Our Team
Christina Owen | Founder & Director
Christina Owen discovered some of the personal benefits of giving back as a fifth grader in Los Altos Hills, California, where her teacher enlisted the help of his class to remove phosphates from laundry soaps to protect biological species. Throughout her life as a mom and community organizer, she has learned of the fulfillment that comes from connecting to her interests and making an impact. She holds masters degrees in nonprofit administration and secondary teaching, with special training in curriculum development. She developed Get Involved with parents and students at Palo Alto High School in 2008, and has guided the organization through its establishment as a 501(c)3 organization. One of her greatest satisfactions comes from guiding students to making unique contributions that lead to more joy and purposeful living.
Yvette Yamagata | Secretary
Yvette Yamagata serves as secretary on the Foundation's board.
Tara Larson | Treasurer
Tara Larson is originally from Auburn, California and serves as the treasurer for the Get Involved Foundation. She has 1 son and 3 daughters, and currently works as a school secretary and freelance bookkeeper.
Massimiliano Genta | Board Consultant
Massimiliano Genta is a serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the founder of startups such as Swayup, a social app which allows users to monetize their content, Snstk, founded to commercialize low cost, easy-to-integrate sensor platforms for applications, and Clyste, an open-source platform that allows content creators to monetize their contributions. He is currently an EIR for NEC X, where he leads Intellireviewer, a machine learning tool for reviewing Python code for hidden errors.
Tonga Victoria Fakalata | Board Consultant
Tonga Victoria joins the Get Involved family with a strong background in leadership development and a focus towards making a difference. Raised within the small town boundary lines of East Palo Alto to Tongan-immigrant parents, Tonga Victoria has served over three hundred students of similar upbringings and aspirations. She believes that education is a human right, and to serve the village that raised you is of the most noble sign of respect, love and humility.
Student Board Members
Hannah Zhang | Outreach Manager
Hannah is a senior at Gunn High School. Through Get Involved Foundation, she researched, developed, and implemented a free STEM course for underrepresented students in East Palo Alto and discovered her interest in service, engineering, & design. Hannah joined the board in hopes of using her knowledge and skills to continue to serve her community. In the near future, she sees herself pursuing engineering.
Victoria Revolorio | Associate Operations Director
Victoria is a senior at Menlo-Atherton High School. Through Get Involved she developed and taught a class called “Drama Free” at Ravenswood Middle School to bring awareness to the consequences of physical fights. She joined the board because she could see the clear impact Get Involved was making and wanted to be a part of a positive change. After high school she wants to attend medical school, but will still give back to the community.
Khushi Agarwal | Database and Award Manager
Khushi is a senior at Palo Alto High School. Currently she works on the database project in Get Involved to make sure that everyone has access to opportunities that interest them. Before this, she did a couple projects around teaching dance. She joined the board because she wanted to spread the view of volunteering as a way to do more of what you love instead of as a necessity. In the future so far she wants to be doctor.
Savannah Prasad | Platform Marketing Director
Savannah Prasad is a senior at Menlo-Atherton High School. She created a class called “Drama Free” with Victoria to teach students about the consequences of using physical violence to solve problems. She joined the Get Involved Board to have more opportunities to better her community. She plans to attend undergraduate school on the East Coast and attend law school. She hopes to become a criminal justice lawyer or have a career in neuroscience.
Arohi Bhattacharya | Newsletter Manager
Arohi is a senior at Palo Alto High School. Her work with Get Involved included working with local nonprofit My New Red Shoes to provide underserved communities with clothes and shoes for their incoming school years. She joined the board to help create a positive community with Get Involved's projects. After high school she hopes to work in law on the East Coast with a side job of writing books and helping the community.
Jules Thomas | Associate Board Consultant
Jules Thomas is a homeschooled high school senior. He is the co-Founder & CEO of Onyxx Village Connection, a mobile outreach non-profit organization that connects people in East Palo Alto with free hot meals. He joined the board to share his story and help others who are in need. After high school he plans on attending a HBCU to study Computer Science & African American studies and to continue working at his nonprofit.
Adrit Rao | Service Hours App Developer
Adrit is a freshman at Palo Alto High School. He is an Apple's WWDC 2020 Swift Student Challenge Winner and currently has multiple apps on the App Store. He likes to develop apps and devices using his programming skillset to help people, and he hopes to continue at it in the future! Adrit joined the Get Involved Foundation board so he could continue to make a difference in his community through technology.
Brandon Wu | Technology Officer
Brandon Wu is a senior at Palo Alto High School. As part of Get Involved, he worked with Project WeHope, a local non-profit, to create an app that helps the homeless locate shower trucks, which are mobile trailers that provide shower and laundry services. It was truly an unprecedented experience for him to help society through applications of coding. Now as a member of the Board, he hopes to further apply his knowledge in technology to make improvements in various communities.
