I’m a high school sophomore, who is passionate about creating change and bringing awareness to various social issues. I'm devoted to fighting for change. When I'm not focusing on activism, I love to work out, binge Netflix and hang with my friends & family!

Passionate about empowering youth in their identities, community organizing, and liberation. Recognizing the intersectionality of issues that affect our communities to challenge systems of oppression. Oxford comma enthusiast, lover of poems, & frequent wearer of overalls.

I love advocating for youth, as well as helping create an environment for equitable voices. I am very passionate about ensuring that all members of society, not just youth, are given great standards, whether that be in education, work, or health. I also need socks to sleep.

Advocating and building more empathetic schools and communities in Kentucky. Passion for creating spaces in rural communities that support people of all identities and recognizing the value of youth voice. Striving to design accessible experiences for young people at the Kentucky Student Voice Team.

Committed to echoing the stories and lived experiences of all students in the Shoreline School District and the greater Seattle area. Interested to using organization and design to achieve meaningful progress in educational equity. Lover of reading (behavioral economics & fiction), traveling, and spending time with family!

Determined to advocate for those whose voices have been silenced or ignored. Youth have all the power in their hands, it just takes one person to make a move for change to begin. Lover of cats, music, painting, and anything that brings peace to mind.

Interested in making the world a better place for all in any + every way possible. Lover of all things sports, travel and books.

Committed to reforming my school in a way that ensures individual and communal growth and success through activism, organizing, and education. A cellist who doesn't like listening to classical music and a vegetarian who doesn't like vegetables.

Passionate believer that conversation is the most critical catalyst for real change and a relentless advocate for youth to be its facilitators. Committed to uplifting student voices, fighting for issues that impact youth, and leading difficult conversations.

Passionate about student equity in schools. Loves traveling and listening to music. Whistles like a bird.

Passionate about student's future in environments that form their future. Enthusiastic to engage with students and uplift their spirits about education.

I'm a child-like optimist with big dreams and a big heart who is passionate about progress towards educational, racial and economic equality. I'm also a learning enthusiast.

Involved young community member, working to increase communication between youth and community leaders to create a better environment for ALL!!!! Big advocate for self care and self love. Enjoys reading, playing sports, and buying shoes.

Devoted to fighting against educational inequalities and powering other students to do the same, by any and all means necessary. Advocate for redefining the barriers placed on education and politics to give everyone chance no matter their background. Also enjoyer of mocha cookie crumble Frappuccino's.

A member of numerous organizations that have allowed many individuals to become leaders to facilitate virtual civic discussions within community circles in non-partisan and non-dangering contexts. An exceptional leader who discusses predominant issues that impact our society by increasing discourse and plausible action on such problems. Pushes to increase cultural diversity for civic education, push for sustainable methods that minimize structural violence, and encourage more social capital and voice for students.

A student-activist and sophomore at Lambert high school. Working towards a more equitable society through mental health advocacy and educational justice for students of all backgrounds. Lover of naps, puppies, and hanging out with friends and family.

Kenyan-American working to help diversify her school’s curriculums to be more inclusive of all racial and ethnic backgrounds. Passionate about American politics and advocacy. Enjoys traveling, volunteering, baking, and listening to BIBI, Hope Tala, and Christian Kuria.

Believer in the empowerment of youth and creating those safe spaces for all youth. Youth activist on all matters including the digital divide. Jhene Aiko fan and big baker.

Passionate about student voice, and strengthening education equity. Students withheld power in their voices. Music lover, loves advocating, and never gives up!

Super engaged in changing the outcomes of the most marginalized and disenfranchised scholars. Lover of soccer, great food, and my community.

Yethmie Goonatilleke is passionate about amplifying student voice and advancing education justice for all. She is currently a high school junior in northern New Jersey. In her free time, she loves to draw or read a good book.