Mongol Erdem
Four years at the Mongolian school in Maryland. He oversaw five volunteers, taught arts and crafts to more than ten pre-K students, translated at school events, and helped organize Tsagaan Sar, Christmas, and Halloween. In 2026 he led the Naadam khuushuur booth that covered a year of the school’s rent.
Assistant teacher, then volunteer teacher616 hours
Brilliant Minds Global
Co-hosted a nationwide campaign that raised more than $63,000. The gifts equipped a children’s hospital in Mongolia with dialysis machines and surgical equipment for children with cleft lip.
Regional coordinator, East Coast56 hours
Book World Club
Organized a week-long drive that raised more than $300 to send G. Ten-Mergen, president of Nomiin Yrtons, to China’s International Book Fair.
Fundraising coordinator7 hours
Society for Science
Studied how airfoil geometry changes aerodynamic performance, modeling the work in SU2 and AutoCAD. He is preparing the findings for the Regeneron Science Talent Search.
Independent researcher64 hours
F=ma
Sat the F=ma exam after teaching himself the AP Physics 1 course in a few months. He scored above average and did not advance to the next round.
Physics Olympiad70 hours
Pinnacle Scholars
With a group supervised by Dr. Khulan, studied how students use AI and how that use relates to academic performance. The team wrote the survey, read the data, and published an abstract at the SMRU Conference.
Team researcher40 hours
Mongolian Culture and Heritage Club
Leads the club as a senior after a year as vice president. He has organized more than eleven biweekly meetings, with budgets, events, and programs on Mongolian history and custom for the wider school.
Vice president, then presidentWalter Johnson
American Sign Language
Substitutes when the instructor is out, builds review slides, and tutors. He has taught the alphabet and numbers to more than five students and helped more than thirty review vocabulary.
Intern, Walter JohnsonOngoing
Janice’s Espresso
Works about thirteen hours a week through the school year, opening and closing, making drinks, and keeping the café in order.
Barista and front of houseBethesda
The Art of Living in America
Reviewed the English conversations for a book published in Mongolian and English. It has appeared on a bestseller list.
English dialogue reviewAzzaya Batsaikhan