Meet our New Youth Board Members!

by | Aug 20, 2024 | Member Updates

After many applications and interviews, we are pleased to welcome Ishan Khosla and Samil Lindskog to our Walk Bike Cupertino team! Both of our new Youth board members are students at Cupertino High School, joining our two returning Youth Board Members Aaryan Doshi and Senna Rogoyski from Monta Vista High. Read on to learn more about them and their goals with Walk Bike Cupertino.

Ishan Khosla is a sophomore at Cupertino High School and is excited to serve as a WBC Youth Advisory Board Member. Ishan loves both road and mountain biking and has been an avid cyclist since his early childhood.  He relies on biking as his primary mode of transportation to get to school every day and also enjoys biking to popular Cupertino destinations including Main Street, stores on De Anza, and the library. Having experienced and seen an increasing number of dangerous bicycle-related accidents first-hand over the past few years, Ishan is driven to improve bicycle safety for all of Cupertino’s citizens by working alongside the members of Walk Bike Cupertino and the city council. He is also excited to promote the many benefits of active transportation including both health and physical benefits, increased independence, and sustainability with community members. Ishan’s other hobbies include playing soccer and doing hands-on work from household repairs to woodworking.

Samil Lindskog is a senior at Cupertino High School and will be serving as a Youth Advisory Board Member from 2024 to 2025. Samil loves biking and walking, and has been biking for fun and transportation since he was a child.

Samil has been active in advocating for better walking and biking since he was very young. He has spoken at City Council support of the Regnart Creek Trail and other projects such as the Lawson bikeway.

He has assisted in local events for years, including the annual Cupertino Bike Fest, both running a booth as well as leading the bike rides for families. This work inspired him to join the Walk Bike Board to further help in the creation of safe and accessible routes for biking and walking.

Samil intends to pursue a career in Physics, a great interest of his.

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