Changes

Mahmoud Khedr is a University Innovation Fellow at the City College of New York, majoring in Social Entrepreneurship; a major he created. He’s an Egyptian Immigrant passionate about social change and an undergraduate studying International Studies equity in mental health, education, and Business business.   Since strating at CCNY, Mahmoud has been deeply involved in the Colin Powell School of Civic Innovation and Global Leadership @ CCNYEntrepreneurship ecosystem. Mahmoud is He was a social Co-founder and tech entrepreneurPresident of the first Entrepreneurship Student Club, an organization with the mission of fostering the entrepreneurial ecosystem through interdsiplinary collaboration, mentorship, inspiration, youth advocate and community leaderconnection. He was born Through ESC, the team has hosted dozens of entrepreneurs, CEOs, advocates and activitsts in Egypt the forms of TED talks, fire-side chats, keynotes, summits, and came more. After his 2-year presidency, Mahmoud co-founded Invention Corps at CCNY, the first eastern chapter of the UC-Berkley organization dedicated to empowering CCNY students to the United States six years agogain real-world experience through consulting projects with non-profit organizations. He's an advocate for work has also designed and project-based learninghosted multiple workshops around mental health which covered minfdulness, equal educational opportunitiesmeditation, and empowerment stress management.    Today, Mahmoud is the Co-founder & CEO of FloraMind, a social-impact driven company that partners with high schools to underrepresented minoritiesprovide mental health & well-being programs. in Previously, he has had experience working with nonprofits, government, startups, and tech—from Facebook, to Google, the tech NYC Mayor's Office of Technology & Innovation and business fieldEchoing Green. Mahmoud is He also started several companies, including a food-delivery startup and a wrestler who plays ping pongcampus social media app that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from investors and acquired more than 10, enjoys biking000 users. After feeling an urgent calling to address the teen mental health crisis in the United States, kayakingin addition to his personal experience with mental health issues, Mahmoud is driven by his purpose to build FloraMind and ensure that every teenager can flourish in their academic and hikingpersonal pursuits.    Mahmoud has been honored as a Colin Powell Fellow, Clinton Global Initiative Fellow, Forbes Under 30 Scholar, Stanford University Innovation Fellow and LinkedIn Campus Editor. He is an Entrepreneur In Residence at the Zahn Innovation Center in Harlem, advising and mentoring community startups.