Yajat Gupta is a high schooler who loves reading and lives in Pennsylvania. From a young age, he was fascinated by books and his mother would endlessly read to him, sometimes reading up to 20 books a day! This became a pattern and led to his extreme love of reading today. He likes to play basketball and is always looking forward to watching the next game. Go 76ers! Chess has become a passion of his as well, and he plays rated chess. His favorite chess player is Fabiano Caruana tied with Mikhail Tal. He also enjoys being on the debate team and math team for his school as well.