Zak Rahim is a 16-year-old junior at Henry M. Gunn High School. He is part of an organization working closely with Brandon Kang to host benefit concerts for various purposes. In the past, they have raised money for local disadvantaged musicians and international organizations such as Doctors Without Borders. Zak has helped primarily with financing and managing, as well as publicity. He is also interested in theater, performing in over a dozen plays. His contributions to Gunn Theater include being the lead role in the school play, being a member of the Gunn Improv Troupe, publicity representative for Gunn Theater, and organizing and performing improvisational comedy at a Gunn Theater event to raise money for students to go on a New York trip. Zak is very passionate about scientific research, having performed research for six weeks at the University of Northern Colorado cancer biology lab, where he worked alongside graduate and undergraduate students under Dr. Han to measure the effects of CBG on Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Other than that, Zak has participated in multiple science fairs. Most notable among these are being invited to participate at the national level of the Broadcom MASTERS Science fair and getting 1st place in the UNC STEM Entrepreneurship Challenge.