Communications Committee
The Communications Committee is in charge of all written communications from GENup. Some of their duties include writing press releases, open letters, website content, blog posts, and editorials. They also run the GENup podcast and manage email communications.
Director of
Communications
Arpita Shanbhag (she/her) is a freshman at Emerald High School in Dublin, California, and has always strived to make a change and give back to her community. From a young age, she has always been interested in education, curious about what the world can offer her. Arpita wants to make a meaningful impact and give everyone the resources they need, one child at a time, and that is why she joined GENup, in hopes of providing all of the public school students equal education across the state. She is also part of a high school that only ~350 freshmen attend as it just opened and she has made it her goal to foster an inclusive environment where everyone receives equivalent opportunities for their future. One of her biggest aspirations is to see more women in the STEM field and she hopes to expand education in this field to them, to join her in her future majoring interest. In her free time, she participates in various clubs that her school offers her: Speech and Debate Club and DHS CodeHers Club, and is a treasurer of the Science Olympiad Club and EHS Girls4Sports Club. Outside of school, she is apart of VEX Robotics, a Workshop Facilitator at STEMpathize, and a tutor at Learn To Be, imparting free education to vulnerable children across the nation. She has over 100 volunteer hours across her volunteering organizations and is a dancer at heart. Ultimately, Arpita hopes she can make a difference in California through GENup.
Chief ofCommunications
Katareena Roska is Chief of Communications at GENup. In addition to her work at GENup, Roska is the editor-in-chief and founder of youth-led online publication Tangent Zine. Formed in response to the lack of a publication at her high school, Tangent Zine has been able to professionally report on major sports leagues like MLB, NBA, NWSL, MLS, and the USWNT. Tangent has been able to cover Greta Gerwig, Kid Cudi, Judd Apatow, Matthew Broderick, Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, Billy Crystal, Elton John, Robert De Niro, and more. Roska hopes to revive journalism and make it more accessible by encouraging Generation Z to “Go on a Tangent” about the things they love most. When she’s not writing like she’s running out of time, Roska enjoys punching her troubles away through boxing, watching pretentious arthouse films, and DIY-ing everything she can. Roska attends Northwestern, majoring in journalism and political science and minor in film on a pre-law track. At Northwestern, Roska is a part of Associated Student Government, The Daily, The Blackout, Northwestern Sketch Television, Students Consulting Non-profit Organizations, Mayfest Productions, and acts as a First Year Liaison for Kaibigan. email: kroska@generationup.net