DECA ICDC 3rd Place

April 2026

Placed third in the world for human resources management, placing me in the top ~0.2% of competitors.

The United States Senate Youth Program

March 2026

$12.5k scholarship & a week in DC with Pennsylvania's Senators and other policy officials.

NA Commencement Speaker

June 2026

Chosen by teachers and students to deliver the commencement address to the Class of 2026.

Pennsylvania DECA VP

February 2026

Served as VP of Community Outreach for PA DECA, raising over $13k for Habitat for Humanity.

Billboards Around PA

February 2025

JA of Western PA 18 under 18 award — placed on billboards with 100k+ impressions/week.

PA House of Representatives

April 2025

Received a letter from the PA House of Representatives commending my work with Futr.

Pinata Pitch — Montreal

June 2025

Pitched Futr for $10k in Montreal. Placed 3rd internationally in the pitch competition.

NSHSS Be More Grant

November 2025

Won $10k for Futr from a national pitch competition to expand our impact.

JA of Western PA — 18 Under 18

January 2025

Chosen as one of the region's 18 most impactful people under 18.

DECA ICDC 3rd Place

April 2026

Placed third in the world for human resources management, placing me in the top ~0.2% of competitors.

The United States Senate Youth Program

March 2026

$12.5k scholarship & a week in DC with Pennsylvania's Senators and other policy officials.

NA Commencement Speaker

June 2026

Chosen by teachers and students to deliver the commencement address to the Class of 2026.

Pennsylvania DECA VP

February 2026

Served as VP of Community Outreach for PA DECA, raising over $13k for Habitat for Humanity.

Billboards Around PA

February 2025

JA of Western PA 18 under 18 award — placed on billboards with 100k+ impressions/week.

PA House of Representatives

April 2025

Received a letter from the PA House of Representatives commending my work with Futr.

Pinata Pitch — Montreal

June 2025

Pitched Futr for $10k in Montreal. Placed 3rd internationally in the pitch competition.

NSHSS Be More Grant

November 2025

Won $10k for Futr from a national pitch competition to expand our impact.

JA of Western PA — 18 Under 18

January 2025

Chosen as one of the region's 18 most impactful people under 18.

hey, i'm sagar.

startups & finance

Econ @ Princeton, startups, & finance.

experience

founder & ceo — futr

2023 – 2026

immigrants are almost 2× as likely as native citizens to end up in poverty. futr is a fintech platform connecting immigrants to financial institutions to close the poverty gap caused by financial exclusion. 8k+ users, featured on cbs, raised ~$18k.

economics research intern — penn state university

2024 – 2026

built a novel econometric model to quantify policy changes. first-authored a paper on theoretical fiscal policy; pre-print on ssrn.

business development intern — fitalyst

2025

scaled outreach to 100+ colleges, initiated 15 pilot programs, and built end-to-end design, ops, and implementation workflows for program deployment.