Age: 19
Post-secondary students may be grappling with foggy futures, but Noah Karmali is determined to arm his peers with skills they’ll always need.
“Working in a team, empathizing, collaborating — it’s these soft skills that are really going to be beneficial,” he says.
He delivered a TED-Ed student talk called “A Simple Phone Call: Soft Skills are Critical to our Future” in Vancouver in 2024, and has supported youth in developing these critical skills through volunteering for the Mayor’s Youth Council and his mosque. He’s also part of the University of Calgary’s Chancellor’s Ambassadors Club and the Kinesiology Students’ Society.
At age 13, he was nervous about making phone calls for his own piano-lesson business, but now he’s confidently taking initiative and leading others to build vital communication skills for whatever lies ahead.
