Ayush Dane

Ayush Dane is a high school student from Texas who values thoughtful work and honest leadership. As Director of Volunteer Experience at YIP, he focuses on making people feel welcomed and supported, often through the kind of behind-the-scenes work that doesn’t show up in headlines but makes everything run better. He’s co-founded initiatives in healthcare and literacy, but what matters most to him isn’t starting things; it’s sustaining them. Ayush is drawn to public health and policy because they offer tools to create real, lasting change in people’s lives. His strengths, empathy, responsibility, and a steady kind of optimism, shape how he shows up in every role, whether he’s leading a meeting, baking for a friend, or helping someone find their footing. Ayush hopes to keep building spaces where people feel seen and supported where care is a practice.