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Total Play Announces Early Results of Exchange Offer for Outstanding 6.375% Senior Notes due 2028
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MEXICO CITY, Jan. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Total Play Telecomunicaciones, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“Total Play,” “we,” “us” or “our”) today announced the early results with respect to its previously announced (x) offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) any and all of its outstanding 6.375% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Existing Notes”) and a cash payment by holders of Existing Notes of U.S.$450 for each U.S.$1,000 of Existing Notes (the “New Money Deposits”) tendered, for newly issued 11.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2032 (the “New Notes”) and (y) solicitation of consents to the Proposed Amendments from the holders of Existing Notes (the “Consent Solicitation”), on the terms and subject to the conditions described in the exchange offer and consent solicitation memorandum, dated January 7, 2025 (the “Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Memorandum”) and the related Eligibility Letter (together with the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Memorandum, the “Offer Documents”). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Offer Documents.
As of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on January 22, 2025 (the “Early Tender Date”), Total Play had received from Eligible Holders valid and unwithdrawn Tender Orders, as reported by Ipreo LLC, as exchange and information agent (the “Exchange Agent”), of U.S.$565,139,000 aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes, representing 94.2% of the outstanding Existing Notes and valid deposits of New Money Deposits corresponding to the tendered Existing Notes, as reported by the Escrow Agent.
As of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on January 22, 2025, the right to withdraw Tender Orders and New Money Deposits expired. Accordingly, Existing Notes validly tendered for exchange at or before such time and the corresponding New Money Deposits validly deposited at or before the Early New Money Deposit Date, may not be validly withdrawn, unless required by applicable law, or Total Play determines in the future in its sole discretion to permit withdrawal rights.
Based on the principal amount of Existing Notes validly tendered as of the Early Tender Date, at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Existing Notes have consented to the Proposed Amendments. Therefore, Total Play will give effect to the Proposed Amendments by entering into a supplemental indenture with the trustee for the Existing Notes promptly after the Expiration Date. The supplemental indenture will become effective upon execution; however, the Proposed Amendments will not become operative until the Exchange Offer consideration is paid on the settlement date, and until then, the indenture for the Existing Notes will remain in effect without giving effect to the Proposed Amendments.
The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on February 6, 2025, unless extended or terminated earlier (such time and date, as the same may be extended or terminated earlier, the “Expiration Date”). Subject to the tender acceptance procedures described in the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Memorandum, Eligible Holders who validly submit their Tender Orders after the Early Tender Date and at or before the Expiration Date and validly deposit their corresponding New Money Deposits after the Early New Money Deposit Date and at or prior to the New Money Deposit Date will receive the Late Tender Consideration. Eligible Holders who validly submit their Tender Orders at or prior to the Expiration Date but do not validly deposit their New Money Deposits at or prior to the New Money Deposit Date will not be eligible to receive any Exchange Consideration.
The complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer, as well as the terms of the New Notes, are set forth in the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Memorandum. Only Eligible Holders are authorized to receive or review the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Memorandum or to participate in the Exchange Offer. Copies of all the documents relating to the Exchange Offer may be obtained from the Exchange Agent, subject to confirmation of eligibility through the submission of an Eligibility Letter, available from the Exchange Agent.
Eligible Holders of the Existing Notes are urged to carefully read the entire Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Memorandum, including the information presented under “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements.” None of Total Play, its subsidiaries, the Exchange Agent, the Dealer Managers and Solicitation Agents (as defined below), the applicable trustees and collateral agents under the indentures governing the Existing Notes and the New Notes, or any of their respective affiliates, makes any recommendation as to whether Eligible Holders of Existing Notes should tender their Existing Notes and deposit the corresponding New Money Deposit pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Each Eligible Holder must make its own decision as to whether to tender its Existing Notes and, if so, the principal amount of Existing Notes as to which such action is to be taken or to deposit the corresponding New Money Deposit.
The Company has engaged Barclays Capital Inc. and Jefferies LLC as the dealer managers and solicitation agents (the “Dealer Managers and Solicitation Agents”) for the Exchange Offer. The Company has engaged Ipreo LLC as exchange and information agent for the Exchange Offer. Questions concerning the Exchange Offer may be directed to the Exchange Agent, in accordance with the contact details shown below. The Eligibility Letter and the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Memorandum may be obtained from the Exchange Agent:
Ipreo LLC
55 Water Street, 39th Floor
New York, New York 10041
Attn: Aaron Dougherty
Email: ipreo-exchangeoffer@ihsmarkit.com
Contact Information:
Banks and Brokers: +1 (212) 849-3880
Toll-Free: +1 (888) 593-9546
By Facsimile (For Eligible Institutions Only):
+1 (888) 254-6152
Confirmation:
+1 (212) 849-3880
By Mail, Overnight Courier, or Hand Delivery:
55 Water Street, 39th Floor
New York, New York 10041
Important Notice
This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in any jurisdiction where it is unlawful to do so and the New Notes have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. Total Play is offering the New Notes (1) in the United States, only to “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in private transactions in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof and (2) outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act to (i) non-U.S. persons (as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act), (ii) not acting for the account or benefit of a U.S. person and (iii) who are “Non-U.S. Qualified Offerees”.
Only holders of Existing Notes who have returned a duly completed Eligibility Letter certifying that they are within one of the categories described in the immediately preceding sentence are authorized to receive and review this Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Memorandum, to participate in the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation and to obtain an Allocation Code necessary to participate in the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation.
The distribution of materials relating to the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. The Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation are void in all jurisdictions where they are prohibited. If materials relating to the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation come into your possession, you are required to inform yourself of and to observe all of these restrictions. The materials relating to the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation, including this announcement, do not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer or solicitation in any place where offers or solicitations are not permitted by law. If a jurisdiction requires that the Exchange Offer be made by a licensed broker or dealer and the Dealer Managers and Solicitation Agents or any of its affiliates is a licensed broker or dealer in that jurisdiction, the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation shall be deemed to be made by the Dealer Managers and Solicitation Agents or such affiliate on behalf of Total Play in that jurisdiction.
All statements in this announcement, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Specifically, Total Play cannot assure you that the proposed transactions described above will be consummated on the terms currently contemplated, if at all. These statements are based on expectations and assumptions on the date of this announcement and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market conditions, and factors over which Total Play has no control. Total Play assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, and does not intend to do so, unless otherwise required by law.
None of Total Play, the Dealer Managers and Solicitation Agents, the Existing Notes Trustee, the New Notes Trustee, the Onshore Trustee or the Exchange Agent makes any recommendation as to whether or not Eligible Holders of Existing Notes should exchange their Existing Notes or deposit the corresponding New Money Deposits in the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation.
None of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory body has registered recommended or approved the issuance of the New Notes or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Memorandum. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS TOTAL PLAY’S EXCLUSIVE RESPONSIBILITY AND IT HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED OR AUTHORIZED BY THE MEXICAN NATIONAL BANKING AND SECURITIES COMMISSION (COMISIÓN NACIONAL BANCARIA Y DE VALORES, OR THE “CNBV”). THE NEW NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED WITH THE MEXICAN NATIONAL SECURITIES REGISTRY (REGISTRO NACIONAL DE VALORES, OR THE “RNV”) MAINTAINED BY THE CNBV, AND, THEREFORE, MAY NOT BE PUBLICLY OFFERED OR SOLD OR OTHERWISE BE THE SUBJECT OF BROKERAGE ACTIVITIES IN MEXICO, EXCEPT THAT THE NEW NOTES MAY BE OFFERED IN MEXICO, ON A PRIVATE PLACEMENT BASIS, TO PERSONS THAT ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS (INVERSIONISTAS INSTITUCIONALES) OR ACCREDITED INVESTORS (INVERSIONIONISTAS CALIFICADOS), PURSUANT TO THE PRIVATE PLACEMENT EXEMPTION OF ARTICLE 8, SECTION 1 OF THE MEXICAN SECURITIES MARKET LAW (LEY DEL MERCADO DE VALORES, OR THE “MEXICAN SECURITIES MARKET LAW”) AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER. AS REQUIRED UNDER THE MEXICAN SECURITIES MARKET LAW, TOTAL PLAY WILL NOTIFY THE CNBV OF THE OFFERING AND ISSUANCE OF THE NEW NOTES OUTSIDE OF MEXICO, AND THE MAIN TERMS OF THE NEW NOTES. SUCH NOTICE WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CNBV TO COMPLY WITH ARTICLE 7 OF THE MEXICAN SECURITIES MARKET LAW, FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT IMPLY ANY CERTIFICATION AS TO THE INVESTMENT QUALITY OF THE NEW NOTES, OUR SOLVENCY, LIQUIDITY OR CREDIT QUALITY OR THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION SET FORTH HEREIN. THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND CONSENT SOLICITATION MEMORANDUM MAY NOT BE PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED IN MEXICO. THE ACQUISITION OF THE NEW NOTES BY ANY INVESTORS, INCLUDING ANY INVESTOR WHO IS A RESIDENT OF MEXICO, WILL BE MADE ON SUCH INVESTOR’S RESPONSIBILITY.
Note to Eligible Holders in the European Economic Area (the “EEA”) – Prohibition of sales to EEA Retail Investors
The New Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the EEA. For these purposes, (i) a “retail investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following: (a) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”); (b) a customer within the meaning of the Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended, the “Insurance Distribution Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (c) not a qualified investor as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (as amended, the “Prospectus Regulation”); and (ii) “offer” includes the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the Exchange Offer and the New Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to acquire the New Notes in the Exchange Offer. Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the “PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the New Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the New Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation. The Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Memorandum has been prepared on the basis that any offer of New Notes in any member state of the EEA will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Regulation from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of notes. The Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Memorandum is not a prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Regulation.
Note to Eligible Holders in the United Kingdom (the “UK”) – Prohibition of sales to UK Retail Investors
The New Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the UK. For the purposes of this provision, (i) a “retail investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following: (a) a retail client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “EUWA”); (b) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended, the “FSMA”) and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement the Insurance Distribution Directive, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA; or (c) not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the “UK Prospectus Regulation”); and (ii) “offer” includes the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the Exchange Offer and the New Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to acquire the New Notes in the Exchange Offer. Consequently, no key information document required by the PRIIPs Regulation as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the “UK PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the New Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the New Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation. The Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Memorandum has been prepared on the basis that any offer of New Notes in the UK will be made pursuant to an exemption under the FSMA and the UK Prospectus Regulation from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of notes. The Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Memorandum is not a prospectus for the purposes of the UK Prospectus Regulation.
About Total Play
Total Play is a leading telecommunications company in Mexico, which offers internet access, pay television and telephony services, through one of the largest 100% fiber optic networks in the country.
Investor Relations:
Bruno Rangel
Rolando Villarreal
+ 52 (55) 1720 9167
+ 52 (55) 1720 9167
jrangelk@totalplay.com.mx
rvillarreal@totalplay.com.mx
Press Relations:
Luciano Pascoe
Tel. +52 (55) 1720 1313 ext. 36553
lpascoe@gruposalinas.com.mx
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Funding to accelerate industrial emissions reductions, scale clean technologies, and strengthen low carbon supply chains
VANCOUVER, BC, April 29, 2026 /CNW/ – NorthX Climate Tech (NorthX) today announced $3 million in non-dilutive investments in four companies developing breakthrough technologies to decarbonize some of BC’s highest-emitting industrial sectors. The funding will support ShiftX Technologies, Kinitics Automation, CURA, and Hydron Energy–accelerating pilot deployments, de-risking early-stage technologies, and advancing pathways to commercial scale across energy, heavy industry, and resource-based systems.
“Clean technology innovation is essential to strengthening Canada’s industrial and climate competitiveness,” said the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. “Projects like these are made-in-Canada solutions to improve efficiency, build stronger supply chains, and create good jobs, while positioning Canada as a clean energy superpower and the strongest economy in the G7.”
BC’s industrial sectors represent some of the province’s largest emissions sources and some of its greatest opportunities for economic and climate impact.
“Reducing emissions and building a thriving economy are not mutually exclusive – by driving industrial decarbonization, you can have it both ways,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions. “By funding cutting-edge companies like ShiftX Technologies, Kinitics Automation, CURA, and Hydron Energy, NorthX is not only supporting our government’s methane emission reduction and industrial decarbonization goals but is also making BC more competitive on the world stage.”
NorthX is pleased to support the following companies, each addressing a distinct piece of the decarbonization puzzle:
ShiftX Technologies is developing a cleaner, more compact hydrogen production system that operates at lower temperatures and costs than conventional methods, making it well suited for industrial and marine fuel applications. Its sorbent-based reactor technology is designed to scale, and NorthX is backing a first-of-its-kind pilot to accelerate its path to commercialization.Kinitics Automation is commercializing a zero-emission, drop-in replacement for the methane-venting pneumatic devices widely used in natural gas operations. Its non-venting electric actuator eliminates methane leaks at the source while improving efficiency, reliability, and reducing maintenance demands. The market opportunity is substantial as more than 261,000 of these devices across Canada must be replaced by 2030.CURA is producing zero-carbon lime at commodity-competitive prices through an electrochemical process that captures pure CO₂ for permanent storage. The technology is designed to retrofit directly into existing cement and lime plants, requiring no new supply chains or changes to existing processes, lowering the bar for industry-wide adoption. CURA’s pilot project is progressing toward commercial-scale production, targeting one of the most emissions-intensive sectors in the industrial economy.Hydron Energy is expanding its RNG-based platform into direct air capture, enabling carbon-negative CO₂ removal while recovering rare gases critical to satellite propulsion and other high-value applications. By extracting these gases at ambient conditions, rather than through energy-intensive cryogenic distillation, Hydron delivers a lower-cost, lower-emissions alternative that also reduces Canada’s dependence on geopolitically vulnerable supply chains.
Driving industrial competitiveness through decarbonization
As global demand for low carbon products accelerates, industrial decarbonization is becoming essential to maintaining access to capital, customers, and international markets. Clean technology adoption can also improve operational performance, including enhanced efficiency, reduced fuel consumption, lower waste, and streamlined production processes.
Together, these investments reflect NorthX’s commitment to scaling Canadian climate innovation and accelerating the deployment of practical, high-impact decarbonization solutions across industry.
“Industrial decarbonization is one of the most important and complex opportunities in the global energy transition and we believe BC is uniquely positioned to lead,” said Sarah Goodman, CEO of NorthX. “These companies are developing the kinds of hard tech solutions that can transform how major industries operate, reducing emissions while strengthening economic growth and long-term climate competitiveness.”
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$57.6 million in non-dilutive funding deployed$301M million project value supported89 projects supported874 jobs created$621 million in follow-on funding catalyzed
About NorthX:
Founded in 2021 with an initial investment from the BC Government, the Government of Canada, through Natural Resources Canada’s Energy Innovation Program, and Shell Canada, NorthX Climate Tech (NorthX) is a catalyst for climate action, funding the climate hard tech solutions that transform industries and build lasting prosperity.
Rooted in British Columbia but global in vision, we unite visionaries, investors, industry, government, and partners to scale technologies that drive deep decarbonization and economic growth for Canada. Like the “X” on a map, we pinpoint that pivotal moment when potential is immense, but capital is scarce, that place where local strengths become global solutions.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: StarlingX, Infrastructure of Choice for Distributed Cloud and World’s Largest Telecommunications Providers, Available in Version 12.0 Today
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Version 12.0 of StarlingX is here. StarlingX is an open source cloud infrastructure software stack that makes it simple to deploy, distribute and manage both distributed (edge) applications and centralized cloud.
AUSTIN, Texas, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ —
What: An OpenInfra Foundation project, StarlingX combines the strengths of successful open source cloud technologies—including OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph, and QEMU/KVM—and reconfigures them into a platform for distributed applications of all kinds, accounting for geographic dispersion, low-overhead communication, and the need to manage very large hardware deployments.
Who: StarlingX is widely used in production among large telecom operators around the globe, such as T-Systems, Verizon, Vodafone, KDDI and others. Hardened and stress-tested by telecoms, StarlingX is now a highly performant distributed cloud architecture ideal for demanding use cases such as railway systems, autonomous driving platforms, aerospace communication and flight systems, drones, critical energy infrastructure, industrial automation and more.
Why: The StarlingX platform has been extensively hardened in production environments for years. With each new release, the open source community continues to refine its capabilities, security and operational efficiency to meet evolving industry demands. Learn more about the enhancements in StarlingX 12.0: https://www.starlingx.io/blog/starlingx-release-12/
“StarlingX continues to advance cloud technologies for mission-critical industries. As an ongoing supporter of the project and original contributor to the code base, we are encouraged by its growing commercial adoption within the ecosystem. We look forward to further supporting this momentum with our ongoing collaboration and by delivering expertise with our commercial distribution of StarlingX in Wind River Cloud Platform.” — Paul Miller, CTO, Intelligent Systems, Software and Services, Aptiv
“StarlingX 12.0 represents a significant leap forward in edge scalability and operational efficiency. By refining our core architecture and expanding our support for diverse hardware profiles, we are ensuring that the community has the tools necessary to meet the evolving demands of the next generation of edge infrastructure. It’s a proud day for the project and everyone involved in this milestone.” — Shuquan Huang, StarlingX Technical Steering Committee member
“We are thrilled to witness another StarlingX release and all the results delivered by this amazing community. StarlingX 12.0 brings important new features for authentication and security, OS and Kubernetes updates and OpenStack support to the new version (OpenStack 2025.1 – Epoxy) and new external storage options. The community engagement and the ecosystem are shining and bringing accelerated results. Encora is excited to continue supporting the expansion of StarlingX.” — Thales Elero Cervi, Encora, StarlingX OpenStack project lead, StarlingX Technical Steering Committee member
Where: Download StarlingX 12.0 at https://opendev.org/starlingx
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Release blog post: https://www.starlingx.io/blog/starlingx-release-12/Release notes: https://docs.starlingx.io/releasenotes/index.html#release-notesProject documentation: https://docs.starlingx.io/Website: https://www.starlingx.io/
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Youth for Neurodiversity Inc. (YND) Unveils Ally App at CA School Health Conf. Apr 27-28, 2026
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Founded by Aashna Parsa, youth-led YND’s innovative gamified Ally in Training™ app, supported by 26 student leaders across nine states, fosters vital neurodiversity allyship and self-advocacy skills.
LOS ANGELES, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Youth for Neurodiversity Inc. (YND), a youth-led nonprofit, is showcasing its gamified app Ally in Training™ through an interactive youth-led exhibit at the California School Health & Behavioral Health Conference (April 27–28 at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City).
The exhibit highlights allyship, strengths-based understanding of neurodiversity, and student mental health, featuring live demos of Ally in Training™ alongside CalHOPE’s youth mental health app Soluna.
Founded by Aashna Parsa, a rising high school student at Stanford Online High School and incoming freshman at The Harker School, YND brings together neurodivergent and neurotypical youth to promote inclusive learning, peer connection, and strengths-based understanding.
Based in San Jose, Parsa’s inspiration to take action emerged from her personal journey navigating neurodiversity within her family and close community, alongside adapting to physical challenges following an injury last summer. She further drew motivation from the 2025 Stanford Neurodiversity Summit and Vanderbilt University’s Neurotech Frontiers conference organized by the Janus Innovation Hub and the Frist Center for Autism & Innovation. Moreover, she developed and submitted a written research input to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ 2026 youth mental health, facilitated by a worldwide consultation of youth leaders and changemakers supported by the United Nations Youth Office.
“Growing up around neurodiversity and navigating my own challenges showed me how isolating differences can feel,” said Parsa. “Rooted in the principle “Nothing About Us Without Us,” I built Ally in Training™ to make learning allyship feel like play. Our participation in this significant conference allows Youth for Neurodiversity Inc. to connect directly with the educators and health professionals who are instrumental in shaping supportive environments for neurodivergent youth. We believe our unique youth-led approach and the innovative Ally in Training™ app are powerful tools for fostering peer connection and driving our mission forward.”
YND is growing rapidly with 26 student leaders and members across nine U.S. states and Africa, with strong representation across California, including Los Altos, San Jose, Saratoga, Palo Alto, Redwood City, Los Altos, San Mateo, and Morgan Hill.
At the conference, Parsa is joined by fellow student leaders Annie Liu and Jisoo Hur from Los Altos High School, and Unaysah Ron and Omar Ron from Ocean Grove Charter, to demonstrate the app and engage with educators and health professionals.
YND is a community member of the United Nations Youth Office’s flagship initiative on Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing and a proud partner of the California School-Based Health Alliance. The organization is also a community member of Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications under Gavin Newsom, reflecting its engagement within California’s youth health and education ecosystem.
YND student leaders also participated in advocacy efforts on April 15, 2026 in Sacramento, supporting California Assembly Bills 2071 (Digital Wellness) and 1669 (Student Mental Health) with co-sponsor of the bills GENup, a California-based nationwide student-led organization dedicated to transforming education policy by amplifying youth voices.
Maxwell Palance, mentor to Aashna Parsa and Co-Chair of the Stanford Network for K-12 Neurodiversity Education & Advocacy (NNEA), 2026 Davos Neurodiversity Summit Leadership Wall Honoree, and NASA Neurodiversity N3 Network Research Intern and Scholar, said:
“Aashna Parsa and the Youth for Neurodiversity team embody the future of authentic, youth-led neurodiversity advocacy. Neurodiverse minds bring unique perspectives and ways of thinking that challenge assumptions and spark breakthroughs. By creating spaces where different ways of thinking are supported, we expand what’s possible for everyone. Their gamified Ally in Training™ app is an innovative tool designed to bring neurodivergent and neurotypical teens together to build allyship and self-advocacy skills. I’m excited to see them sharing this work at the California School Health & Behavioral Health Conference.”
About Youth for Neurodiversity Inc.
Youth for Neurodiversity Inc. is a California-based, international youth-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit that breaks barriers for neurodivergent and differently-abled youth by celebrating differences, championing strengths, and mobilizing allies. The organization brings together neurodivergent and neurotypical teens worldwide to build connections, reduce stigma, and promote universal design, assistive technology, sensory-friendly spaces, and youth-centered policy. Learn more at youthfornd.org.
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