Agents of Influence is a Critical Thinking Games for kids The Problem: If people blindly believe misleading information, it jeopardizes our futures as a nation and world. Our Solution: We have designed a game called Agents of Influence to equip the next generation to evaluate information critically, especially on the internet. We won the Aspen Institute’s Competition for Information Disorder and we have established a research partnership with Stanford and MIT. The Goal: Our goal is to have 100 Rotary Clubs and concerned citizens across the country introduce the game to Schools and youth groups, ages 12-15, to enable them to make responsible, informed decisions.

Anahita is a 3rd Gen Rotarian originally from New Delhi, India and currently from the Rotary Club of Newport Beach. Anahita is co-founder and CEO of Alterea. She has been designing interactive experiences for social impact since high school that have received recognitions including Forbes Under 30, winning SBIR grants from the US Dept of Education, the Aspen Institute’s Information Disorder Competition and being a finalist for SXSW Innovation Awards. She is a three-time published author on achieving social impact using experiential design, including the articles "Disney: Castles, Kingdoms and (No) Common Man" in JTEAS and "Designing An Adventure” in the Carnegie Mellon University’s Well Played Journal and has been featured in multiple publications including Authority Magazine and ThriveGlobal’s “Dreamers” and “Future of Games” series. She is also an associate faculty member at the Media Education Lab and on the Board of Advisors for The Game Academy and UC Riverside’s Design Thinking Program.