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01/01/26: A Recap of Aspire to Inspire’s 2025
As we step into 2026, Aspire to Inspire would like to take a moment to reflect upon the achievements and progress in the past year of 2025.
A2I was launched in just July of 2025; with shared interests and aspirations, our members gathered together across the country and the world. While the A2I website was being actively built, we began uploading art pieces and research articles connected to neurology. We also started posting regularly on social media (Instagram), which attracted new members interested in joining us. Near the end of 2025, the San Diego Chapter began hosting its first events, with a few more Chapters planning out events at their locations. It has truly been an eventful year!
A big thank you to all members, for their dedication to growing A2I and for simply being a part of the team. It has been such a great experience working together! Looking forward to a year of speedy growth and many meaningful moments in 2026!
Being launched in just July of 2025, this organization has not only begun uploading articles, performances, and art pieces connected to neurology on its website, it has also begun hosting its first events, as well as maintaining a social media page. From designing and choosing its logo, to members applying for positions, it has truly been an eventful year.
A big thank you to all A2I members, for their dedication to improving A2I and for simply being a part of A2I’s team. It has been a great experience working together and watching A2I grow in this past year, and we look forward to seeing what A2I will become next year.
12/21/25: Aspire to Inspire hosts a holiday event at San Diego!
In the spirit of holidays, A2I San Diego Chapter collaborated with Together in Motion and held a Christmas event at a nursing home in Carmel Valley! (Check out the instagram post for more event pictures.)
Thanks to Ava and her friend for creating a dance choreography with colorful fabrics. Amy accompanied the residents’ dance movements with Jingle Bells, a festive piece celebrating Winter holidays. When the event drew close to the end, Amy performed Silent Night, a flowing and calm Christmas classic, while the residents read their Christmas cards. It was so touching to witness the joy that art brings to people during special occasions!
12/20/25: The December meeting of Aspire to Inspire has been held, wrapping up the year of 2025!
We have made great progress on social media in the past few weeks. It was truly a team effort to push out the first couple of posts on Instagram! We drafted a plan for future social media posts, which was discussed in the meeting and shared with all members for sign-ups.
We also had an effective discussion centered around how to connect with external neurodivergent organizations and how to initialize local chapter activities. We looks forward to hearing from Maggie, Yusra, and Selin about progress in their local chapters!
A2I received a few membership applications. One new member will be onboarding soon!
Thanks to ALL A2I members for the great contributions over the past few months; A2I would never be here without every member’s commitment!
11/30/25: Aspire to Inspire hosts its very first event at San Diego!
In collaboration with Together in Motion, A2I San Diego Chapter successfully held its very first event at a nursing home in Carmel Valley! (Check out the instagram post for a video of the event.)
While Ava led a group of residents to warm up for dance movements, Amy performed Chopin Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2, a beautiful yet peaceful piece of music. The two A2I members thoughtfully selected My Way by Frank Sinatra to be the main piece for the event. As the familiar melody flowed from the piano, it brought joy to the residents and accompanied their dance movements. It was such a great experience to connect people with music familiar in their memory!
11/05/25: Aspire to Inspire‘s introductory post has gone live on Instagram!
The introductory post describing Aspire to Inspire‘s mission, arts, research, and contacts, has been posted on Instagram!
Kudos to Selin, Ava, Amy, Maggie, and Gloria for their contributions to our very first post!
We look forward to welcoming new members and continuing to progress.
10/25/25: The Third Meeting of Aspire to Inspire has been held, and positions announced!
Official positions for members have been decided, and are now updated on the “Our Team” page of the website!
We set up our service-hour spreadsheet tracker, as well as the verification process. We have drafted a cold email template and proposals for outreach. The drafts were discussed and will be refined further. We also discussed how to collaborate to push out A2I‘s introductory post on Instagram.
Ava and Amy initialized the San Diego chapter with events planned at an old care center, together with Gloria. Looking forward to hearing back from them soon!
09/16/25: Aspire to Inspire’s Logo has been finalized!
Aspire to Inspire now has her very own logo! Our logo encompasses Aspire to Inspire‘s core components, including music, art, and neuroscience. The symbols of music and art resemble the word “To” inside a human brain, connecting the words “Aspire” and “Inspire”. The design emphasizes our passion to connect music and visual arts with neurodivergent needs.
Thanks to Amy and Maggie for their hard work and creative design!
09/13/25: The second meeting for Aspire to Inspire is successfully held!
Welcome new members to the team: Rithika and Gloria! Official positions are now open to applications.
We have been moving fast in the past month: The Aspire to Inspire website has been improved greatly while the logo was just finalized; Ava published her beautiful art work with interpretations on our website; Our organizational logistics has been gradually built up.
We discussed about bookkeeping service hours, reaching out to organizations related to neurodivergence, and initializing several chapters.
Aspire to Inspire looks forward to posting at Instagram and cross linking with other organizations!
08/02/25: The first meeting for Aspire to Inspire is successfully held!
We introduced ourselves to each other, reviewed our missions, discussed website improvements and social media exposure, and brainstormed initializing chapters across the USA and internationally.
Aspire to Inspire looks forward to finalizing all of the action items planned and opening official positions soon!
07/09/25: Launch on the Summit STEM Fellowship!
Aspire to Inspire is first introduced to others through the International Summit STEM Fellowship, with many shared interests around neurology and science.