Select the students' names below to read their World Food Prize Global Youth Institute paper:
| Student | School | City | Mentor in Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Acevedo | Santa Fe College | Gainesville, Florida | Not applicable |
| Jesse Adame | Pius X High School | Lincoln, Nebraska | Shiela Sievert |
| Jaden Ahlrichs | Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Haji Ali | John F. Kennedy High School | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Brad Horton |
| Kiley Allan | Le Mars Community High School | Le Mars, Iowa | Danielle James |
| Shira Alley | Central Decatur High School | Leon, Iowa | Rosa Sondag |
| Andrea Arreola | Storm Lake High School | Storm Lake, Iowa | Christina Rice |
| Perisa Ashar | Maggie L. Walker Governor School | Richmond, Virginia | Manisha Ashar |
| Isaiah Barlow | Crookston High School | Crookston, Minnesota | Steven Barlow |
| Lucas Berard | Grand Rapids Senior High | Grand Rapids, Minnesota | Casey Grossell |
| Sophie Bergan | Ankeny Centennial High School | Ankeny, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Elijah Berger | Middletown High School | Middletown, Maryland | Sarah Shriner |
| Andrew Berley | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, North Carolina | Not applicable |
| Joseph Beukelman | Pella Community High School | Pella, Iowa | Mark Solomon |
| Elizabeth Birchfield | Waco Junior/Senior High School | Wayland, Iowa | Sarah Peters |
| Sydney Blair | Brunswick Early College High School | Bolivia, North Carolina | Morgan King |
| Alysha Bloemker | The British School in the Netherlands | The Hague, The Netherlands | Nicola Bright |
| Marissa Boege | Collins Maxwell High School | Maxwell, Iowa | Maggie Boege |
| Mallory Bowers | Tippecanoe Valley High School | Akron, Indiana | Kraig Bowers |
| Brooke Bradford | Clinton High School | Clinton, Arkansas | Not applicable |
| Grace Brenneman | Concord High School | Elkart, Indiana | Angie Brenneman |
| Alexa Brincks | Kuemper Catholic High School | Carroll, Iowa | Martha Stout |
| Anna Brink | Plymouth High School | Plymouth, Wisconsin | Not applicable |
| Samya Brooks | Golden Triangle Early College High School | Mayhew, Mississippi | Annette Glover |
| Thomas Brustkern | Ankeny Centennial High School | Ankeny, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Kennedy Bulman | Central Community High School | Elkader, Iowa | Ann Gritzner |
| Grace Campidilli | Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Mika Chabeda | Community School of Davidson | Mooresville, North Carolina | Jon Davis |
| Jay Chevuru | Valley High School | West Des Moines, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Allison Chhay | Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | Chicago, Illinois | Allan Chhay |
| Elizabeth Clark | Southview Middle School | Ankeny, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Evan Coblentz | Wawasee High School | Syracuse, Indiana | Mariah Roberts |
| Brooklynn Coburn | Marshalltown High School | Marshalltown, Iowa | Susan Fritzell |
| Jeremy Colboth | Pleasantville High School | Pleasantville, Iowa | Monty Collins |
| John Collins | Gull Lake Homeschool Partnership | Bedford, Michigan | Brian Wibby |
| Quinn Collins | Greenwich Central School | Greenwich, New York | Elizabeth Foote |
| Margaret Colwell | Hartford Union High School | Hartford, Wisconsin | William Schliewe |
| Liam Cosgrove | Energy Institute High School | Houston, Texas | Matthew Farmer |
| Avery Helen Crystal | Marlborough High School | Los Angeles, California | Regina Rosi-Mitchell |
| Tyler Curtiss | Grand Rapids High School | Grand Rapids, Minnesota | Shawn Linder |
| Deepanshu Dabas | Kee High School, Iowa | India | Alesia Hassan |
| Megan Decker | South Central Calhoun High School | Lake City, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Alex DeLaporte | Monroe City High School | Monroe City, Missouri | Sean Frankenbach |
| Gabriella DePrizio | Centerville High School | Centerville, Iowa | Tim Roush |
| Olivia DiGiovine | Olentangy High School | Lewis Center, Ohio | Rachel Hecker |
| Paige Dixon | St. Vincent Pallotti High School | Laurel, Maryland | Lakiah Clark |
| Taylor Donahue | McCutcheon High School | Lafayette, Indiana | Amanda Cox |
| Cail Donkersloot | Spirit Lake High School | Spirit Lake, Iowa | Casey O'Rourke |
| Chance Downs | Maquoketa Valley High School | Delhi, Iowa | Karla Downs |
| Emma Doyle | Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Endrit Drenica | Lutfi Musiqi Technical High School | Vushtrri, Kosovo | Hadie Meholli-Bajrak |
| Maria Duran | Cypress Bay High School | Weston, Florida | Not applicable |
| Caleb Dyer | Springport High School | Springport, Michigan | Megan Merrill |
| Alaina Eiden | Greenway High School | Coleraine, Minnesota | Natasha Maninga |
| Laurie Enders | Armstrong Junior Senior High School | Kittanning, Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Stina Ermeni | SHMLE "Kadri Kusari" | Gjakova, Kosovo | Merita Bokshi |
| Bronson Forsyth | Charles City High School | Charles City, Iowa | Bret Spurgin |
| Ava Fosselman | North Polk High School | Alleman, Iowa | Danielle Wolfe |
| Abby Frescoln | Ames High School | Ames, Iowa | Josh Gorman |
| Samantha Fuchgruber | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Chicago, Illinois | Sheila Fowler |
| Samira Gado | Central Campus | Des Moines, Iowa | Kacia Cain |
| Danyka Galvan | Northwest High School | Grand Island, Nebraska | Darbie Mazour |
| Maddy Gares | Monroe City High School | Monroe City, Missouri | Sean Frankenbach |
| Amber Gehring | Adel DeSoto Minburn High School | Adel, Iowa | Jodi Baier |
| Grace Gochnauer | Hempfield High School | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Sylvia Goldfond | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Shelly Witham |
| Dannely Gomez | Donald M. Payne Senior School of Technology | Newark, New Jersey | Nilda Munoz |
| Giselle Gonzalez | East High School | Sioux City, Iowa | Kristin Helseth |
| Danika Gordon | Sturgis Brown High School | Sturgis, South Dakota | Kindra Gordon |
| Ty Gross | Bettendorf High School | Bettendorf, Iowa | Spencer Mesick |
| Farnaiza Gulam | West High School, Iowa | Philippines | Alesia Hassan |
| Maria Gurtubay | Colegio Williams | Mexico City, Mexico | Mariel Garcia Torres |
| Kianna Hackett | Kingsley-Pierson High School | Kingsley, Iowa | Kristine Hackett |
| Raymond Hackney | Cedar Creek High School | Egg Harbor City, New Jersey | Lisa Martinelli |
| Katherine Hallman | Texas A&M University | College Station, Texas | Not applicable |
| Lily Hammer | Ogden High School | Ogden, Iowa | Stephanie Hammer |
| Allison Heim | Marmaton Valley High School | Moran, Kansas | Jacqueline Gabbert |
| Sydney Hensen | Deforest Area High School | Deforest, Wisconsin | Angie Midthun-Hensen |
| Ezinma Stella Herler | The British School in the Netherlands | Voorschoten, The Netherlands | Nicola Bright |
| Cooper Hess | Danville Community Schools | Danville, Iowa | Gail Kunch |
| Jasmine Holt | Maple Grove Senior High School | Maple Grove, Minnesota | Not applicable |
| Derrick Hooks | Macon East Academy | Tuskegee, Alabama | Manuela Febels |
| Eliana Hornbuckle | Nevada High School | Nevada, Iowa | Kevin Cooper |
| Zihe Huang | Shijazhuang Foreign Language School | Hebei, China | Hong Wang |
| Margaret Huang | Pleasant Valley High School | Bettendorf, Iowa | Lynne Lundberg |
| Hailey Huber | Bruno Central School | Saskatchewan, Canada | Corrinne Arnold |
| Elijah Hudgins | Trion High School | Trion, Georgia | Lakiah Clark |
| Lillian Hughes | University of Nebraska | Lincoln, Nebraska | Not applicable |
| Marleigh Hutchinson | Manhattan High School | Manhattan, Kansas | Stacy Hutchinson |
| Alexander Hutchinson | Hutchinson Home School | Granby, Massachussetts | Linda Hutchinson |
| Hung Huynh | Portage Northern High School | Portage, Michigan | Joseph Grzegorczk |
| Albert Hwang | Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, California | Kyung Mi Kim |
| Natalie Imwalle | St. Marys Memorial High School | St. Marys, Ohio | Lucy Bambauer |
| Yuki Jatmiko | Parkside High CTE | Salisbury, Maryland | Erin Burke |
| Imani Jefferson | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Chicago, Illinois | Sheila Fowler |
| Songqi Jia | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Hebei, China | Hong Wang |
| Emma Johansen | Urbandale High School | Urbandale, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Lydia Johnson | Southeast Polk High School | Pleasant Hill, Iowa | Matthew Eddy |
| Genesis Johnson | Lincoln High School | Tallahassee, Florida | Becky Raulerson |
| Nikhil Kapur | Eastview High School | Apple Valley, Minnesota | Not applicable |
| Kylee Kennedy | Newell-Fonda High School | Newell, Iowa | Crystal Nieland |
| Callie King | Osage High School | Osage, Iowa | Eric Dralle |
| Ava Kitzi | Battle High School | Columbia, Missouri | Laura Kitzi |
| Joshua Klingensmith | Braham Area High School | Braham, Minnesota | Luke Becker |
| Lorena Komar | Alison Bixby Stone School | Zamorano, Honduras | Ashley Shunk |
| Beth Lamp | Northeast High School | Goose Lake, Iowa | Jenna Stevens |
| Candace Landrum | East Central High School | San Antonio, Texas | Matthew Landrum |
| Samuel Lanza | Alison Bixby Stone School | Zamorano, Honduras | Ashley Shunk |
| Evan Larson | Ankeny Centennial High School | Ankeny, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Michael Laumbach | Academy for Allied Health Sciences | Scotch Plains-Fanwood, New Jersey | Bonnie Baldasare |
| Luke LeBar | DeSoto High School | Shawnee, Kansas | Bryan LeBar |
| Korbin Leddy | Milbank High School | Milband, South Dakota | Krecia Leddy |
| Esperanza Lee | Woodbury High School | Woodbury, Minnesota | Jonathan Lee |
| Dennis Lee | The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science | Columbus, Mississippi | Tina Gibson |
| Cody Lehman | Central Columbia High School | Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Sabrina Leistikow | Cedar Falls High School | Cedar Falls, Iowa | Jason Lang |
| Riley Leonard | Snow Hill High School | Snow Hill, Maryland | Pamela Lauer |
| Anna Veronica Lewis | Academy of the Holy Names | Clifton Park, New York | Barbara Lewis |
| Shizhuo Li | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Hebei, China | Hong Wang |
| Jackie Liang | Johnston High School | Johnston, Iowa | Kyla Burns |
| Yixuan Liu | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Hebei, China | Hong Wang |
| Junkang Liu | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Johnston High School | Hong Wang |
| Nyah Lues | La Follette High School | Madison, Wisconsin | Not applicable |
| Mercy Lugard | Hampton-Dumont High School, Iowa | Nigeria | Emerald Johnson |
| Bethany Madore | McCutcheon High School | Lafayette, Indiana | Abi Bymaster |
| Alexandra Magee | The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science | Columbus, Mississippi | Tina Gibson |
| Ryven Mangundayao | Brophy College Preparatory | Phoenix, Arizona | Not applicable |
| Samuel Martin | Shenandoah High School | Shenandoah, Iowa | Sarah Martin |
| Aiden Masek | Kansas State University | Manhattan, Kansas | Not applicable |
| Teagan Mathes | Byron Homeschool Academy | Byron, New York | Richard Mathes |
| Kayann Matlock | Clarkdale High School | Meridian, Mississippi | Toni Buchanan |
| Becca McCourtie | Eastern Michigan University | Ypsilanti, Michigan | Bailey Garwood |
| Marc Mendez | Energy Institute High School | Houston, Texas | Matthew Farmer |
| Christopher Meyer | Pocahontas Area Community School | Pocahontas, Iowa | Brian Bowers |
| Carlos Morales | Colegio Williams | Mexico City, Mexico | Maria del Carmen Camargo Vazquez |
| Brianna Muchella-Prata | Century High School | Sykesville, Maryland | Lorena Muchella |
| Lipika Narisetti | Hilliard Darby High School | Hilliard, Ohio | Sally McClaskey |
| Jaya Nelson | Rock County High School | Bassett, Nebraska | Ann Dvorak |
| Isabella Norsworthy | Farmington High School | Farmington, Arkansas | Clayton Sallee |
| Deirdre Northrup-Riesterer | Marquette Senior High School | Marquette, Michigan | Zita-Ann Riesterer |
| Ganna Omar | Ames High School | Ames, Iowa | Josh Gorman |
| Sophia Parker | Ankeny High School | Ankeny, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Shae Parsons | County Line High School | Branch, Arkansas | Ron Koch |
| Diya Patel | Cleveland Early College High School | Shelby, North Carolina | Edie Greenlee |
| Sahaj Patel | Dublin Coffman High School | Dublin, Ohio | Megan Dudte |
| Anna Peach | Roland-Story High School | Story City, Iowa | Diane Peach |
| Vancie Peacock | Quaker Valley High School | Sewickley, Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Kavina Peters | Eastside High School | Gainesville, Florida | Becky Raulerson |
| Sam Philips | Akron-Westfield High School | Akron, Iowa | LeAnne Philips |
| Evelyn Platner | Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Ellen Poplavska | Penn State University | Univeristy Park, Pennsylvania | Not applicable |
| Kaylee Preble | Dublin Coffman High School | Columbus, Ohio | Megan Dudte |
| Enzio Principato | Martensdale-St. Marys High School | Martendale, Iowa | Adam Davis |
| Alex Provencher | Golden Triangle Early College High School | Mayhew, Mississippi | Annette Glover |
| Elizabeth Putnam | International Baccalaureate School at Bartow | Bartow, Florida | Not applicable |
| Meysoon Quraishi | Downington STEM Academy | Downington, Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Gokul Ramapriyan | Mission San Jose High School | Fremont, California | Ramadas Ramapriyan |
| Amelia Ray | Gifft Hill School | St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands | Jessamyn Souders |
| Grace Reiss | Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Emily Robb | Vincent Massey High School | Manitoba, Canada | Michelle Harvey |
| Anel Robinson | Brookfield Central High School | Brookfield, Wisconsin | Lakiah Clark |
| William Rochelle | Booker T. Washington Magnet High School | Montgomery, Alabama | Lakiah Clark |
| Andrew Sanchez | Carmel High School | Carmel, Indiana | Jill Grimes |
| Garrett Sarringar | SIbley-Ocheyedan High School | Sibley, Iowa | Jim Sarringar |
| Hannah Schiesl | Wahlert Catholic High School | Dubuque, Iowa | Kelley Schiesl |
| Sophia Schillinger | Cedar Falls High School | Cedar Falls, Iowa | Jason Lang |
| Evan Schlarmann | Beckman Catholic High School | Dyersville, Iowa | Linda Schmitt |
| Adam Schmitt | Beckman Catholic High School | Dyersville, Iowa | Linda Schmitt |
| Cael Schoemann | Hartford Union High School | Hartford, Wisconsin | Kevin Martin |
| Sarah Schroeder | Morning Star Academy | Bettendorf, Iowa | Julie Schroeder |
| Haoyan Shi | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Hebei, China | Hong Wang |
| Claire Sholar | Mooresville High School | Mooresville, North Carolina | Jon Davis |
| Shria Shyam | North Allegheny Senior High School | Wexford, Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Olivia Simon | Freehold Township High School | Freehold, New Jersey | Donna Simon |
| Sophie Sinder | Carmel High School | Carmel, Indiana | Jill Grimes |
| Kara Smith | Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Jeania St-Fleur | School for Advanced Studies | Miami, Florida | Becky Raulerson |
| Abraham Steinbeck | Bellevue Community High School | Bellevue, Iowa | Kristi Steinbeck |
| Caitlin Stewart | Swan Valley Regional Secondary School | Manitoba, Canada | Kari Goethe |
| Eamonn Stine | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Chicago, Illinois | Sheila Fowler |
| Kathryn Streahle | Belmont University | Nashville, Texas | Not applicable |
| Faith Surface | Western Dubuque High School | Epworth, Iowa | Breanna Lukes |
| Chasity Talley | The Calhoun High School | Letohatchee, Alabama | Manuela Febles |
| Andrew Tan | West Brook Senior High School | Beaumont, Texas | Mei Han |
| Yang Tan | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Hebei, China | Hong Wang |
| Mukund Tarimala | Coffman High School | Dublin, Ohio | Sally McClaskey |
| Amy Taylor | Gilbert High School | Ames, Iowa | Jon Davis |
| Arilyn Tegtmeier-Oatman | Penn State University | University Park, Pennsylvania | Not applicable |
| Amina Thompson | Marian High School | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | Melissa Thompson |
| Samantha Tolnai | Nashua-Plainfield Community Schools | Nashua, Iowa | Heidi Hain |
| Tinh Tran | North High School | Sioux City, Iowa | Nicholas McBride |
| Elizabeth Tranel | Madrid High School | Madrid, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Libby Vekich | Greenway High School | Coleraine, Minnesota | Natasha Maninga |
| Aakarsh Vermani | Westview High School | San Diego, California | Amit Vermani |
| Adam Villarreal | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Chicago, Illinois |
Sheila Fowler |
| Jessica Voldeng | Naicam School | Saskatchewan, Canada | Rodney Voldeng |
| Sam Vonnahme | Interstate 35 High School | Saint Charles, Iowa | Sue Meggers |
| Marie Walters | Century High School | Sykesville, Maryland | Kimberly Moyer |
| Sophia Wang | Cornell Cooperative Extension - NYC 4-H Youth Development Program | New York City, New York | Lucinda Randolph-Benjamin |
| Kristen Watkins | Rochester Lourdes High School | Rochester, Minnesota | Not applicable |
| Tristan Weers | Anamosa High School | Anamosa, Iowa | Not applicable |
| Ashley Weinstein | Lake Brantley High School | Altamonte Springs, Florida | Becky Raulerson |
| Olivia Welsh | Edgewood-Colesburg High School | Edgewood, Iowa | Victoria Bond |
| Anke Wiersma | Crookston High School | Crookston, Minnesota | Jochum Wiersma |
| Caleb Williams | Gwynn Park High School | Brandywine, Maryland | Kenneth Williams |
| Nevaeh Williams | Martha E. Stillwell School of the Arts | Atlanta, Georgia | Lakiah Clark |
| Aliza Woodford | Emmetsburg High School | Emmetsburg, Iowa | Tricia Reichert |
| Ke Xu | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Hebei, China | Hong Wang |
| Zihan Yu | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Hebei, China | Hong Wang |
| Carolina Zaragoza | Colegio Williams | Mexico City, Mexico | Laura Ordonez |
| Yuhao Zhang | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Hebei, China | Hong Wang |