NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arun Moorthy, 16, of Scottsdale, today was named a 2022 Prudential
Emerging Visionary for bringing powerful vision and meaningful
change to his community.
As one of 25 young people from across the country selected in
this year's inaugural class, Arun will receive $5,000 in funding as well as an invitation to
participate in an awards summit from April
23-26, 2022. The summit will include a lively agenda packed
with skills development workshops, coaching sessions, networking
opportunities and special recognition events. Select winners will
also have an opportunity to participate in a pitch-off where a
grand prize winner will receive an additional $10,000 in funding. What's more, Prudential
employees will vote to name an Employees' Choice Award winner, who
will receive an additional $5,000.
Prudential Emerging Visionaries recognizes young people ages
14-18 whose fresh perspectives and innovative solutions address the
pressing financial and societal challenges in their communities. It
is a collaboration between Prudential Financial and Ashoka, a
leading social impact organization, with advisory support from the
Financial Health Network, an authority on financial health and
longtime partner of The Prudential Foundation. The program is an
evolution of the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, the
country's largest youth recognition program, which for 26 years
honored more than 150,000 outstanding youth volunteers.
"Emerging Visionaries is another way Prudential is demonstrating
its commitment to our purpose: to make lives better by solving the
financial challenges of our changing world," said Chairman and CEO
Charles Lowrey. "The students we're
honoring have a sense of possibility that drives them to look
beyond themselves. Their vision and dedication are key to creating
fully inclusive communities, and we are humbled and inspired by
their work."
That work includes addressing needs created by the COVID-19
pandemic, combating economic inequality, advocating for inclusion
and closing the digital divide. This inaugural group of young
leaders was selected based on four main criteria: their solution is
innovative; it can create meaningful impact in the future and can
scale to a wider community; it demonstrates a deep understanding of
the issue; and it inspires the visionary to lead or take action and
motivates others to do the same.
Here is Arizona's Prudential
Emerging Visionary for 2022:
Arun Moorthy, 16, of
Scottsdale, Arizona, created
"HealthAI," a collection of mobile health care apps that tackle
health inequity by providing education, affordable screenings and
access to preventative medicine, all with the touch of a button.
The initiative has developed apps like the "COVID-19 Risk Profiler"
— used by health care providers to prescreen patients for the
virus. Arun then talks with health care professionals and
patients so he can tailor the apps for the users they serve and
educate clients on operating the products and incorporating them
into a clinical workflow. For instance, in response to rising
mental health needs, he upgraded the Risk Profiler to also screen
for depression and anxiety.
Arun was inspired by several eye-opening experiences, including
a medical trip that taught him about the complexity of health
inequity, and coding challenges that revealed the power of teamwork
to take on complex problems. The initiative's Risk Profiler has
screened over 4,500 immunocompromised oncology patients, and
approximately 80% of clinic staff feel their work environment is
safer as a result.
To read the names and stories of all of this year's Prudential
Emerging Visionaries, visit prudential.com/emergingvisionaries.
About Prudential Financial
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial wellness leader
and premier active global investment manager, has operations in
the United States, Asia, Europe
and Latin America. Prudential's
diverse and talented employees help to make lives better by
creating financial opportunity for more people. Prudential's iconic
Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and
innovation for more than a century. For more information, please
visit news.prudential.com.
About Ashoka
Ashoka is the largest global network of leading social
entrepreneurs — individuals with new ideas to systemically address
the world's biggest challenges and the entrepreneurial skill to
transform those ideas into national, regional and global social
impact. Over 40 years, Ashoka has supported more than 3,600 social
entrepreneurs in 90 countries with solutions addressing society's
most pressing issues. Ashoka's vision is a world in which Everyone
Is a Changemaker — a society that responds quickly and effectively
to challenges, and where every individual has the freedom,
confidence and societal support to address any social problem. For
more information, visit ashoka.org.
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