2018: Rise to the Challenge
Select the students’ names below to read their World Food Prize Global Youth Institute paper:
| Student | School | City | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anushree Acharya | Wayzata High School | Plymouth, Minnesota | Umesh Acharya |
| Ki’Janne’ Alfred | Gifft Hill School | St. John, Virgin Islands | Chris Dunlap |
| Maryamo Ali | Westerville North High School | Westerville, Ohio | Sally McClaskey |
| Evie AlSaffar | St. Mary’s High School | Storm Lake, Iowa | Jackie AlSaffar |
| Megan Arline | Olentangy High School | Lewis Center, Ohio | Jill Hartley |
| Nia Baker | Legacy Christian Academy | Andover, Minnesota | Michelle Baker |
| Casey Baranski | North Huron High School | Port Austin, Michigan | Joseph Ankley |
| Chris Barron | Northshore High school | Slidell, LA | Sandy Blancher |
| Christian Bentrovato | Plant City High School | Plant City, Florida | Becky Raulerson |
| Hannah Bernstein | Athens High School | Athens, Ohio | Sally McClaskey |
| Eesha Bharti | East Ridge High School | Corrage Grove, Minnesota | Vivek Bharti |
| Neetyaa Bhattarai | Olentangy High School | Lewis Center, Ohio | Jill Hartley |
| Makenzie Birkey | Grand Rapids High School | Grand Rapids, Minnesota | Eric Northard |
| Grace Bjustrom | North Scott High School | Eldridge, Iowa | Jacob Hunter |
| Liberty Blaine | Grand Rapids High School | Cohasset, Minnesota | Eric Northard |
| Maxime Brandenburg | Almere College | Dronten, Netherlands | Simone Ritzer |
| Elisabeth Brockman | Homeschool | Monroe, Michigan | Mary Amanda Brockman |
| Katie Bush | Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Remsen-Union | Cleghorn, Iowa | Deb Bush |
| Brendan Bussinger | Rock County High School | Bassett, Nebraska | Rachel Usasz-Keber |
| Hannah Callicott | Har- Ber High School | Springdale, Arkansas | Jonathan Roberts |
| Zoe Card | Pella Community High School | Pella, Iowa | Mark Solomon |
| Jade Charity | Tuskegee University – Capital City Public Charter School | Washington, D.C. | Sonya Weaver |
| Jonah Christianson | Belmond-Klemme High School | Belmond, Iowa | Debbie Barkela |
| Aoife Cleary | Roosevelt High School | Des Moines, Iowa | |
| Ella Colbert | Wayzata High School | Plymouth, Minnesota | Anna Swanson |
| Janna Cook | Central Campus High School | Des Moines, Iowa | Kacia Cain |
| Angela Cordoba-Flores | Snow Hill High School | Snow Hill, Maryland | Pamela Lauer |
| Kacie Cowman | Winterset High School | Winterset, Iowa | Alissa Kerr |
| Peyton Cuddeback | Washington High School | Washington, Iowa | April Cuddeback |
| Amori Curiel | Scecina Memorial High School | Indianapolis, Indianna | Kathryn Wetzel |
| Caitlin Curran | Upper Arlington High School | Columbus, Ohio | Sally McClaskey |
| Dylan D’Agate | Half Hollow Hills East | Melville, New York | David D’Agate |
| Megan Dao | Ankeny High School | Ankeny, Iowa | Amy Akers |
| Christa Deines | Spring Hill High School | Spring Hill, Kansas | Alicia Hampton |
| Eilee Deniston | North Miami | Denver, Indiana | Jim Wildermuth |
| Gabriella DePrizio | Centerville High School | Centerville, Iowa | Tim Roush |
| Chandler Dix | Tuskegee University- Centennial High School | Roswell, Georgia | Sonya Weaver |
| Dhathry Doppalapudi | Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, California | Haritha Doppalapudi |
| Tera Dora | Golden Triangle Early College High School | Macon, Mississippi | Jill Savely |
| Morgan Dorley | Spring Hill High School | Spring Hill, Kansas | Alicia Hampton |
| Rachel Dunlevy | Plainfield High School | Plainfield, Indiana | Sharon Dunlevy |
| Tanner Dykstra | Sibley-Ocheyedan High School | Sibley, Iowa | Brian Gottlob |
| Savannah Edwards | Southview Middle School | Ankeny, Iowa | Amy Akers |
| Sarah Eichstadt | Coon Rapids High School | Coon Rapids, Minnesota | Brian Eichstadt |
| Sam Eliasen | Pleasant Valley High School | Bettendorf, Iowa | Lynne Lundberg |
| Aliya Elkon | Dublin Coffman High School | Dublin, Ohio | Megan Dudte |
| James Fairchild | Bridgehampton UFSD | Sagaponack, New York | Judiann Carmack-Fayyaz |
| Stone Fenton | The Taft School | Watertown, New York | Parker Washburn |
| Julia Fish | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Hillsborough, North Carolina | |
| Joseph Fisk | Carlisle High School | Carlisle, Iowa | Brieann Eginoire |
| Irene Ford | Walter Biddle Saul High School | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Miranda Franzen | East Buchanan High School | Winthrop, Iowa | Jon Doese |
| Marisol Grafias | Colegio Williams | Mexico City, Mexico | Jasia Del Rio |
| Ari Garner | Robert Lindblom Math and Science Academy | Chicago, Illinois | Lauren Levites |
| Riley Garrett | A&M Consolidated High School | College Station, Texas | Michelle Jedlicka |
| Emily Gass | Parkside High School | Salisbury, Maryland | Karen Gass |
| Alexandra Gast | Nevada High School | Nevada, Missouri | Bryan Gast |
| Catherine George | Culver Academies | Culver, Indiana | Rebecca Sam |
| Maeve Goldberg | Asheville High School | Asheville, North Caroline | Lori Unruh Snyder |
| LaShondra Gordon | Tuskegee University- Morrow High School | Morrow, Georgia | Olga Bolden- Tiller |
| Kalie Grow | Global Impact STEM Academy | Springfield, Ohio | Jennifer Foudray |
| Lily Gumbinner | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, Florida | Becky Raulerson |
| Haili Gusa | Ubly Community Schools | Ubly, Michigan | Amanda Warchuck |
| George Haefner | Vinton Shellsburg High School | Walker, Iowa | |
| Vesa Hajdari | High School “Jeta Re” | Suhareke, Republic of Kosovo | Arlind Lumi |
| Emily Harker | Hauser Jr./Sr. High School | Hope, Indiana | Aleesa Dickerson |
| Mesoun Hassan | North Star High School | Lincoln, Nebraska | Taylor Hart |
| Wyatt Hellman | Holy Trinity Catholic School | Fort Madison, Iowa | Ernest Schiller |
| Camber Herrig | East Sac County High School | Lake View, Iowa | Rachel Zehnder |
| Samya Hickman | Harold S. Vincent High School | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Monica Gahan |
| Jonah Holland | Mississippi State University | Belmont, Mississippi | |
| Thatcher Hollis | Waterloo West High School | Waterloo, Iowa | Sally Hollis |
| Kaitlyn Holmgren | Saint Croix Central High School | Hammond, Wisconsin | Gretchen Rozeboom |
| Theodore Holthaus | Waukon High School | Waukon, Iowa | Jessica O’Connor |
| Claire Holtkamp | Mount Pleasant High School | Mount Pleasant, Iowa | Jennifer Stater |
| Josie Houser | Pleasantville High School | Pleasantville, Iowa | Monty Collins |
| Leah Hunter | Dowling Catholic High School | West Des Moines, Iowa | Emily Van Manen |
| Chase Johnston | Lenox High School | Lenox, Iowa | |
| Jayden Jorgensen | Rockford High School | Rudd, Iowa | Deb Jorgensen |
| Silvia Juarez Rojas | Chatham High School | Chathman, New Jersey | Benito Juarez |
| Joe Kaiser | Independence Jr./Sr. High School | Aurora, Iowa | Doug Kaiser |
| Badra Kalil | Towson High School | Towson, Iowa | Graziela Kalil |
| Eric Keller | Home School | Gladbrook, Iowa | Melissa Keller |
| Shay Kent | Urbandale High School | Urbandale, Iowa | |
| Anna Kern | West High School | Sioux City, Iowa | Susan Kern |
| Maximo Kesselhaut | Cape Elizabeth High School | Cape Elizabeth, Maine | Matthew Kesselhaut |
| Layne Kiefer | WACO High School | Crawfordsville, Iowa | Sarah Peters |
| Helena Kirk | Middletown High School | Middletown, Delaware | Deborah Kirk |
| Shelby Kittle | Ord High School | Ord, Nebraska | |
| Alyssa Koczan | Brownsburg High School | Brownsburg, Indiana | Polly Cunningham |
| Ashley Koglin | North Huron Schools | Kinde, Michigan | Joseph Ankley |
| Esmee Kranenburg | Almere College | Dronten, Netherlands | Simone Ritzer |
| Eva Kuruvilla | Hopkinton High School | Hopkinton, Iowa | Helma Kuruvilla |
| Casey Lay | Cowshark Christian Academy | Helotes, Texas | Becky Lay |
| Thomas Leihsing | Emporia High School | Emporia, Kansas | Misty Dedonder |
| Mari Leland | Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana | |
| Taylor Lemke | Adair Casey Guthrie Center High School | Guthrie Center, Iowa | Alexa Groff |
| Carly Levinsohn | Carmel High School | Carmel, Indiana | Jill Grimes |
| Victoria Linde | Lawrence North High School | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Jiaxuan Liu | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Hebei, China | Zhifeng Jia |
| Connor Liu | Valley High School | West Des Moines, Iowa | |
| Xinyue Liu | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Hebei, China | Zhifeng Jia |
| Kayla Livesay | Van Buren Community High School | Keosauqua, Iowa | Amanda Schiller |
| Payton Lorack | Lone Tree High School | Lone Tree, Iowa | Bridget Mahoney |
| Gabrielle Louis | Frenship High School | Lubbock, Texas | Dave Louis |
| Madiline Lund | Central High School | La Crosse, Wisconsin | Joe Anglehart |
| Alison Lundberg | Northview Middle School | Ankeny, Iowa | Amy Akers |
| Olivia Madajczyk | Bergen County Academies | Doylestown, Pennsylvania | Clare Kennedy |
| Monét Malone | Shenandoah High School | Shenandoah, Iowa | Kelly Carey |
| Saikrishna Manojkumar | Central Bucks High School West | Doylestown, Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Kiran Marla | Pleasant Valley High School | Bettendorf, Iowa | Lynne Lundberg |
| Valentina Mejia | Colegio Williams | Mexico City, Mexico | Karla Urena |
| Autumn Merrihew | Owosso High School | Owosso, Michigan | Greg Freeman |
| Katherine Meyer | James Madison High School | San Antonio, Texas | Tyler Price |
| Hannah Miller | Wapsie Valley High School | Fairbank, Iowa | Adam Sacquitne |
| Jordan Miller | Carrollton High School | Carrollton, Missouri | Matt Praiswater |
| Layne Miller | Lyons-Decatur Northeast | Lyons, Nebraska | KateLynn Ness |
| Claire Mischel | Milbank High School | Milbank, South Dakota | Heidi Mischel |
| Jayna Misra | Ames High School | Ames, Iowa | Josh Gorman |
| Meredith Mitchell | Zionsville High School | Zionsville, Indiana | |
| Sanjana Molleti | Eastview High School | Apple Valley, Minnesota | Padmaja Appalla |
| Katelynn Mostek | Osage Community High School | Osage, Iowa | Eric Dralle |
| Diana Mulder | Aplington-Parkersburg High School | Parkersburg, Iowa | Raelyn Harris |
| Brea Mullins | Mediapolis Community School | Mediapolis, Iowa | Alaina Imhoff |
| Erblin Musa | Agriculture and Technology High School “Abdyl Frasheri” | Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo | Mergim Mestani |
| Andy Mustedanagic | Cedar Falls High School | Cedar Falls, Iowa | Jason Lang |
| Khya Nelson | Tuskegee University- Leon High School | Tallahassee, Florida | Olga Bolden- Tiller |
| Rut Noboa | Saint Thomas School | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Rut Garcia |
| Austin Nolley | Stockbridge Valley Central School | Munnsville, New York | Tracie Nolley |
| Sophia Norman | Mid-Prairie High School | Wellman, Iowa | Elsa Schmidt |
| Summer Norman | Centennial Collegiate | Saskatchewan, Canada | Melissa Tomolak |
| Maya Nuno | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Chicago, Illinois | Patrick Desire |
| Elizabeth Oetken | Danville Community Schools | Danville, Iowa | Gail Kunch |
| Anna Olson | Boone High School | Boone, Iowa | Barb MacDougall |
| Stella Olson | Wayzata high school | Plymouth, Minnesota | Annette Swanson |
| Abby Overstrom | Lansing High School | Lansing, New York | James Saroka |
| Martha Pangburn | Quaker Valley High School | Leetsdale, Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Geovana Pereira | Colegio Universitario | Londrina, Brazil | Brad Kinsinger |
| Lillian Petersen | Los Alamos High School | Los Alamos, New Mexico | Kimberly Petersen |
| Crawford Petterson | Greene County Community High School | Jefferson, Iowa | |
| Renee Piekema | Waukee High School | Urbandale, Iowa | Cindy Snell |
| Reid Preston | Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schools | Lyons, Nebraska | Kevin Anderson |
| Rosemund Ragetli | Westwood Collegiate | Winnipeg, Canada | Henri Ragetli |
| Laela Ragsdale | Hampton Dumont High School | Hampton, Iowa | Sarah DeBour |
| Aurora Rainwater | South High School | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Orion Rainwater |
| Sri Sathvik Rayala | Dublin Coffman High School | Dublin, Ohio | Megan Dudte |
| Lauren Reiter | Carmel High School | Carmel, Indiana | Jill Grimes |
| Ayden Richardson | Golden Triangle Early College High School | Mayhew, Mississippi | Annette Glover |
| Kristen Riddleberger | Snow Hill High School | Snow Hill, Maryland | Pamela Lauer |
| Abigail Rieff | Omaha Northwest High School | Omaha, Nebraska | Rachael Arens |
| Abbey Riemenschneider | Kingsley Pierson High School | Kingsley, Iowa | Molli Griffin |
| Faith Riensche | Jesup High School | Jesup, Iowa | Jennifer Dillon |
| Lydia Rigge | Redwood Valley High School | Redwood Falls, Minnesota | Lisa Orren |
| Carol Grace Riner | Storm Lake High School | Storm Lake, Iowa | Christina Rice |
| Samantha Rivera | Celebration High School | Celebration, Florida | Becky Raulerson |
| Lauren Roberts | Trenton High School | Trenton, Florida | Becky Raulerson |
| Lilliana Romero | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Chicago, Illinois | Patrick Desire |
| Tara Ross | Lamar High School | Lamar, Arkansas | Larry Bacchus |
| Matthew Rossi | West Windsor – Plainsboro High School North | West Windsor, New Jersey | Christopher Bond Jr. |
| Marloes Ruiter | Almere College | Dronten, Netherlands | Simone Ritzer |
| Erin Ryan | Crestwood High School | Cresco, Iowa | Sara Ryan |
| Freddy Sanchez | Muscatine High School | Muscatine, Iowa | Josh Day |
| Katharina Schmidt | Roosevelt High School | Des Moines, Iowa | |
| Grace Schmidt | Washtenaw Community College | South Lyon, Michigan | |
| Sophie Schmitter | Pacific Ridge School | Carlsbad, California | Magaret Lee |
| Adrienne Schroeder | MacGregor Collegiate Institute | Bagot, Uganda | Kim Tait |
| Emma Schwarck | Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa | |
| Muhammad Ahmed Shaikh | Campbell Collegiate School | Saskatchewan, Canada | Justin Aitken |
| Sandy Shen | Solon High School | Solon, Ohio | Sally McClaskey |
| Brylee Sherer | West Harrison High School | Mondamin, Iowa | Todd Goodwater |
| Risha Shetye | Valley Southwoods Freshman High School | West Des Moines, Iowa | Shamini Shetye |
| Holly Sims | Maclay School | Tallahassee, Florida | Becky Raulerson |
| Marshall Song | Culver Academies | Beijing, China | Rebecca Sam |
| Elizabeth Spencer | Century High School | Rochester, Minnesota | Lance Vrieze |
| Bethany Starlin | Logan High School | Logan, Ohio | Sally McClaskey |
| Emma Steely | Southern Columbia Area High School | Catawissa, Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Mark Steffen | Gilbert High School | Gilbert, Iowa | |
| KaeLyn Stephens | Grand Rapids High School | Grand Rapids, Minnesota | Teresa Stephens |
| Daniel Stephenson | Mason City High School | Mason City, Iowa | Dawn Guritz |
| Ashley Stueven | George Little Rock High School | George, Iowa | Tina Sherrill |
| Elena Suarez | Academy of the Holy Names | Nassau, New York | Darren Suarez |
| Marshal Sun | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Hebei, China | Zhifeng Jia |
| Jayden Swanson | Harlan Community High School | Harlan, Iowa | Lisa Hagemeier |
| Jack Swenson | Cedar Creek High School | Egg Harbor City, New Jersey | Lisa Martinelli |
| Taylor Thomas | Gwynn Park High School | Brandywine, Maryland | Leasa Gudderra |
| AriAnna Thomas | Tuskegee University- George School | Raleigh, North Carolina | Sonya Weaver |
| Ashley Tibbs | Waukee High School | Waukee, Iowa | VickieMcCarthy |
| Donald Tichy | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Chicago, Illinois | Patrick Desire |
| Madelyn Tjaden | Charles City High School | Charles City, Iowa | Bret Spurgin |
| Emma Tolrud | Grand Rapids High School | Cohasset, Minnesota | Glenna Tolrud |
| Lien Tran | North High School | Sioux City, Iowa | Nicholas McBride |
| Priscilla Trinh | University of Minnesota – Twin Cities | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | |
| Elizabeth Trudeau | North Huron High School | Kinde, Michigan | Joseph Ankley |
| Jacob Turko | Kutztown Area High School | Kutztown, Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| May Amor Usman | Davenport Central High School | Davenport, Iowa | |
| Jimena Vela | Colegio Williams | Mexico City, Mexico | Mariel Garcia |
| Dennis Vlegels | Almere College | Dronten, Netherlands | Mirjam Troost |
| Jialei Wang | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Hebei, China | Zhifeng Jia |
| Elisabeth Ward | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| Aunaka Wasil | Hauser Jr./Sr. High School | Hope, Indiana | Aleesa Dickerson |
| Lily Welsh | Western Dubuque High School | Epworth, Iowa | Breanna Lukes |
| Shelby Westhoff | Beckman Catholic High School | Dyersville, Iowa | Cherly Kluesner |
| Esther Xiang | Freeport Senior High School | Freeport, Illinois | Bob Xiang |
| Zimo Yang | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Hebei, China | Zhifeng Jia |
| Jillian Zicca | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Chicago, Illinois | Patrick Desire |
| Deion Ziwawo | Carmel High School | Carmel, Indiana | Allen Wheeler |