THARANI MARIA SOMANATHAN

YOUNG ROLE MODEL

Meet 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐲 (𝐒𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧), 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐔𝐊 based Young Role Model. This 13 year old represents 𝐒𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥. She is a TEDX speaker, songwriter and musician and has a successful YouTube channel - TM Tones. She also excels in academics, swimming, chess and is a classically trained dancer in Ballet and Bharathanatyam.

• TEDx - Inspirational Speech on “Heritage of Happiness” at 12 years of age.
• Tharani’s channel TM Tones - showcasing singing and music passion on YouTube (with over 2000 subscribers and over 550k views worldwide) and presence on other social media platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer etc.
• TM Tones’s collaboration with TeenyWeenyVR (a national award winning project) to bring Virtual Reality to children with special needs across the UK.
• Performance at local Mayor’s coronation event and also Mayor’s annual gala to support and help raise over £3k for deserving charities.
• Creative writing ✍️ and poetry skills which were selected out of thousands and published in three UK books.
• Other skills which include being Surrey and Epsom Chess ♟️ prize winner/top girl, receiving Academic 📚 scholarship, being District swimmer 🏊‍♀️, ballet 🩰 and Bharathanatyam dancer since the age of three etc. Hopefully this video helps to understand the reason for award.