Meet Our Team
Zachary Pan
Co-President
Hi, I'm Zachary Pan! I am a senior at Lynbrook High School. I joined HEVI to help the environment and provide jobs for houseless volunteers as I always want to help others. In my free time, I enjoy playing violin and badminton, caring for my guinea pigs, and solving math problems.
David Jin
Co-President
Hi guys! My name is David and I’m currently a senior at Archbishop Mitty High School. In my spare time, I love to play competitive tennis and have been playing for 6+ years. I joined HEVI after noticing the severe issue of homelessness in the Bay Area.
Benjamin Jin
Treasurer
Social Media Director 2023-2024
Hi - I'm Benjamin. I joined HEVI near the start of 9th grade, and I am currently a sophomore at Archbishop Mitty High School that loves tennis and cooking. I hope to expand this program and bring more awareness to the unhoused by providing a sense of culture and home to the unhoused through high school volunteers.
Hansong Cao
Outreach Director 2024-2025
Hey, I'm Hansong! I'm a senior at Leigh High School who loves music, filmmaking, and bodybuilding. I thrive on putting my skills to good use—producing short films for HEVI to reach the world online. Yet, HEVI is more than a place to help the unhoused—it's where volunteer and unhoused become friends, where we share stories, laughs, and good times.
Yicheng Lu
Winfred Lin
Vice President
Hello! I'm Winfred Lin, a high school senior at Cupertino High School that loves gardening, game dev, and rocketry. I love organizing and participating in HEVI events as I believe HEVI serves an important role in finding a solution to the climate and housing crisis, but also as a place to cultivate enduring bonds between high school students and our houseless friends, nurturing an environment of acceptance and belonging.
Member from 2024-2025
Hi, I'm Yicheng Lu, but you can call me Billy. I'm a Junior at Lynbrook High School and joined the Houseless Environmental Volunteering Initiative in 10th grade. Through our work in the city forest, we build good connection with houseless people and contributed to the environment protection. It is fulfilling to see how our effort finally changed the society in both humanities and environment.
Jiahua Tang
Member from 2024-2025
Hi, I'm Jiahua Tang, but you can call me Gary. I'm a Junior at Lynbrook High School and joined the Houseless Environmental Volunteering Initiative (HEVI) back in 10th grade. Through our work in the city forest, I've formed strong bonds with the community and its members, and it’s been amazing to see the positive impact we’ve made on the environment. Our efforts not only help mitigate climate change but also improve our local environment overall. I am really glad to be part of HEVI which provides me an opportunity to make a change.
Claire Guo
Co-Marketing and Social Media Director
Eddie Zhang
Co-Marketing and Social Media Director
Hi. I'm Eddie Zhang, and I am currently a junior at The Harker School. In my free time, I enjoy playing tennis. I joined HEVI because it is a wonderful opportunity for me to partake in activities to help conserve our environment, while providing an opportunity for the underprivileged houseless community. I am extremely excited to continue to help create more positive impacts on the local community.
Hi! I’m Claire Guo, and I’m a junior at Lynbrook High School. In my free time, I enjoy reading, doing origami, and coding. I joined HEVI because it combines my passion for environmental conservation with my desire to support the houseless community. I am excited to contribute to HEVI’s mission and make a positive impact alongside other volunteers.
Zhiwei (Lucas) Gu
Former President from 2022-23
Hello, I am Lucas, senior at Valley Christian High School. I enjoy organizing HEVI activities because it is more than providing the houseless people with materialistic aids . By bridging the gap between high school students and our houseless friends, I want to build lasting relationships and create a sense of belonging within the community.
Dawson Chen
Founder and Former President from 2021-2022
Hello! I'm Dawson. I founded HEVI at the beginning of 2021 in hopes of actively becoming a part of the solution to both the housing and climate crisis. When COVID hit, significantly more people on the streets and less environmental volunteers. After many iterations, my friends and I set up a solution to provide environmental stipend opportunities for the unhoused. All of us are high schoolers eager to invent solutions in our community, so please help us further our mission!