” and has per - tireless efforts of our predeces - a Bronx Science alumnus to help reer paths but ultimately I landed by random people on the street. formed in venues around New sors are something that shouldn’t fund my studies at the EPGY on infertility as my true passion.” The most impactful moment of York City including the Lincoln be taken lightly, but rather em - summer program at Stanford While the hardest part of his job his career was being “hired by a Center, Town Hall, Kaufman Mu - braced and we must allow these University. At the start of my se - is dealing with a treatment that renowned Asian fashion com - sic Center, Cooper Union, Louis efforts to create enough momen - nior year, I became an AP is not successful or a couple who pany to develop their entire Armstrong House Museum, tum for future generations to fol - Scholar with Distinction, a Na - suffer a miscarriage, he points to handbag collection for three Shapeshifter Lab, Bitter End, low.” And helping future gener - tional Hispanic Recognition the much more common occur - straight seasons.” And he hopes Somethin’ Jazz Club, Silvanas, ations is why UGA started a Scholar (my mother was born in rences like a patient who became his efforts will bring awareness Shrine, Pianos and Princeton scholarship foundation awarded the Dominican Republic and is pregnant and was moving to Cal - to the other talented Greek de - University. Kostopoulos splits his to Greek-Americans entering col - of Spanish descent, so I hail from ifornia. “She came in that day to signers out there creating amaz - time between New York City and lege. Kastis’ family is from a both cultures, Greek and Span - thank me for making her dream ing products. He has two words his hometown of Athens, Greece small village outside Kastoria in ish), and was the gold medalist of having a child come true. That for everyone: “Support them!” when he’s not cooking, watching Northern Greece and is always in the NYC region for engineer - interaction put a tear in my eye Kontos is from Cyprus and enjoys movies and traveling across the looking for ways to help promote ing and mathematics in the His - and is a constant reminder of playing with his son- and new - world for fun or for work. Hellenism and Greek-American panic Heritage Youth Award pro - why I do what I do.” Both Jason born baby girl! dreams. gram. (The scholarship itself was and Antonia mentor medical stu - Nadia kountoures, 28 thousands of genomics datasets. sponsored by Exxon Mobil). Af - dents and residents in their re - Yiorgos kostopoulos, 29 Chrysovalantis “Chrys” Ultimately the goal is to under - ter that, I became an Intel STS spective fields. Antonia is a clin - Every year a young girl would kefalas, 37 stand biology and the medical semifinalist, a finalist for the ical assistant professor at NYU From a young boy in Greece watch the planes in the sky at knowledge to interpret those re - Archimedes Award, a recipient Langone Medical Center and Ja - taking private lessons in violin the Chicago Air and Water Show. He may have lost an election sults and translate them to new of the 2015-2016 Hispanic son is active in research and pre - and music theory to now having Now at 28, she’s a pilot flying but he won a movement- and insights on how the genome Scholarship Fund, and a recipi - sented one of the prize papers at his own record, “Last Trip to the them all over the country… and that’s why Chrysovalantis works in health and normal ent of numerous awards and dis - the American Society of Repro - the world. Nadia Kountoures “Chrys” Kefalas may not be done processes are disrupted in dis - tinctions from my high school in - ductive Medicine having to do went to the University of Illinois with politics just yet. For more ease. In 2015, his group pub - cluding honor roll, music, with mitochondrial mutations at Urbana Champaign to study than 15 years, he worked to lished a series of important find - Spanish, and the Jules Byron and human oocyte quality. Ja - aviation and within weeks was change Maryland and the nation ings, starting with the most Memorial Scholarship Award, son’s family is from Chios and at the controls of an aircraft. Dur - for the better--initially as a coun - comprehensive map of the hu - which was meant specifically for Kiato. Antonia’s family is from ing her studies, she obtained sev - sel to the Governor of Maryland, man epigenome across 127 hu - a Bronx Science student going to Crete and Peloponese. Antonia eral types of pilot licenses and as a litigator at the U.S. Justice man cell types and tissues MIT.” Currently Kioulaphides is shares her parents’ impact on her ratings, including her flight in - Department, as a speechwriter (Roadmap Epigenomics Consor - a rising sophomore at MIT, ma - career. “My parents have in - structor license. As a senior in to the Attorney General of the tium, Nature 2015), continuing joring in Materials Science and spired me and instilled in me the college, she began flight instruct - United States, as a voice for with the realization that genetic Engineering with a humanities value of a strong education and ing for beginner student pilots America's manufacturers and variants in Alzheimer’s disease concentration in music (both of pursuing a career that keeps you and continued even after gradu - most recently, as a candidate for act primarily in immune cells, her parents are classical musi - excited and enjoying what you ating. In 2011 she began work - U.S. Senate. For the past year, not in neurons (Gjoneska, Na - cians and she has played the vi - do from a young age.” Jason and ing as a corporate pilot for Gogo he campaigned for the Republi - ture 2015) and with the uncov - olin for 13 years and the viola Antonia love traveling (with each LLC, a Chicago-based company can nomination for U.S. Senate ering of a genetic switch inside for 7 years). At the end of May, other!), cooking healthy meals, that provides in-flight internet

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genders, and cultures to pursue the opportunities and friendships is from Rhodes and enjoys cy - Cuban exile of the Castro dicta - their dreams of flying. I think it that pageantry has awarded me cling and cooking saying it saved torship. She enjoys reading, bi - is something that anyone can ac - with.” LaQuatra is Greek on her him from the startup roller - cycling and yoga when not fight - complish if they study hard, fol - mom’s side and her family immi - coaster. ing for her constituents. low the rules and truly have a grated from the island of Ithaca, passion for aviation.” Kountoures Greece. She enjoys traveling and Nicole Malliotakis, 35 Elpitha Hope Nalpantidis is a third generation Greek- spending time with her two Chi - Malone, 31 American (her great-grandpar - huahuas, Miki and Taco. A fighter for policies to better ents immigrated to the US in the her community, the daughter of Where others see hopeless - early 1900s) and enjoys biking, Alex Loizou, 28 New York City immigrants, and ness she sees hope….and maybe yoga and trying out new local throw in a book, bicycle and one’s name does inspire their restaurants with friends. When your company saves a yoga pose…and you would get profession. E. (Elpitha) Hope business’ Christmas than that’s 3-term candidate Nicole Mallio - Nalpantidis Malone, MA, LMHC Elena LaQuatra, 24 probably the best present you takis. Defeating a two-term in - is a child, adolescent, and family could get. Alex Loizou is the co - ple? After working for a com - cumbent, Malliotakis (R) cur - therapist specializing in behav - Miss Pennsylvania USA is founder of trouva.com, a desti - pany in New York creating the rently represents Staten Island ioral therapy, mindfulness and service and other entertainment proudly wearing her crown as a nation marketplace for premium first artificial intelligence that and Brooklyn in the New York play therapy. She works out of and connectivity services for Greek-American helping to bring lifestyle products. Sourced from outperformed doctors in a diag - State Assembly. “The best part of her practice in the Bronx helping commercial and business air - awareness to those who are deaf a network of 150 independent nostic task, Alexander Louizos children and families become craft. She talks about the differ - or are hard of hearing. Previous boutiques, these boutiques sell decided that it was time to start happier, healthier, more skilled ent types of aircraft she’s had the to winning this title, LaQuatra their products through the e- his own company named Nan - versions of themselves. Under - thrill of flying. “I began flying a held the state titles of Miss Penn - commerce site Trouva. A cus - otech Galaxy. It is comprised of standing that therapy takes hard smaller turbo-propeller aircraft sylvania’s Outstanding Teen 2007 tomer is able to buy unique a team of data scientists, pro - work and changes aren’t often called a King Air 200. Shortly af - (under the Miss American Orga - grammers and designers who immediate, she helps families ter, the company acquired a busi - nization) and placed second run - work to empower doctors and slowly progress and acknowl - ness jet called a Challenger 600 ner-up at the national competi - the healthcare system using AI. edges, “there is nothing better and trained me to fly it. After fly - tion, Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA Louizos isn’t a mathematician than looking back with a family ing that jet for a couple years, 2010 (under the Miss Universe but he says simple math will on what seemed to them a hope - the company acquired a Boeing Organization). She currently is prove him right. “I thought that less situation and seeing the 737 and trained me to fly it also.” an agency signed model working if I operated in one patient per progress they’ve made. It’s really A pilot’s life is full of travel and all over Pennsylvania, New York, day, say 300 working days per rewarding to see the children that is true for Kountoures who Ohio and West Virginia and after year, 20 years of career, I would and families I work with soar.” gets to travel on a weekly basis- receiving her Bachelor of Arts in probably save 6400 patients in In fact, she cites them as a source from all over the US, to Canada, Broadcast Communications from my whole career which is like a of encouragement and motiva - the United Kingdom, Germany, Point Park University, started small village…I want to have tion in her personal and profes - Ireland and Iceland, the Middle working for WTAE-TV, Pitts - more impact on the lives of more sional life. She adds, “I've had so East and even Greece! One mo - burgh’s ABC news affiliate. In people. Also, the fact that med - ment stands out the most from February, she participated in The ical data is doubling every 73 public service is being able to all the others. She explains, Starkey Hearing Foundations Su - days while the number of newly make a difference in my commu - ““Flying my first trip across the per Bowl Mission Trip. The foun - trained doctors stays low means nity and fight for policies I be - Atlantic Ocean has been my most dation provides hearing aids in - handpicked items you rarely find this technology gap will eventu - lieve in to make our state a better memorable moment so far in my ternationally to underprivileged anywhere else…to put it simply, ally lead to inequality to health - place to live. Because I am a career. There is no radar cover - communities and third world they make boutique shopping care access. I do not want this to member of the opposition party, age over the ocean, so crossing countries. She talks about the easy. Loizou explains why help - happen. I envision a democra - I often spend my time fighting it in an aircraft requires follow - emotional impact this has on her ing other businesses is his fa - tized accessibility to all high against bad pieces of legislation ing special procedures making it saying, “There is nothing sweeter vorite kind of work saying, “I al - quality healthcare.” He believes to prevent them from becoming more challenging than flying than seeing a person hear for the ways wanted to run my own this will happen with the aid of law instead of spending time fo - over land. It requires specific first time. You just see their faces company, mainly because my smart machines helping doctors cusing on advancing my own training and preparation, and I completely light up and usually drive is very much linked to be - to become 100x more efficient policy agenda.” Interested in pol - had the most rewarding feeling they start crying as well. It’s truly ing able to start from scratch and and is the key for a better future itics and government since a of accomplishment after com - life changing. All of the people I create something that produces healthcare for all. He acknowl - teenager, Malliotakis volunteered pleting my first trip across the have met along the way- whether value. When my cofounders told edges the hardest part is the on campaigns at city, state and many memorable moments, but Atlantic.” There are challenges it has been a celebrity, a CEO, an me about the idea, I thought it thousands of experiments they federal levels. Serving in the ad - my most memorable has been in the air but Kountoures wel - elderly veteran, a parent of a deaf would be very interesting to help must go through until something ministration of New York State opening my office this past April. comes them with open arms. child, a billionaire, or a 4-year- independents by providing them works but realizes he is working Governor George Pataki and It's been an incredible and chal - “There are many variables that old girl who thinks I’m a princess, the technology and community on the cutting edge of technol - working in the private sector lenging experience to have my could affect whether a scheduled I have been so inspired by each they need to compete against the ogy. If AI scares anyone, he is monitoring energy and environ - own business, but the minute I flight happens as planned or not. person. I cherish these memories chains.” Loizou was part of En - quick to point out, “It is sad that mental policies, Malliotakis de - got those keys is absolutely my For example, sometimes the so deeply and will never forget trepreneurFirst, did a short stint most people are affected by the cided to run as a candidate in most memorable- it was the mo - company decides they want to at IBM and was a freelance mo - Hollywood "Terminator" when it 2010 for a simple reason: “I felt ment I knew I was exactly where reschedule a flight to a later date bile app developer during Uni - comes to artificial intelligence. we were underserved by our rep - I needed to be!” She also runs or a different location, and other versity. StreetHub (Loizou’s orig - People should not be afraid. In - resentative at the time and be - sibling support groups for broth - times a thunderstorm system will inal company) raised millions of dustrial revolution liberated peo - lieved I offered a better alterna - ers and sisters of kids with spe - require us to divert to an alter - dollars to help kick start the busi - ple from the manual work. We tive to the citizens of the district.” cial needs. Nalpantidis is from nate airport destination. As a cor - ness model of Trouva being an are on the verge of the cognitive Her most memorable moment northern Greece and is first gen - porate pilot I am required to be e-commerce store for consumers revolution. The cognitive revo - was being sworn into office and eration Greek-American. She en - prepared to adjust the flight interested in their goods. Loizou lution will free us from cognitive being seated in the Assembly joys spending time with her hus - preparations, and my own per - grew up in Cyprus and admits labor. How many of you would - chamber for the very first time. band Eliot and dog Zeppelin. sonal schedule, to deal with to not having much spare time n't quit your job if you could af - But while that memory will be these changes.” But she’s also fly - outside of his company. ford it? This is the definition of one of her favorites, she was ing high with a personal mission: cognitive labor. The cognitive most impacted by the terrifying Spiro Marangoudakis, one that may help motivate a Alexander Louizos, 36 machines will create abundance moments following Hurricane PhD, 34 young girl—or boy— one day and wealth for our society and Sandy helping hundreds of fam - looking into the sky and perhaps What happens when a vascu - empower us to follow our pas - ilies in her districts deal with the What started as a childhood seeing Kountoures flying over lar surgeon stops operating on sions. Artificial intelligence will storm’s aftermath and rebuild interest in accelerated mathe - her. “One of my wishes is to be patients to create artificial intel - not take your job. It will liberate their lives. Malliotakis’ father is able to inspire people of all ages, ligence to save even more peo - you from your day job!” Louizos from Crete and her mother is a Continued on page 8

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found on my LinkedIn page.” is so much that can be done to feel lucky to be able to work and generation. Papadopoulos re - Maxim attended the American reinvent and win in ecommerce have fun at the same time and a ceived her MFA from Goldsmiths, Society of Nephrology’s Annual with the support of a $200+ bil - lot of that is driven by loving the London and BFA in Visual Art Kidney Week Conference in lion retail company. And sepa - people I work with. A few of my and Art Theory from University 2015, which taught him about rately working to grow a brand dearest friends stemmed from of British Columbia, Vancouver. the possibility of using gene edit - new food brand (Kosterina sells work relationships.” But work re - Her father’s family is from Kas - ing to treat and prevent kidney premium, organic, extra virgin lationships aren’t the only impor - toria and she enjoys reading diseases such as PKD. He was Greek olive oil directly to Amer - tant pieces to Nicolle’s puzzle. about art, artists, fiction, as well awarded Best in Category in Cel - ican consumers on She explains saying, “Raising a as, cooking and baking and … lular and Molecular Biology at kosterina.com) gives me my en - family is so fulfilling but takes a rearranging her rooms. the 2015 Intel International Sci - trepreneurial fix and helps me lot of coordination, and with two ence and Engineering Fair (ISEF) continue to learn about digital working parents it becomes even George Psomas, 33 and First Place in Translational marketing, partnerships and in - more of a scheduling dance. Medical Science at the 2016 Intel ternational operations. I love the When you have a global position, As a 10-year-old boy, George ISEF. The grand award was a trip dichotomy and experience of you add travel to the equation, saw his cousin’s high school pro - matics and science programs be - to India which Maxim enjoyed tic and phonology study on working to grow both the largest and there is an extra level of duction of “Fiddler On The Roof” came a Ph.D. thesis titled “Mole - along with his passions of trav - Greek heritage language atti - retailer in the world and a brand complexity. I’m fortunate to have and realized that he wanted to cular Mechanisms of CaV2.2 Cal - eling parts of the world vastly tudes and pronunciation. I re - new tiny retail business with 1 an amazing support system in - be an actor. Fast forward and he cium Channel Regulation” and different from the East Coast. ceived 150 responses from SKU at the same time. You would cluding my husband, parents, in- is presently playing the principal then came entrepreneurship to Maxim’s mom was born in Greek-American college students be surprised to see how much laws, siblings and a devoted role of Avram in “Fiddler On The start Piddx and now an MBA pro - Cyprus and immigrated to the to an online survey I created ask - overlap there is!” In 2012, Kate - babysitter. That village is the Roof” on Broadway. He says, gram for Spiro Marangoudakis. United States during the Turkish ing about their language and rina co-founded Manicube, a only way to keep it all working, “Fiddler changed my life, and af - Piddx, the world’s first peer-to- invasion in 1974. He enjoys ski - heritage exposure, involvement, company focused on improving so my girls stay happy and sup - ter seeing it as a child, I decided peer employment social network, ing and science- which he was and attitudes. There was an ad - the lives of working professionals ported, even when I am travel - to sign up for my elementary was co-founded by able to pursue while attending ditional optional section where by offering affordable, high-qual - ing.” While Pangis participates in school talent show; I sang Marangoudakis naming it from high school at Gould Academy the participants self-recorded ity personal care services (mani - a mentoring program at her com - “Where Is Love” from the musi - the Greek word “to jump” refer - in Bethel, ME. Maxim will be at - themselves reading out loud a cures and haircuts) in corporate pany, and drove the launch of a cal Oliver. It turned out that one encing the network’s ability to tending Stanford University in list of Greek words that I prede - offices. Katerina worked to grow women’s leadership initiative of my neighbors who attended create a system that allows peo - the fall to pursue a degree in bi - termined. I also interviewed 10 Manicube to serve over 200 cor - within Xaxis called X-women last the show was related to the tal - ple to choose their own level of ology and biomedical engineer - Greek-Americans of varying ages porate clients and over 30,000 year, she says that mentoring and ent manager Shirley Grant, and economic activity and productiv - ing. Maxim is an American & as a qualitative supplement to end customers across four US leadership initiatives are not introduced me. She signed me ity. Marangoudakis is also focus - Cyprus dual citizen and hopes to my study. It was so rewarding to about a one year program…they as a client and I worked profes - ing on leadership positions in the represent Cyprus in the 2022 combine my studies in linguistics are about creating relationships sionally as a child actor for a biotechnology and pharma in - Winter Olympic Games. with a lifetime of exposure to and skills that continue indefi - short time doing projects in the - dustries after discerning patterns and involvement with the Greek- nitely for an individual through - atre, voice-over and print. Ulti - in economic data that resulted Christiana Metaxas, 22 American community. I discov - out their career. Nicolle com - mately my parents and I made in his retirement from financial ered so much about the Greek pleted her BS from Boston the decision that school should investing at age 29. Traveling to New Zealand and linguistic tradition and about University in three years and re - stay a priority, so I stopped, and Marangoudakis is a graduate of Australia at only 11 eleven years heritage languages in the United ceived an MBA from Rutgers I think it was the best choice for Brown University’s Molecular Bi - old with the People to People stu - States, and I was touched to see University. Nicolle was named to me at the time. However, I had ology, Cell Biology and Biochem - dent ambassador program how many individuals care about Crain's NY 40 under 40, Adver - istry program. His family is from founded by President Eisen - the status of the Greek language tising Age’s 40 under 40, and is Crete and he enjoys reading busi - hower started a passion for one within the Greek-American com - the recipient of Cynopsis Media’s ness-related journals and books Greek-American girl from NY munity. I was honored to repre - Top Women in Digital Award and and spending time on the water. that has turned into a cultural sent Binghamton University and Advertising Women of NY and ambassadorship to Cyprus after the field of linguistics when I pre - Working Women Media’s Award Demetri Maxim, 18 college. Christiana Metaxas grad - sented this study at the SUNY for Mother of the Year. Her ma - uated with a BA summa cum Undergraduate Research Confer - ternal side has roots in Chios as Some kids entering college laude from Binghamton Univer - ence, and to have received de - her mother was born in the are planning frat parties and sity (SUNY) with a double major partmental honors in Linguistics Apollo Hotel which was owned football games but not Demetri in Linguistics and French and a for my thesis.” Metaxas’ paternal markets – New York, Boston, by her great-grandfather at the Maxim. He’s developing a new minor in Classical Civilization. grandfather is from the island of Chicago & San Francisco. In No - time and is now a landmark in technology to “grow” kidney tis - While at Binghamton, she joined Kefalonia and her paternal vember 2015, Manicube was ac - Chios. Her father’s side comes sue from stem cells- something and then became president of grandmother's parents were quired by Elizabeth Arden Red from Kalamata and Sparta. that personally affects his family. Hellenic Cultural Society increas - from Asia Minor and Syros. Her Door Spas after which Katerina When she’s not taking in puppet ing membership and participa - maternal grandparents are also served as the Co-President of shows, participating in dance tion. Metaxas was also elected from Asia Minor. Metaxas enjoys Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa’s parties in her kitchen, or doing to Phi Beta Kappa and received music, has studied classical piano Red Door division. Mountanos crafts with her two daughters, already been bitten by the acting a Fulbright grant to Cyprus for and currently serves as Chief of says the launch of Manicube was Nicolle is an avid runner which bug, so I continued doing com - the 2016-17 academic year Staff for the National Hellenic a very impactful moment in her she credits to keeping her men - munity theatre, camps and work - where she is currently an assis - Student Association of North career as Manicube received ex - tally and physically healthy for shops throughout my middle tant teacher of English. “I hope America. tensive media coverage in The her family and job. school and high school years be - this will be my first step towards New York Times, Bloomberg tele - fore going to college to major in launching a career in interna - katerina Mountanos vision, CNBC, ABC, Marie Claire, Athena Papadopoulos, Theatre". Psomas graduated tional service. I always seek op - Cheliotis, 35 Allure, Mashable and other me - 28 from Muhlenberg College with a portunities to engage with the dia entities for its unique ser - double major in Theatre and international community. My Olive oil, beauty products and vices. Mountanos received her When curiosity in the arts is Business, and since then has Greek heritage has played a large ecommerce all come flowing to - BS from NYU’s Stern School of developed through study and been working as a professional role in my choosing to study lin - gether for one successful entre - Business and her MBA from Har - practice, you may see that piece Equity Union actor on Broadway, guistics and languages and the preneur and executive in Man - vard Business School and is an in Athena Papadopoulos’ art Off-Broadway, on Tour, Region - histories and cultures attached hattan. After spending 4 years in active member of F Cubed which gallery one day. The artist ex - ally, and doing various develop - to different linguistic communi - investment banking for Citigroup is a network of female entrepre - plains how she flows in between mental readings and workshops. ties. I studied abroad in France in London and Manhattan, Ka - neurs based in NYC. Katerina’s projects saying, “It has been a He’s also worked professionally and Spain during college and at terina Mountanos dived into parents came to the United very long process of moving from as a SAG-AFTRA Union actor do - He explains saying, “My family the American Community ecommerce and entrepreneurial States as teenagers and she visits one work to the next. Each time ing film, voiceover work for Pizza has been affected by polycystic Schools of Athens for a semester endeavors and has no plans to family every summer in Greece another process is added it con - Hut and The Cartoon Network, kidney disease (PKD) for four of high school. During the sum - quit anytime soon with success as her father is from a small tinues to evolve and merge with has won the title of 'Broadway generations, and when I was mer of 2014, I volunteered in after success. “In 2010, I joined beach town outside Kalamata Idol', and has appeared in Vogue seven, my mom nearly died from Greece in the midst of its finan - a company called Quidsi, which and her mother is from the Magazine in a spread by photog - kidney failure before receiving a cial crisis at a free day-care facil - ran several ecommerce sites in - Agrinio area. She enjoys spend - rapher Annie Leibovitz. Psomas life-saving transplant. I also have ity administered by the Archdio - cluding Diapers.com, Soap.com, ing time with her family (includ - explains the best and the hardest PKD and may someday need a cese of Athens. I was able to Beautybar.com and Wag.com. I ing her 4-month old daughter!) parts of being an actor saying, kidney of my own, so I figured interact with the children and was given a lot of autonomy in and learning Mediterranean “The best thing about my job is why not get started early on de - staff in Greek.” Metaxas’ senior my roles there and the experi - cooking. that it doesn’t feel like work. Not veloping a new technology to thesis, Greek Heritage Speakers ence to work for a very successful everyone gets the opportunity to avoid the need for transplants al - in the USA: an Examination of fast growing startup that was Nicolle Pangis, 38 make money doing their passion, together? I have been actively in - Language and Identity, allowed eventually acquired by Amazon and I do not take that for volved in the kidney research her to study her Greek heritage helped me fall in love with star - As a child, she wanted to be granted. I love getting into the field for over three years and through a linguistic lens for the tups and entrepreneurship. It the first female president of the mind and body of the characters most recently developed a new first time. “In my thesis, I survey was one of the founders of United States, and then a lawyer, that I play and figuring out who method to turn stem cells into the history of the Greek language Quidsi who started Jet.com and but Nicolle Pangis believes she they are. I also like to watch and kidney cells that can then form and recent research on the bilin - recruited me back to work for ended in the career where she is listen to people that I respect in functional kidney tissue. I used gualism of heritage speakers – a him a second time.” Mountanos absolutely best suited--advertis - the business, so that I can learn a 3-D printer to create inexpen - heritage speaker is someone who is the VP of the $100 million ing. Pangis accelerated through from them and continue to grow sive, biocompatible plastic kid - grows up exposed to a non-ma - Home category on Jet.com, a the ranks in digital media, in - and work in the industry. The ney structures (scaffolds) and jority language in their home en - fairly new mass-market ecom - cluding leading a joint venture learning never ends, and that’s seeded the kidney cells into these vironment. After discussing the merce business recently sold to integration with Dentsu, one of processes previously employed. what makes it so exciting for me. scaffolds to create the functional development of the Greek lan - Walmart. “Jet is a very exciting the largest advertising compa - I think the best way to imagine Even when you are doing a long tissue. More details about the guage and its linguistic commu - place to be right now as we begin nies in the world at age 28; run - the process is that everything be - run of a show, I love to continue specifics of my work can be nities, I conducted a sociolinguis - to integrate with Walmart. There ning Global Product Manage - gins to get contaminated -in a to discover new meaning in the ment and Strategy for 24/7 positive sense, one piece rubs off material so that I can keep in Media--one of the pioneering onto the next and that one back fresh show after show. The hard - companies in digital advertising- on to the precedent in order to est part about doing a show on - for five years and then becom - create a world built using my Broadway is that the schedule ing President of Europe and own artistic language.” Pa - can be very taxing on your body. North America in 2012 at age padopoulos has had several im - We do eight shows a week and M & S Cabinets 33. Earlier this year, she was pactful moments in her career the work that we do in a three- named “The Most Powerful including a Frieze New York solo hour show is very physical. We Woman in Programmatic” adver - presentation at Supportico Lopez are all constantly watching our tising by an industry publication. in May 2016, Art Basel Miami, voices, eating healthy and mak - Distributor s Corp. Pangis is now the Global Chief Public Sector curated by Nicholas ing sure that we are getting Baume in December 2015 and a enough rest. In addition to the solo show at Supportico Lopez, shows, there are understudy re - 23-53 Steinway Street, astoria, nY 11105 Berlin in May 2015. “I have hearsals where we work on the GREEk Τel.: (718) 274-7349 - Fax: (718) 777-7171 many loves and a deep appreci - roles that we understudy, and ation and love of the artists Greer other rehearsals for brushing up, WNED Lankton, John Waters, Niki de and for when we get new mem - O Saint Phalle, Tetsumi Kudo, Yayoi bers of the company. It's all very Kusama, Dorthea Tanning and exciting, but the days are long Paul Thek. I have enjoyed read - and can get very tiring, so it is ing about their work, their bi - important to pace myself and ographies are always interesting take care of my health.” How and whenever I can see the work about a memorable moment in in real life- I feel very lucky, that his career? "There is one moment is a real moment of joy for me.” that stands out vividly, and that's And there’s more coming shows when I made my Broadway de - for Papadopoulos as she talks but. I had the good fortune of about her upcoming schedule doing the entire run of the SAME DAY saying, “I am very excited about Broadway Revival of South Pa - my upcoming shows including, cific, and it was one of the great - DELIVERY Operating Officer at Xaxis, the Shoot the Lobster in NYC in No - est experiences of my life. The world’s largest programmatic au - vember… a group show called show ran for almost 3 years, and dience company that connects Wild Style at Peres Project, it surpassed every expectation advertisers to audiences across Berlin…and another group show that I had of doing Broadway. 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a cluding Product and Engineer - textualize them by combining ment when I first ran over the ing, Strategic Partnerships, images and text that I’ve appro - dune and heard the roar of the Business Operations, M&A and priated from pop culture, histor - crowd, I had a rush of emotion Best wishes for continued success Human Resources, “My teams ical and contemporary literature. that I will never forget. You work are responsible for making sure By collaging these materials to - so hard to be successful in your to our smart, hardworking and successful young men we are building the best technol - gether. I am able to create nar - field, and when a lifelong dream ogy in the industry, keeping the rative works that take my own becomes a reality, it is a very spe - and women for their significant achievements and success! commercial teams moving for - subjectivity to navigate issues cial moment." Psomas explains ward with the toolset they need around contemporary gender he is thankful for his heritage through partnership or acquisi - politics and social relations.” saying, “I feel so lucky to have Congratulations to all 40 under 40! tion, and making sure our em - She’s had young admirers of her grown up in the Greek Orthodox ployees are being challenged and art express their appreciation for church with an incredibly sup - fulfilled professionally. I continue her work in the field and time portive family and community of Michael and his father Stavros Mourkakos, owners to learn from our teams every will only tell the influence Pa - people around me. From my day I come in to the office, and padopoulos has on a younger days in talent shows and school THE NATIONAL HERALD, NOVEMBER 5, 2016 40 UNDER 40 9 plays, to my current work on ence and engineering, innovat - 2011, Simotas was named a "Ris - or congestion and without walk - Broadway, the Greeks have liter - ing and changing the way we ing Star" and listed in the The ing or taking the subway? Ebikes ally come in bus loads to show look at these particles. It is just Capitol's "40 Under 40" list of is to bikes what email is to mail. their love and support; and the amazing how in a beaker we can "Albany's next generation" of po - Jeff Stefanis is the co-founder of amazing thing is that they don’t make billions and billions of litical leadership. In the same Riide who designs electric bikes just come alone, they bring along them, while controlling their year, she also was one of the first and sell them as a subscription. their friends and relatives, so the properties down to molecular winners of the Geraldine Ferraro Stefanis explains, “For crowds just keep growing. The scale. Every day there is a new Leadership Award. Simotas was $79/month riiders get their own business I work in can be very problem that we try to solve. The named "Greek American Woman bike, unlimited maintenance, hard, and it is an honor to have journey trying to solve these of the Year" in 2013 by the Asso - and theft insurance. After two so much positive energy around problems and overcome these ciation of Greek American Pro - years they own it forever or can me. My parents and my sister challenges, has been keeping me fessional Women. In April 2014, upgrade to the latest model for have been a tremendous support interested for 15 years and will Simotas was honored with a free.” Stefanis talks about where over the years, and without keep me for years to come. How - Women in Leadership Award by the idea of “ebikes for urban them, I would not be where I am ever, since I am an academic, I the Center for the Women of commuters” came from. “I have today.” Psomas’ family is from could not do without mentoring New York. She was also named always been extremely passion - Lemnos and Sparta. and teaching a new generation “2015 Woman of the Year” by and to be a part of the toughest ate about sustainability and en - of scientist and engineers of all the Pancyprian Association point in the lives whether it is vironmental justice. With ad - Georgios Pyrgiotakis, 38 ages and backgrounds--from PhD Women’s Issues Network. In ad - being struck by a motor vehicle dressing the inadequacies in students to elementary school the first woman elected to office dition to those she has been or needing emergency surgery is urban transportation my co - From Physics to Materials Sci - students.” His research is making in her district. Simotas’ involve - given numerous awards and truly a special relationship.” founder, Amber Wason, and I ence to Bioengineering and now an impact on lives all over the ment in civic affairs dates back honors from cultural and local Sometimes all of her hard work saw an opportunity to solve a to Public Health, you could say world through the discovery of to high school, where she orga - civic associations. Simotas’ fam - doesn’t keep death away though piece of both of those issues.” a “green method” that with the nized fundraising events for local ily is from Kefalonia and she and she explains the toughest The 36V 9ah lithium-ion battery use of pure water can inactivate charities. Since then, she has es - married her husband John Kat - part of her job. “There are times has a 25 mile range- and it’s a pesky bacteria that is lurking on tablished a strong record of pub - sanos there in 2004 and they when I will do everything I can bike so you can use the pedals the surface of common vegeta - lic service and has devoted her - baptized their daughter Eleni in using my medical knowledge too. The bike can be charged in bles. This, now a patented tech - self to improving the lives of 2013 on the island as well. She and skills but the patient still any standard wall outlet in just nology, has gained national and others. “I am a lifelong resident enjoys gardening and spending doesn’t survive due to the sever - two to three hours and at 40 international attention, including of Astoria and proud to be a time with her extended family. ity of their illness. It is hard not Pyrgiotakis being featured in the product of the New York City to take this part home with you.” Economist’s Technology Quar - public school system. My interest Maria Georgiades But the most memorable mo - terly issue. He believes this tech - in public service and civic affairs Sfakianos, 36 ment for Sfakianos’ career was nology will become a key player really began in High School when a young woman came to in the battle against airborne when I organized fundraising Walking away from death and her who was in a boating acci - bacteria and airborne infections events for local charities. When walking towards life is one sur - dent and Sfakianos spent 9 hours especially in developing coun - I was in law school I worked with geon’s dream come true for her in surgery to save her life. tries where healthcare is not very the NYS Department of Environ - patients. Maria Georgiades “Throughout the week we tried accessible. Pyrgiotakis holds a mental Conservation and local Sfakianos is Associate Program very hard to save her leg (se - Georgios Pyrgiotakis has quite a PhD from the University of elected officials to stop the con - Director of Surgical Critical Care verely injured in the accident) few interests and talents. Cur - Florida and is from Crete. He en - struction of more power plants Fellowship and Assistant Profes - but after multiple surgeries an rently he’s a nanoparticle engi - joys cooking and engineering in Western Queens, a neighbor - sor of Surgery at Northwell amputation was required due to neer and researcher at the Center food- including reading about hood already suffering from the Health. She is a trauma surgeon, the infection. I built a strong re - for Nanotechnology and Nan - the history and science of food effects of existing power plants. emergency surgeon and surgical lationship with her and she otoxicology at Harvard T.H. and then writing about this This victory of environmental ad - critical care doctor all rolled into taught me to never give up. She Chan School of Public Health. knowledge on his blog, Nerd vocacy – which resulted in one. She explains saying, “The taught me strength and courage. He gives a whole other meaning Meets Food. cleaner air for Astoria – really best part of my job is when Her positive nature and motiva - Jonathan Timmes to the term ‘splitting hairs’ as he gave me a taste for the good that someone comes to the emer - tion throughout the hospital stay pounds, it is one of the lightest explains exactly what he does. Aravella Simotas, 37 elected officials can do and for gency department or the surgical that year was very impressive ebikes every created. But the im - “Nanoparticles are considered the joy that comes when you intensive care unit acutely ill to and served as an example for pact of these bikes are much the particles that have dimen - Who knew a Greek girl grow - know you’ve helped make peo - the point when they are near many other patients.” Sfakianos deeper than one would normally sions less than one millionth of ing up in Astoria would one day ple’s lives better.” Simotas re - death and they walk out of the is from Kastoria and Pelopon - think explains Stefanis. “Talking the width of the human hair. represent her own neighborhood ceived her Bachelor of Arts de - hospital with a smile. It is very nesus and enjoys running by the to our riiders is by far and away When it comes to particles so for New York State Assembly? gree in economics and satisfying.” She also gives back water, cooking and spending the best and most impactful part tiny, looking at them becomes a That’s exactly what Aravella philosophy, summa cum laude, teaching others how to help time with her two chiweenies of my job. Hearing how Riide has huge challenge on itself. It re - Simotas, a lifelong resident of from Fordham University in those in need being involved in and family, including a newborn! not only saved them time and quires techniques that push the Astoria, Queens, does for New 1999. She received her law de - resident education for the gen - money but shifted the way they limits of current techniques and York’s 36th Assembly District. In gree from Fordham Law School eral surgery program at North Jeff Stefanis, 25 see and interact with their cities very often it requires the use of 2010, Simotas (D) became the in 2002, where she served as the Shore- LIJ. “My field involves the for the better.”Stefanis is from several techniques at once. My first Greek-American woman managing editor of the Fordham sickest of patients and the fami - Need to go somewhere in a Lesbos and enjoys playing bas - research is at the forefront of sci - elected to office in New York and Environmental Law Journal.In lies that support and love them big city without parking, traffic ketball and soccer.

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