Youth-Led 501(c)(3) Nonprofit

Embrace
Your Mind.
Empower
Your Future.

Supporting neurodivergent learners with personalized tools, evidence-informed strategies, and communities where every brain belongs.

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Alex's Learner Profile
Generated by Fo-Bot AI
AI-Powered
✦ Visual-Spatial Learner
Color-codingDiagrams Movement breaksHands-on tasks
Visual-Spatial88%
Kinesthetic74%
Reading/Writing52%
Auditory38%
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Learning Science
Evidence-informed
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Student-Built
By students, for students
1 in 5
Students identify as neurodivergent
501c3
Federally recognized nonprofit
AI+
AI-powered diagnostic technology
100%
Youth-led and student-run
Our Mission

Every student deserves to know how they learn.

Too many neurodivergent students move through school feeling like something is wrong with them. Nothing is wrong. They just learn differently — and no one has ever shown them how.

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"I didn't 'fix' my brain. I fixed how I saw it."
Olivia DiPippa, Founder
What We Do

Three ways we show up for every learner.

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The Platform

Fo-Bot, our AI-powered diagnostic app, builds a personalized learner profile grounded in learning science, with strategies tailored to how each student actually processes information.

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The Program

We've been working with our own school's guidance department to prepare workshops on learning styles and neurodiversity — with a plan in place to start bringing them to middle schools.

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The Community

Through social media and shared resources, we help students find each other and realize they're not the only ones whose brains work this way.

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Meet Fo-Bot

The AI at the heart of Fuel for Focus.

Fo-Bot is the AI behind every learner profile. Built on OpenAI's technology with custom logic layered on top, it analyzes your responses and builds a profile customized entirely to you.

It tells you what actually works for your brain, not just generic study tips.

Built with real engineering — Fo-Bot runs on OpenAI's API, with custom logic layered on top and purpose-built for this exact diagnostic.
Grounded in learning science — the framework draws on established research in learning styles and neurodiversity.
Immediately actionable — every profile comes with specific strategies tailored to how your brain actually works.

Hi! I'm Fo-Bot 👋
Tell me how you learn and I'll build a profile just for you.

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Fo-Bot

Ready to learn your way?

Take the Fo-Bot diagnostic and discover how your brain works best. Fifteen questions. Real results.

Who We Are

Built by students.
For every learner.

Fuel for Focus is 100% student-run. We started with one question: what if students actually understood how their own brains work?

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Our Story

One student.
One big question.

From the Founder

If you'd asked me what kind of student I was a few years ago, I probably would have said I felt lost, or out of order. Staying focused and studying the way I was told to never really made sense to me, and for a long time I figured that meant something was wrong with me.

I don't think that anymore, not because I fixed my brain, but because I fixed the way I saw it. Being neurodivergent means a lot of traditional study methods just don't work for me the way they seem to for everyone else. But it also means I've learned to find my own way through things, and over time I've stopped seeing that as a flaw and started seeing it as one of my biggest strengths.

That's really where Fuel for Focus came from. I spent months reading about learning science and neurodivergence on my own, then used that to build Fo-Bot, which took a lot of trial and error. I ended up rebuilding it more than once after actually surveying neurodivergent students and realizing some of what I thought would help wasn't quite right.

We're still growing and still figuring a lot of this out. But the goal has stayed the same since the beginning: help other students understand their own minds the way I've had to learn to understand mine.

Olivia DiPippa
Founder & President
"I now see it as my biggest strength."
The Team

The people behind
the mission.

Four students, each responsible for a different part of getting this off the ground.

Olivia DiPippa
Founder & President
Olivia DiPippa
Founded Fuel for Focus and built Fo-Bot. Leads the vision, strategy, and direction of the organization.
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Vice President
Vani Punia
Supports day-to-day operations and works closely with Olivia on organizing and executing the mission.
Sophia Sheng
Outreach Director
Sophia Sheng
Leads community outreach and social media. Grows our presence and connects with schools and partners.
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Treasurer
Brynn Livingston
Handles finances and leads fundraising efforts to ensure Fuel for Focus has the resources to grow.
School Outreach

We're getting ready to bring this into classrooms.

We've spent this year working with our own school's guidance department to build out workshops on learning styles and neurodiversity, with a plan in place to bring them to middle schools next.

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Goal
Bring workshops to local middle schools
Live
In-person sessions with real students
Free
No cost to schools or students
2026
Preparing with our school's guidance department

Want to get involved?

Whether you're a student, educator, or supporter — reach out. There's a place for you here.

Fo-Bot by Fuel for Focus

How Fo-Bot Works

A simple 15-question diagnostic. A complete, personalized learner profile. Here's exactly how Fo-Bot turns your answers into something genuinely useful.

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The Process

Four steps. One complete picture.

Hi! I'm Fo-Bot — the AI behind your learner profile. Here's exactly how I turn your answers into something useful. 👋

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🎯 About 5 minutes

Take the Diagnostic

You complete a 15-question assessment designed around established frameworks in learning styles and neurodiversity. Questions cover how you process new information, what environments help you focus, how you retain things, and how you study best.

Sample Question
When you're studying, which environment helps you focus most?
Quiet with visual notes around me
Background music or ambient noise
Moving or pacing while I review
Talking it through with someone
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🔒 Secure & private

Your Responses Are Stored

When you submit, your answers — along with your name and email — are securely sent to the Fuel for Focus database. Your information is used only to generate and retrieve your profile. Nothing else.

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🤖 Fo-Bot analyzes

Fo-Bot Builds Your Profile

Your responses are processed by Fo-Bot — built on OpenAI's API with custom logic designed specifically for this purpose. Fo-Bot analyzes your pattern of answers, identifies your dominant learning styles, and maps them against our framework to generate insights specific to you.

What Fo-Bot looks at
How you process new information
Focus & attention patterns
Your best learning environment
Memory & retention style
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📊 Your profile is ready

Your Learner Profile Arrives

Fo-Bot's analysis is sent back to the database and delivered directly to you in the app. You get a complete Learner Profile — your dominant learning style, specific study strategies, focus recommendations, and practical tools you can start using right away.

Under the Hood

A clean, secure pipeline.

From your answers to your profile — here's exactly what happens.

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Fo-Bot App
You answer 15 questions
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Database
Stored securely
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Fo-Bot AI
Analyzes your pattern
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Database
Results stored
Your Profile
Delivered in the app
Sample Output

What your Learner Profile looks like.

Specific, actionable, and built entirely around you.

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Alex's Learner Profile
Visual-Spatial / Kinesthetic Learner
Fo-Bot Generated
Evidence-Informed
Learning Style Breakdown
Visual-Spatial
88%
Kinesthetic
74%
Reading/Writing
52%
Auditory
38%
Recommended Strategies
Color-coded notes & mind maps
Movement breaks while studying
Build concept diagrams first
Shorter, active study sessions
Flashcards with visual cues
Explain concepts out loud
AIPowered by Fo-Bot — built on OpenAI's API
The Foundation

Grounded in learning science.

Our framework draws on established research in learning styles and neurodiversity — and we're honest about where formal research ends and our own informed approach begins.

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Learning Style Frameworks

The diagnostic draws on established frameworks including the VARK model and multimodal learning theory — applied through our own lens.

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Real Student Input

Beyond the reading, Olivia surveyed real neurodivergent students directly — making sure the diagnostic reflects actual experiences, not just theory.

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Custom-Built Diagnostic

Fo-Bot runs on OpenAI's API, with custom logic layered on top and tailored specifically to our framework.

Ready to find out how you learn?

Fifteen questions. One complete profile. Built entirely for you.

Your Data, Explained

Privacy Policy

A plain explanation of what we collect through the Fo-Bot diagnostic, how it's used, and what we don't do with it.

Last Updated 2026

What we collect

When you use the Fo-Bot diagnostic, we collect the name and email you provide, along with your answers to the assessment questions.

How we use it

Your name and email are used only to save and retrieve your own results — nothing else. We don't read through this information or use it for any other purpose.

Your quiz answers (not your name or email) are sent to OpenAI's API to generate your personalized learner profile. OpenAI processes your responses to produce your results and does not receive your name or email.

Your responses and results are stored securely in our database so you can access them whenever you come back.

What we don't do

We don't sell your information. We don't share it with advertisers. We don't use your responses for anything beyond generating and delivering your own profile.

How long we keep it

Your data stays in our system for as long as the diagnostic tool is active. If you'd like your information removed sooner, just email us and we'll take care of it.

A note for younger users

Fuel for Focus is built with students in mind, including middle and high schoolers. If you're under 13, we recommend using the diagnostic with a parent or guardian, and having them reach out to us with any questions about your information.

Questions? We're happy to help.
info@fuelforfocus.org