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Nibia Maria Pastrana Santiago, 15, a member of the Caribe Girl Scout Council in San Juan and a junior at Colegio Bautista…
Clayton Lillard, 14, an eighth-grader at William P. Hobby Middle School, has collected and refurbished hundreds of used bicycles and donated them…
Sasha Bowers, 14, an eighth-grader at Norton Middle School, drew upon her experience living in a homeless shelter to develop a summer-long…
Charlotte Rastas, 12, a seventh-grader at Toisnot Middle School, organized a penny donation campaign that has raised more than $5,000 to help…
Clare Rosenfeld, 17, a senior at South Eugene High School, is a national leader in raising public awareness of diabetes, and a…
Stephanie Garcia, 15, a member of Jefferson County 4-H and a freshman at Mercy Academy High School, raised more than $20,000 to…
Amy Pierce, 18, of Macon, Ga., a senior at Central High School, developed a gardening program at an elementary school for children…
Cathleen Powell, 17, a senior at Gilmer County High School, raised more than $8,000 to benefit victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks…
Christepher Romero, 17, a junior at Sunnyslope High School, survived a rough childhood in an inner-city neighborhood and went on to develop…
Gideon Sofer, 18, a senior at Highland Park High School, is conducting a national campaign to raise awareness and funds to fight…
Wravenna Phipps, 19, a freshman at Black Hawk College, created and conducted farm safety awareness programs for thousands of children and teens…
Corey Johnson, 17, a student at Hilo High School, founded an organization of more than 100 young people from 12 schools who…
Margaret Reynolds, 16, a sophomore at St. Catherine’s School, started a “Big Sisters” mentoring program that pairs middle and high school girls…
Kevin Koo, 17, a senior at Nashua Senior High School, founded “Citizens of the World” (COW), a cultural awareness advocacy organization designed…
Sydny Koch, 11, a sixth-grader at Agassiz Middle School, organized a cheerleading camp to give younger girls in her neighborhood something fun…
Laurel Barchas, 15, a junior at Truckee High School, started an after-school program that recruits members of her high school band to…