SJM_SouthernExposure_225_SouthernExposure_11_08 2 / 20 / 25 4 : 45 PM Page 3 Do you know a local person ? NAMES TO KNOW who is doing great things ? Let us know by emailing Carly @ SouthJersey.com . Local people achieving big things in South Jersey and beyond Tania Martinez Balvir Singh Allan Wylie Brian Gregg Akhilesh Pulavarti This Camden City basketball coach A Cherokee High School senior , This Rutgers - Camden graduate is Growing up completely blind , Wylie’s After being recently elected to the and mentor was recognized as a Pulavarti led The Cherokee Math the first student from the universi - love for sports was solely based on State Assembly , Singh became the 2025 Camden County MLK Freedom Team to second place in the 2024 - ty’s Camden campus to receive the sounds and emotions . Recently , he first Sikh legislator in state history . Medal winner for his influence 2025 Burlington County Mathe - honor of being selected for a mas - was the subject of a feature story on He now represents New Jersey’s 7th upon many children in the commu - matics League competition as one ter’s program in global affairs , in CBS Evening News . Wylie’s dream legislative district , which includes nity , both on and off the court . of the team’s captains . He also se - Beijing , China . She was selected to become a sports broadcaster be - Burlington County communities along Gregg has spent many hours volun - cured first - place recognition along with approximately 200 stu - gan when he was 12 and he studied the Delaware River . Singh is the first teering with the North Camden Lit - across all competitors this season dents from around the world . The the industry during his time broad - Asian American to win a countywide tle League , Camden County Police for the highest number of correct Schwarzman Scholars Program is a casting games in high school . Since election in Burlington County and the Department’s Open Gym program answers . During Burlington County highly selective , one - year scholar - then , the Rowan University freshman first Sikh American to win a county - and Big Brothers Big Sisters . He is Math League’s 2023 - 2024 season , ship program that promotes learn - has had amazing success and oppor - wide election in New Jersey . also involved in numerous recre - Pulavarti earned a second - place ing and leadership at Tsinghua Uni - tunities as a color commentator for ational basketball programs at top scorer award as a individual versity . Martinez moved to South the Delaware Blue Coats . MJD Fieldhouse , the Salvation junior . Jersey from Arkansas to study po - Army Kroc Center and more . litical science , philosophy and glob - al studies as a triple major . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 21 issue 11 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 12 |