A first-generation, low-income student from NYC who built a STEM mentorship program for orphanage students in Nairobi from nothing — no funding, no institution, no permission. Just a phone, WhatsApp, and a refusal to walk away from kids who needed someone to show up.
My Story
My name is Syed Rahman, and I am an incoming mechanical engineering student at City College of New York. I founded and lead 4Hope Kenya's engineering curriculum for the Global Hope Centre's Program, translating real engineering principles — mechanics, materials science, design trade-offs — into lessons that run entirely on a phone.
This work grew out of an earlier chapter mentoring Kenyan students through a bike organization. Mr. Moses of Children's Garden Home and the Global Hope Center introduced me to this community, and I built 4Hope Kenya to give it a rigorous, lasting program rather than a one-off effort.
I am a published poet — author of Through the Poet's Eye — and a mechanical engineering student who believes the best solutions come from genuinely understanding the people you serve. Engineering is not just equations. It is people.
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