About Us
Bright Future Teens (BFT) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides education in academics and hobbies to under-resourced youth while promoting teenage leadership through tutoring sessions and volunteer projects. We encourage teachers and students to embrace creative and individualized lessons, with unique offerings from subjects and branches all across the world.
Do you want to join us for a new journey of volunteer work and leadership? Feel free to contact us at brightfutureteens@gmail.com!
All contributions to Bright Future Teens will be donated to local low-income communities. Your direct donation is fully tax-deductible. Thanks for your support!
Headquarters Leadership Team
Franklin Yang
Founder, President
Franklin Yang is a senior at Lynbrook High School in San Jose, CA, with a passion for STEM research, especially electrical engineering, renewable energy, and optoelectronics. He has competed in the Miller Science Olympiad teams for 3 years and Lynbrook Science Olympiad team for 4 years. He has won 40+ top medals in events at regional, state and national invitational tournaments. Some examples of the events: Anatomy & Physiology, Circuit Lab, Codebuster, Density Lab, Dynamic Planet, Heredity, Ping-Pong Parachute, and Water Quality. He is also a team member of Lynbrook Science Bowl. Franklin is USABO semifinalist, AIME qualifier and USACO Silver Qualifier.
He is also a national awards winner in FBLA, and a dedicated violist in multiple CA youth orchestras. In his free time, he loves coding, playing board games like Settlers of Catan, or gaming on Minecraft.
As the Founder and President of BFT, Franklin is deeply involved in community service by growing the BFT into 5 chapters globally, which supports 500+ kids and families in education and service.
Michelle Ge
Co-founder
VP of Sports
Michelle Ge is a junior at Basis Independent Silicon Valley. She pursued tennis at a very young age and competes in many high-level national tournaments. She has reached top 10 in NorCal rankings for Girls 14 & Girls 16 and enjoys coaching little kids to spread the fun of this sport to others.
As the Co-founder and VP of Sports, Michelle manages all sport related activities and services to support low-income kids and families.
Katherine Yang
Co-founder
VP of Finance
Katherine Yang is a freshman at Lynbrook High School. She is passionate about entrepreneurship and making an impact, as demonstrated by advancing to the Diamond Challenge semifinals in 2025, and as a passionate Model UN delegate. She participates in both Debate team and Science Olympiad team at Miller for 3 years and has earned various awards in public forum debate competition and top medals in Codebuster, Write It Do It, Bio Process, A&P, Tower and Storm the Castle. In addition, she has been coding in C++ for 4 years. Katherine is also a talented artist who specializes in digital art, shading, and acrylic painting.
As the VP of Finance, Katherine manages budgeting, fundraising, expense tracking, financial reporting, and ensuring responsible allocation of funds to support the BFT's goals in headcounter and global charters.
Evan Liu
VP of Operations
Evan Liu is a junior at Lynbrook High School. He has been participating in speech and debate since the 4th grade. He has experience competing in public forum, and has been on the Miller debate team for three years. He is very passionate about debate and would love to share it with more people!
As the VP of Operations, Evan manages the communication between volunteers and other organizations. He also helps coordinate volunteer class held every season.
Global Chapters
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