Syed Ferdous is a 16-year-old rising senior at Stuyvesant High School, a specialized high school located in downtown Manhattan. Born in Bangladesh, he moved to New York when at the age of one and currently lives in Woodside, Queens. He is involved in extracurricular activities like the Stuyvesant Standard (school newspaper), the Muslim Student Association, Red Cross Club, and volunteering at the South Asian Youth Action community center. In his free time he enjoys playing basketball and reading. Syed hopes to attend the Ross School of Business at Michigan University in the future and one day open his own tutoring service or a halal food restaurant.