Xiyu (Danny) Xu 

President

Xiyu (Danny) Xu is the Founding President of the Youth Services Department of OneSolidarity, a New York State community nonprofit that includes youth engagement, volunteer service, and multicultural initiatives among its areas of work. He is also an award-winning senior youth volunteer recognized by the Erie County Amherst Youth Consortium and the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States, the former Secretary of WNY Chinese Youth Club, and currently serves as its Vice President.

As a first-generation immigrant, Danny is committed to inclusion, belonging, and community connection. He has helped initiate youth-led environmental and service projects and advocates for peer support, compassion, and social inclusion for neurodiverse children and families, as well as unified arts, sports, and youth collaboration initiatives.

He has volunteered across Western New York with organizations, including  FeedMore WNY, local food pantries, and Sleep in Heavenly Peace, assisting in food distribution, building beds for refugee and underserved children, and serving as a youth counselor in seasonal camps.

Danny’s personal journey reflects resilience and growth. He experienced early learning challenges and special education placement, and was once recommended for evaluation related to Level 2 autism spectrum disorder. Through persistence, he developed academically and personally, learning three musical instruments and entering the Math Gifted Program at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York.

In high school, he represented Erie County in the state DECA competition, placing in the top 10 of NYS. He joined his school swim team through perseverance and completed AP Computer Science Advanced. He is recognized as a student role model for both achievement and character.

Outside of school, Danny is deeply family-oriented and maintains a personal science and engineering workshop, where he explores technology, 3D printing, and chemistry experiments. He enjoys reading widely in science, technology, history, and culture, with a continued interest in art, medicine, and philosophy.