About The CFAC Team
Treating Physician & Primary Motivator: Dr. David Plager, MD
Logistics Coordinaters from IU School of Medicine: Chelsea McClellan & Caitie Deranek Stewart
Creator and Founder: Manya Suresh
Art Judge: Sandra Hass
Sandra Hass was born and raised in northern Indiana. After graduating from Berea College with a degree in Elementary Art Education, she went on to earn a Masters of Education from Graceland University. She holds K-12 Indiana License. Sandra has taught elementary art to hundreds of children each year for over a quarter of a century. She has also served as an exchange ambassador to Japan for the Bartholomew County School Corporation. Her personal work includes watercolors, digital art as well as pottery. She is married to composer Jeffrey Hass, and her daughter Emerald is an art therapist.
Social Media Strategists: Lison Cloteaux & Emiliano Rosalez Lopez
"Hi, my name is Emiliano Rosales Lopez. Currently I am a sophomore at Columbus North High School. I am a very organized person and when the opportunity arose to help my friend Manya with her fundraiser, I beamed at the thought of being able to assist her with this inspirational thing she created to change the lives of children struggling with eye conditions on a daily basis. Currently I am the social media manager and design most of the posts on the account. All of the time and effort I put into this fundraiser is to support Manya and support her cause because I believe that it could change the world."
"My name is Lison Cloteaux. I am a sophomore at Columbus North High School. I am a very creative person and when Manya introduced me to this project a couple weeks ago I was thrilled to be a manager of the social media account. I wanted to help her any way that I could because this fundraiser would aid researchers in finding treatments for eye diseases in children. This project seemed like a great way to connect with her and learn more about different eye diseases."