2020: Breaking New Ground
Select the students’ names below to read their World Food Prize Global Youth Institute paper:
| Student | School | Location | Mentor in Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rashmi Acharya | Eden Prairie High School | Minnesota | Not applicable |
| Destiny Adams | East High School | Iowa | Not applicable |
| Ali Ali | Hoover High School | Bahrain | Not applicable |
| Andrew Alsum | Hartford Union High School | Wisconsin | Ben Skifton |
| Madelaine Altenhofen | Lone Tree Community | Iowa | Bridget Mahoney |
| Andres Alvirez Gonzalez | Mayo High School | Minnesota | Karina |
| Schyler Angell | Centralia High School | Missouri | Scott Stone |
| Sophia Arnold | Culver Academies | Indiana | John Buggeln |
| Andrea Arroyo | Colegio Williams | Mexico | Javier De la Cruz |
| Ashley Auderer | Western Dubuque High School | Iowa | Breanna Lukes |
| Faith Austin | Carmel High School | Indiana | Not applicable |
| Audrey Bajec | Coffman High School | Ohio | Donna Parker |
| Emma Barrett | Pleasant Valley High School | Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Rachel Bauermeister | Norwell High School | Indiana | Kyle Bailey |
| Harley Baumler | Turkey Valley High School | Iowa | Steve Pfaffle |
| Maynor Benavides | Alison Bixby Stone School | Honduras | Ashley Shunk |
| Kimberly Bhandari | Belleville Senior High School | New Jersey | Peter Blodnik |
| Nikita Bharati | Basha High School | Arizona | Not applicable |
| Brandon Bixler | Garden Spot High School | Pennsylvania | Katherine Ranck |
| Alexis Bodlak | Pender High School | Nebraska | Not applicable |
| Zachary Bolton | Grand Rapids High School | Minnesota | Eric Northard |
| John Booker | Drew Central High School | Arkansas | Brittany Leek |
| Belinda Brain | Muscatine High School | Iowa | Josh Day |
| Saraswati Braun | Dublin Coffman High School | Ohio | Donna Parker |
| Kate Breja | West Marshall High School | Iowa | Allison Bartholmey |
| Abigail Brown | Ankeny Centennial High School | Iowa | Kathryn Cooper |
| Victoria Brown | Shiloh High School | Alabama | Olga Bolden-Tiller |
| Aditya Bulusu | Ardrey Kell High School | North Carolina | Padma Bulusu |
| Jack Burns | Kettle Moraine Global High School | Wisconsin | Erika Dimka |
| Amenti Burrell | TU-Park High School | Alabama | Jifunza Wright |
| Alana Calhoun | Ludington High School | Michigan | Jennifer Rowe |
| Gadiel Cárdenas | Alison Bixby Stone School | Honduras | Ashley Shunk |
| Idania Carrillo | East High School | Iowa | Not applicable |
| Heather Cernek | Central DeWitt High School | Iowa | Not applicable |
| Lauren Chuhta | Greenwich Junior-Senior High School | New York | Betsy Foote |
| Evie Clare | Michigan Lutheran High School | Michigan | Not applicable |
| Cassidy Cox | Mansfield High School | Texas | Not applicable |
| Landis Crawford | Penncest Homeschooler | Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Rachel Currant | Bondurant-Farrar High School | Iowa | Caitlin Remington |
| Tristen Davis | Mt. Pleasant Community High School | Iowa | Jennifer Stater |
| Rylee Dean | Snow Hill High School | Maryland | Pamela Lauer |
| Adam Deaner | Oelwein High School | Iowa | Not applicable |
| Nicholas Dittmer | Oelwein High School | Iowa | Not applicable |
| Yixuan Dong | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | China | Caiqin Ma |
| Caitlyn Ebert | River Valley High School | Iowa | Amanda Verzani |
| Alex Ecker | Phillips Exeter Academy | New Hampshire | Mary Page |
| Audrey Enszer | West High School | Iowa | Not applicable |
| Ida Fan | Lindbergh High School | Missouri | Lexie Weitzel |
| Jason Fane | Clean Technologies & Sustainable Industries ECHS | New York | B. Theresa Lewis |
| Kylie Feilmeier | Kuemper Catholic High School | Iowa | Micki Feilmeier |
| Avery Flanagan | Flanagan Homeschool | Texas | Mylea Flanagan |
| Jack Foley | Chatham High School | New Jersey | Yelena Naumova |
| Heidi Fradette | Gladmar Regional School | Canada | Camen Langevin |
| Maggie Frank | Central Decatur High School | Iowa | Not applicable |
| Anna Fritz | Oberlin High School | Ohio | Donna Shurr |
| Rebecca Fulgham | Golden Triangle Early College High School | Mississippi | Annette Glover |
| Katrina Ganson | Oberlin High School | Ohio | David Jarven |
| Gretchen Garrett | Mason City High School | Iowa | Dawn Guritz |
| Sarah George | Marquette High School | Missouri | Not applicable |
| Nidhi Girish | John P. Stevens High School | New Jersey | Suman Girish |
| Aayush Goud | Wayzata High School | Minnesota | Not applicable |
| Mira Gowda | The Bishops School | California | Shilpi Gowda |
| Madeline Grabb | Bridgehampton UFSD | New York | Judiann Carmack-Fayyaz |
| Tyra Green | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Illinois | Patrick Desire |
| Elias Guedira | Athens Drive Magnet High School | North Carolina | Gina Brown-Guedira |
| Aryahi Gupta | Canyon Crest Academy | California | Not applicable |
| Valeria Gutierrez | Chicago High School For Agricultural Sciences | Illinois | Patrick Desire |
| Style Haeffner | Danville High School | Iowa | Gail Kunch |
| Kelly He | A & M Consolidated High School | Texas | Michelle Jedlicka |
| Elizabeth Heenan | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Illinois | Patrick Desire |
| Brigid Heller | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Illinois | Patrick Desire |
| Andrew Herrick | Clean Technologies & Sustainable Industries ECHS | New York | B. Theresa Lewis |
| Tristen Heth | Union High School | Iowa | Adam Sacquitne |
| Melanie Ho | W.S. Neal High School | Alabama | Not applicable |
| Jasmyn Hoeger | Beckman Catholic High School | Iowa | Cheryl Kluesner |
| Chantel Hoeve | Ir. Lely Lyceum | Netherlands | Victorine Van Pelt |
| Katherine Holcomb | Broken Bow High School | Nebraska | Not applicable |
| Yujia Hou | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | China | Caiqin Ma |
| Kanyon Huntington | East Union High School | Iowa | Mike Cooley |
| Rwaida Hussein | Campbell Collegiate High School | Canada | Laurel LaBar-Ahmen |
| Nathaly Ibañez | Alison Bixby Stone School | Honduras | Ashley Shunk |
| Rahul Inaganti | Parkland High School | Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Arush Iyer | Eagan High School | Minnesota | Not applicable |
| Vidya Iyer | Valley High School | Iowa | Brant Reif |
| Emerald Izuakor | St. Thomas More Academy | North Carolina | Kate Kirkpatrick |
| Amber Jacobsma | Pocahontas Area High School | Iowa | Brian Bowers |
| Grace Jenkins | Zane Trace High School | Ohio | Jennifer Johnston |
| David John | Canyon Crest Academy | California | Josh Meihaus |
| Amaya Johnson-Fleming | Gwynn Park High School | Maryland | Leasa Gudderra |
| Jacob Johnson | Academy for the Arts, Sciences and Technology | Florida | Evan Sellers |
| Katee Johnson | Mountainburg High School | Arkansas | Cynthia Johnson |
| Lawrence Johnson | Clarkdale High School | Mississippi | Jessica Johnson |
| Maya Jyothinagaram | Culver Academies | Indiana | John Buggeln |
| Nandhika Kamalakkannan | Chettinad Visyashram | India | Curtis Stutzman |
| Ishan Kapoor | Del Norte High School | California | Sabby Kapoor |
| Gurleen Kaur | Carmel High School | Indiana | John Carter |
| Kate Keresztes | Ithaca High School | New York | Not applicable |
| Isabel Kesselhaut | Cape Elizabeth High School | Maine | Mary Poker-Page |
| Isabelle Klink | Hartford Union High School | Wisconsin | Paul Coffin |
| Meredith Kodis | Marshalltown High School | Iowa | Susan Fritzell |
| Kayoon Koh | Canyon Crest Academy | California | Youmi Kim |
| Gabrielle Kowkabany | Sandalwood High School | Florida | Charlotte Emerson |
| Claire Kramer | George-Little Rock CSD | Iowa | Tina Sherrill-Range |
| Siddharth Krishnakumar | Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Virginia | Ananthi Nagarajan |
| Harshita Krupadanam | The Quarry Lane School | California | Ashish Krupadanam |
| Maria Ladenburger | Bettendorf High School | Iowa | Spencer Mesick |
| Hope Lang | Columbia City High School | Indiana | Sarah Furthmiller |
| Hailey Lantigua | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York | Juan Carlos Espinal |
| Hyunsoo Lee | Pella Community High School | Iowa | Not applicable |
| Katherine Lewis | Blue Valley CAPS | Kansas | Joe Whalen |
| Nathalie Lezama | Alison Bixby Stone School | Honduras | Ashley Shunk |
| Anran Li | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | China | Caiqin Ma |
| Ziqi Liang | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | China | Caiqin Ma |
| Angel Lindsey | Woodland High School | Alabama | Lori Lindsey |
| Alesandria Lo | Waukee High School | Iowa | Not applicable |
| Maria Lomba | Secundaria Babeque | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Horacio Lomba |
| Lindsey Lu | Dublin Coffman High School | Ohio | Donna Parker |
| Jobany Luna | Shield of Faith Christian Academy | Alabama | Melissa Mahone |
| Allison Lynch | Humboldt High School | Iowa | Tessa Meyer |
| Yuchen Ma | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | China | Caiqin Ma |
| Zhaotianyi Ma | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | China | Caiqin Ma |
| Emily Maliszewski | Osage High School | Iowa | Eric Dralle |
| Maude Malone | Roosevelt High School | Iowa | Not applicable |
| Sharice Mamuya | Ankeny High School | Iowa | Amy Akers |
| Leah Marek | Washington High School | Iowa | Not applicable |
| Natalie Marr | New Hampton High School | Iowa | James Russ |
| Lucy Martin | Shenandoah High School | Iowa | Sarah Martin |
| Juan Martinez | Waukee High School | Iowa | Cindy Snell |
| Uchechi Mba | Century High School | Maryland | Kimberly Moyer |
| Ella McConnell | Maclay School | Florida | Not applicable |
| Candise McDonald | Tuskeegee University- Jacksonville Lighthouse Charter School College Preparatory Academy | Alabama | Olga Bolden-Tiller |
| Garrett McFarren | Hartford Union High School | Wisconsin | Kevin Martin |
| Abby Miller | Migh High School | Nebraska | Not applicable |
| Akshara Molleti | Eastview High School | Minnesota | Thomas Sharp |
| Autumn Moore | Moore Family Homeschool | Pennsylvania | Diane Thompson |
| Jahnay Morgan | Donald M. Payne School of Technology | New Jersey | Not Applicable |
| Lauren Moses | Snow Hill High School | Maryland | Pamela Lauer |
| Conner Murty | GMG High School | Iowa | Erin Murty |
| Skylar Nguyen | Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science | Mississippi | Not applicable |
| Stephanie Njeri | Lutheran High School North | Missouri | Justin Dixon |
| Ted Noel | Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology | New Jersey | Not applicable |
| Irma Omerasevic | Roosevelt Des Moines/ Des Moines Central Campus | Iowa | Kacia Cain |
| Haley Onken | Glidden-Ralston Community School | Iowa | Julie Leonard |
| Kashish Patel | Adel- De Soto- Minburn High School | Iowa | Jodie Baier |
| Priya Patterson-Lee | UPSM High School | Michigan | Not applicable |
| Karen Perez | Fayettevill High School | Arkansas | Teddi Wood |
| Ruby Perry-Mize | A&M Consolidated High School | Texas | Michelle Jedlicka |
| Emily Poag | Ames High School | Iowa | Josh Gorman |
| Zyria Polk | Chelsea High School | Alabama | Olga Bolden-Tiller |
| Genis Pou | Colegio Williams | Mexico | Laura Ordóñez |
| Pavithra Premsai | Woodbury High School | Minnesota | Leah Deiman |
| Emma Putnam | Houston High School | Florida | Melissa Putnam |
| Ruiyi Qian | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | China | Caiqin Ma |
| Misbah Quraishi | Downingtown Stem Academy | Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Rhea Rajvansh | Eastview High School | Minnesota | Pooja Singh |
| Adwaith Ramesh | Edison High School | New Jersey | Not applicable |
| Arav Raval | Hightstown High School | New Jersey | Sarah McDougall |
| Alannah Richards | Nashua Plainfield High School | Iowa | Heidi Hain |
| Emelia Richling | Northwest High School | Nebraska | Not applicable |
| Trenton Rickels | Midland High School | Iowa | Jamie Christiansen |
| Jaelyn Riemenschneider | King Pierson High School | Iowa | Molli Griffin |
| Enrique Riojas Berazaluce | Pleasant Valley High School | Iowa | Lynne Lundberg |
| Logan Roach | Starkville Academy | Mississippi | Susie Wall |
| Logan Robertson | Allen High School | Texas | Not applicable |
| Josephine Rose | Urbandale High School | Iowa | Carrie Baird-Forristall |
| Hailey Rossmiller | North Scoot Senior High School | Iowa | Jacob Hunter |
| Colby Rourke | Mid-Prairie High School | Iowa | Elsa Schmidt |
| Elizabeth Rutenberg | Elizabeth Rutenberg | New Jersey | Clare Kennedy |
| Cael Ruzicka | Charles City High School | Iowa | Bret Spurgin |
| Nora Ryan | Crestwood High School | Iowa | Sara Ryan |
| Kaleigh Scheumann | McCutcheon High School | Indiana | Aby Bymaster |
| Reagan Schmitz | Roland-Story High School | Iowa | Brad Taylor |
| Sarah Schroeder | Morning Star Academy | Iowa | Julie Schroeder |
| Riley Schuchard | Clear Lake High School | Iowa | Elisa Russ |
| Isabella Scramoncin | Windermere High School | Florida | Eileen Scramoncin |
| Elizabeth Severson | John F. Kennedy High School | Iowa | Brad Horton |
| Sachi Sharma | Phoenix Country Day School | Arizona | Colin Reynolds |
| Shria Shyam | North Allegheny Senior High School | Pennsylvania | Jenneth Layaou |
| Anastasia Siebrecht | Dowling Catholic High School | Iowa | Emily Larson |
| Alexandra Sill | Independence Jr./Sr. High School | Iowa | Michael Haden |
| Molly Simmons | Panorama High School | Iowa | Steven Hameister |
| Anna Smith | Parkside High CTE | Maryland | Jerry Kelley |
| Bianca Sponseller | Nevada High School | Iowa | Kevin Cooper |
| Adynn Stedillie | Minnetonka High School | Minnesota | Not applicable |
| Elizabeth Stenard | Freehold Township High School | New Jersey | Brian Ducey |
| Rachel Stern | High Tech High School | New Jersey | Shelly Witham |
| Austin Stokes | McAdory High School | Alabama | Paula Stokes |
| Eric Stollenwerk | Cedar Creek High School | New Jersey | Lisa Martinelli |
| Annamarie Stone | Centralia High School | Missouri | Scott Stone |
| Tayanna Streigle | Gilbert High School | California | Herman Sumpena |
| Edmund Sumpena | Westview High School | California | Herman Sumpena |
| Heyu Sun | Barrington Community High School | Arizona | Not applicable |
| Lidya Tadesse | East High School | Iowa | Kristin Helseth |
| Ella Tallett | Xavier High School | Iowa | Not applicable |
| Tyler Tam | Phoenix Country Day School | Arizona | Not applicable |
| Destiny Taylor | Detroit Edison Public School Academy- Early College of Excellence | Michigan | Not applicable |
| Rebecka Tornfeldt | Lundellska skolan | Sweden | Ellen Kallback |
| Aalind Tyagi | West Windsor- Plainsboro High School North | New Jersey | Chris Bond |
| Muneebah Umar | The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science | Mississippi | Not applicable |
| Adrianna Vasquez | Hagerty High School | Florida | Jaime Vasquez |
| Ethan Walters | Rossville MS/HS | Indiana | Dale Griffin |
| Ruilin Wang | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | China | Caiqin Ma |
| Zhaoyang Wang | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | China | Caiqin Ma |
| Lydia Watanabe | Arkansas City High School | Kansas | Kasie Bogart |
| Kennedy Williams | Central Campus | Iowa | Not applicable |
| Macie Willuweit | Boone High School | Iowa | Kristina Greenfield |
| Eryn Woernely | Dryden High School | New York | Michele Kline |
| Malena Woodward | Atlantic High School | Iowa | Eric Miller |
| Carly Youngblood | Monroe City R-1 | Missouri | Sean Frankenbach |
| Kasey Yu | Hartford Union High School | Wisconsin | Bill Schliewe |
| Anita Zahiri | Benjamin Franklin High School | Louisiana | Kady Clincy |
| Carlee Zahurones | Homeschool | Iowa | Not applicable |
| Zurit Zaragoza | Colegio Williams | Mexico | Laura Ordóñez |
| Athena Zheng | Union County Vocational Technical Schools | New Jersey | Not applicable |
| Chuning Zhu | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | China | Caiqin Ma |