Yatin Mirakhur is a senior at Hudson High School in Hudson, Ohio and son of Asha and Ramesh Mirakhur. Yatin is the President of his high school’s chapter of National Honor Society and of the Speech and Debate team, and an editor of the school newspaper. He has won numerous awards in Lincoln-Douglas Debate and was a member of a national qualifying team in the JETS TEAMS Science Competition for two consecutive years. Yatin plays tennis for his school and plays the violin. He has performed at Carnegie Hall with the Akron Youth Symphony and was the co-concertmaster of his high school Chamber Orchestra, which won the International Youth and Music Festival in Vienna. Yatin is also an Eagle Scout.

A National Merit and AP Scholar, Yatin will attend the University of Pennsylvania in the fall. He will pursue a joint degree in Life Sciences and Management.