US Team
Nepal Team

Kabindra Manandhar
Program Manager​
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Nabina Lama
Workshop Operator
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Santosh Timilsena
Field Officer

Nanda Lal Bhandari
Program Coordinator

Rohit Ghale
Field Officer
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Pushpa Bhandari Sharma
Executive Administrator
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Padam Lal Gautam
Field Officer

Roshani Gurung
Education Resource Officer

Nadi Prasad Thapa Magar
Field Officer
US and Nepal Advisors

Dinesh Kumar Shrestha
Looma Advisor

Joan Holcombe
Teacher Advisor

Nabin Acharya
Tech Advisor

Carol Williams
Teacher Advisor

Topraj Gurung
Tech Advisor

Priscilla Geoghegan
Teacher Advisor

Sienna Stritter
Tech Advisor

Joanna Carr
Teacher Advisor

Kathy Hoekenga
Teacher Advisor

Kshifij Raj Prasai
School and Government Relations
Volunteers

Volunteers are the heart of Looma Education! We are thankful to our over 500 volunteers who have contributed their time and many talents to invest in the education and dreams of Nepali children!
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We are especially grateful to:
professional hardware engineers working on Looma Box mechanical and electrical design
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professional sofware engineers helping us leverage AI to integrate relevant media with each textbook chapter, and who mentor our software volunteers
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15+ retired schoolteachers across the US developing lesson plans using modern best-practice teaching methods
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150+ engineering students working on Looma for their capstone projects at Dartmouth College, Stanford University, Santa Clara University, UCSD, and Colorado School of Mines​​
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200+ high school summer interns from Menlo School and other local schools writing code for widgets, features and learning games
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20+ high school students from Rato Bangala School in Kathmandu using their first-hand knowledge to integrate relevant media files with their textbook chapters
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and many more!
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