Indrani Maitra

Indrani Maitra painting pumpkins in her family's driveway. The teal pumpkins are a good vehicle to raise awareness about food allergies and let people know about a way to help kids with food allergies on Halloween. Indrani shares Houston allergy-friendly food finds and ways for teens to navigate food allergies on her Twitter account.

Food Allergy Research and Education hosted their 2nd Annual Back-to School Teen Broomball Social at the Ice at the Galleria. Pictured on the ice: Daniel Chen, Colyn Connor, Kyle Connor, Climon Hall, Vincent Iandoli, Ben Kugler, Elaine Kugler, Eric Kugler, Sebastian Lubisay, Indrani Maitra, Tyler McRae, Serina Menon, Imani Muhammad, Kyle Nguyen, Phuc Nguyen, Tyler Nguyen, Ryan Shu, Mallory St. Denis, Freddie Starks, Austin Tran, Autumn Tran, Emma Tran, Kevin Tran and Nathan Tran.

Indrani Maitra, a rising seventh grader at St. John’s School, wasn’t excited about visiting a small town in the Texas Hill Country but ultimately was impressed by the experience.