2021: Gaining Momentum
Select the students’ names below to read their World Food Prize Global Youth Institute paper:
| Student | School | Location | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gianna Aldrett | School: St. John XXIII College Preparatory | Location: Texas | Mentor: Marcille Aldrett |
| Elli Allen | School: West Marshall High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Allison Bartholmey |
| Emma Alstott | School: Saint Edmond Catholic School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Josephine Alstott |
| Marieke Anderson | School: Waverly High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Robert Lurie |
| Addison Anderson | School: Kelly White Anderson | Location: Florida | Mentor: Kelly Anderson |
| Elise Anderson | School: Lyons-Decatur Northeast | Location: Nebraska | Mentor: Kevin Anderson |
| Avi Bagchi | School: Shaker High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Saumya Balaji | School: Johnston High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kyla Burns |
| Henri Bariselle | School: St. Stephen’s Episcopal School | Location: Texas | Mentor: Martha Bariselle |
| Robert Belcher | School: Bartow Sr. High School | Location: Florida | Mentor: Leigh Belcher |
| Lydia Benham | School: Dublin Coffman High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Donna Parker |
| Benjamin Berte | School: Pocahontas Area High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Brian Bowers |
| Satyam Bhushan | School: East Ridge High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Matthew Bink | School: Greenwich Central School | Location: New York | Mentor: Elizabeth Foote |
| Mia Brake | School: Zionsville Community High School | Location: Indiana | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Arianne Brokaw | School: Lyons Decatur Northeast | Location: Nebraska | Mentor: Kevin Anderson |
| Elizabeth Bruner | School: Homeschool | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| William Bumcum | School: East Hamilton High School | Location: Alabama | Mentor: Horry Bumcum |
| Reed Burns | School: Kettle Moraine Global High School | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Erica Dimka |
| Raelyn Butler | School: Shelbyville High School | Location: Indiana | Mentor: Kay Huntsman |
| Kaitlyn Canivel | School: Albertus Magnus High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Brittany Dempsey |
| Olivia Caporale | School: Academy of the Holy Names | Location: New York | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Isabella Cárcamo | School: Alison Bixby Stone School | Location: Honduras | Mentor: Ashley Shunk |
| Gabriela Casimiro | School: Liceo Monjardín | Location: Spain | Mentor: Merche Vivas |
| Morgan Catron | Ballard High School | Location: Iowa | Julie Ramer |
| Ava Cavanaugh | School: Norwell High School | Location: Indiana | Mentor: Kyle Bailey |
| Kyla Chester-Hopkins | Pathways High | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Daniel Wieber |
| Rahul Chimata | School: Eden Prairie High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Adhithi Chinta | School: Marquette High School | Location: Missouri | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Garrett Christensen | School: Kuemper Catholic High School | Location: Iowa | Jeffery Hughes |
| Megan Clark | School: Central DeWitt High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Jenna Stevens |
| Grace Copenhaver | School: Upper Saint Clair High School | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Hailey Crane | School: South Seneca High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Brad Cartwright |
| Sherman Criner | School: New Hanover High School | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Isaiah Curtis | School: Great River School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Julie Grossman-Kirsch |
| Christopher Daley | School: Hartford Union Highschool | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Cecelia Darter | School: Hempstead high school | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Karen Weires |
| Srijani Datta | School: Eden Prairie High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Gautam Datta |
| Lola Davidson | Greenwich Junior Senior High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Elizabeth Foote |
| Maddie Davies | School: Athens Drive Magnet High School | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Singa de Valk | School: Almere College Dronten | Location: The Netherlands | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Isha Dev | School: Council Rock High School North | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Sarah Francis Dewey | School: Walter Hines Page High School | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Kale DiMarco | School: Mason City High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Dawn Guritz |
| Adelle Dingledine | School: Haslett High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Amiya Donelson | School: Pathways High School | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Daniel Wieber |
| Natalie Drake | School: Winterset High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kacia Cain |
| Helena Eisert | H.B. Plant High School | Location: Florida | Mentor: Sheri Eisert |
| Caelan Engelbrecht | School: North Scott Senior High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Jacob Hunter |
| Becky Errington | School: Lakeview High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Frederic Esters | School: Hopkins Highschool | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Victoria Fenton | School: John Jay High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Therese Von Steenburg |
| Jagger Ferrie | School: South Hamilton High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Dede Henderson |
| Sarah Flanagan | School: Cedar Creek High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Lisa Martinelli |
| Tyson Fleshner | School: Union High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Adam Sacquitne |
| Fernando Flores | School: Clarksville High School | Location: Arkansas | Mentor: Libby Vaught |
| Mikayla Foertsch | School: Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Location: Illinois | Mentor: Patrick Desire |
| Zachary Frazier | School: Mount Pleasant High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Jennifer Stater |
| Hailey Frontino | Altoon Area High school | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Anna Gamburd | School: Lycee Francais de New York | Location: New York | Mentor: Xavier De Boissezon |
| Abby Garrett | A&M Consolidated High School | Location: Texas | Mentor: Michelle Jedlicka |
| Kevin Gettler | School: Union County Vocational-Technical Schools | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Joanna Knoblauch |
| Smilla Gillberg | School: Ystad Gymnasium | Location: Sweden | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Simon Goldweber | School: Ithaca High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Bradley Benjamin |
| Michael Gotay | School: Pathways High School | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Roberto Gotay |
| Lucy Graham | School: Holy Trinity Catholic High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Lisa Gendron |
| Erin Greene | School: North Carolina State University | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Jon Davis |
| Cheney Gross | School: Global Impact STEM Academy | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Rachel Sanders |
| Nithin Gudderra | School: Oxon Hill High School | Location: Maryland | Mentor: Leasa Gudderra |
| Lavanya Gupta | School: Green Level High School | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Sushil Kumar |
| Lana Guzman | School: Wesley Chapel High School | Location: Florida | Mentor: Erin Farquhar |
| Anna Hamlett | School: Anna Hamlett | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Rachael Stecklein |
| Christian Herrera | School: Cary Academy | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Delia Follet |
| Valeria Hinds | School: Alison Bixby Stone School | Location: Honduras | Mentor: Ashley Shunk |
| Scout Holding Eagle-Bushaw | School: Moorhead High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Jamie Holding Eagle |
| Samantha Howard | School: Waverly High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Robert Lurie |
| Roxolana Hreb | School: High Tech High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Catherine Yuhas |
| Jennifer Ieong | School: Urbandale High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Carrie Baird-Forristall |
| Eli Ingle | School: Norwell High School | Location: Indiana | Mentor: Paul Grote |
| Rheanna Iskierka | School: Anoka high school | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Brianna Jackson | School: McCutcheon High School | Location: Indiana | Mentor: Abi Bymaster |
| Frances Jackson | School: GMG | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Whitney Jameson | School: North Polk High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Danielle Wolfe |
| Nihar Janga | School: Vandegrift High School | Location: Texas | Mentor: Katie Kendall |
| Achinteya Jayaram | School: Pleasant Valley High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Lynne Lundberg |
| Max Jeffrey | School: Jesuit High School | Location: Florida | Mentor: Brian Jeffrey |
| Melinda Jin | School: Methacton High School | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Emily John | School: Minnehaha Academy | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Natalie Johnson | Canton High School | Location: South Dakota | Mentor: Jennifer Mueller |
| Nathanial Johnson | School: Nate Johnson | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Donna Parker |
| Kiera Johnston | School: Carman Collegiate | Location: Manitoba | Mentor: Scott Johnston |
| Yeonsu Ju | School: McLean High School | Location: Virginia | Mentor: Andrew Diller |
| Lejla Jukic | Urbandale High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Carrie Baird-Forristall |
| Sriya Kalala | School: Cedar Falls High School | Location: Iowa | Jason Lang |
| Lydia Karr | School: Iowa City City High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Mary Lestina |
| Nathan Kassis | School: Dublin Coffman High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Donna Parker |
| Josephine Kelly | School: Josephine Kelly | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kevin Cooper |
| Samantha Keough | School: Cedar Creek High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Lisa Martinelli |
| Rian Kirby | School: Ovid-Elsie High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Dana Blank |
| Dominic Kline | School: Ovid Elsie High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Dana Blank |
| Andrea Knoepffler | School: Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart | Location: Florida | Mentor: Alessandra Losciale |
| Tanisha Kota | School: Eastview High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Jaya Tommandram |
| Dorothy Kowkabany | School: Sandalwood High School | Location: Florida | Mentor: Suzanna Kowkabany |
| Madison Kreifels | School: Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca High School | Location: Nebraska | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Nayha Kshirsagar | School: Woodbury High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Tejaswi Kunamneni | School: West Windsor Plainsboro High School North | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Mohana Kunamneni |
| Adrija Kundu | School: Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Technologies | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Rupam Kundu |
| Harshini Lakshminarayanan | School: West Windsor Plainsboro High School South | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Kenny Lam | School: Sioux City West High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Holly Macfarlane |
| Evan Larrison | Shelbyville High School | Location: Indiana | Kay Huntsman |
| Allison Lau | School: Glenbrook North High School | Location: Illinois | Mentor: Kathy Gutierrez |
| Kiran Leonard | School: Stillwater Area High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Anjali Kumar |
| Lanjun Li | School: Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei | Mentor: Jianhong Yuan |
| Yining Li | School: Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Mela Lin | Ursuline Academy | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Joanna Lindqvist | Lundellska skolan | Location: Sweden | Mentor: Teresa Miranda Maureira |
| Olivia Luban | School: McCutcheon High School | Location: Indiana | Mentor: Abi Bymaster |
| Ernestina Luna | School: Shield of Faith Christian Academy | Location: Alabama | Mentor: Cynthia Holt |
| Addison Luther | School: Overton Public School | Location: Nebraska | Mentor: Juliana Loudon |
| Adithya Madduri | School: Maryville High School | Location: Tennessee | Mentor: Tyler Jones |
| Noor Maghaydah | School: Lansing High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Angela Marshyti | School: Bergen County Academies | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Clare Kennedy |
| Sydney Martin | School: Hartford Union High School | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Kevin Martin |
| Lauren Massey | School: Paris High School | Location: Arkansas | Mentor: Jessica Gray |
| Abbeygail May | School: Indian Head High School | Location: Saskatchewan | Mentor: Bill May |
| Taylor Mayhue | North Scott High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Jacob Hunter |
| Patrick Mays | School: North Mecklenburg High School | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Ron Schmidt |
| Sean McMillen | School: Waverly High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Robert Lurie |
| Natalie Mejía Gulliver | School: Colegio Williams | Location: Mexico City | Mentor: Laura Ordoñez |
| Mia Mezger | School: Gwynn Park High School | Location: Maryland | Mentor: Leasa Gudderra |
| Natalie Miles | Kettle Moraine Global | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Erica Dimka |
| Lydia Moore | School: Zionsville Community High School | Location: Indiana | Mentor: N/A N/A |
| LaRhina Morris | School: Clinch County High School | Location: Georgia | Mentor: Amanda Webb |
| Nadia Mosqueda | School: Ludington High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Jennifer Rowe |
| Nadia Muhammad | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Location: Illinois | Mentor: Patrick Desire |
| Daniela Muñoz | Nashville School | Location: Honduras | Mentor: Ashley Shunk |
| Kaien Murayama | School: Nara Gakuen High School | Location: Japan | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Alison Murrell | School: Braham Area High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Luke Becker |
| Ryan Musehl | School: Homeschool | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Anna Nafziger | Mid-Prairie High School | Location: Iowa | Elsa Schmidt |
| Diya Nair | School: Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Kate Neal | School: High Tech High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Shelly Witham |
| Payge Neals | School: Cedar Creek High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Lisa Martinelli |
| Jace North | School: School District of New Auburn | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Brenda Scheil |
| Mia O’Connor-Walker | School: Ames High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Josh Gorman |
| Michelle Ofosu-Morrison | School: Donald M. Payne Sr. School Of Technology | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Kwasi Ofosu |
| Kaylee Olson | School: North High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Korey Cantrell |
| Rizelle Pangilinan | School: Elmwood High School | Location: Manitoba | Mentor: Jenna Forslund |
| Heiatua Paredes | School: Lamoni High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Lacey Whitaker |
| Maria Pascual | School: Gwynn Park High School | Location: Maryland | Mentor: Leasa Gudderra |
| Himani Pattisam | School: Dublin Coffman High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Donna Parker |
| Justin Perea | School: Gwynn Park High School | Location: Maryland | Mentor: Leasa Gudderra |
| Emmanuell Pérez Carrión | School: Colegio Williams | Location: Mexico City | Mentor: Javier De La Cruz |
| Erica Peters | School: Ankeny Centennial High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Thi Ha Phyo | School: Storm Lake High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Christina Rice |
| Sacket Pochiraju | School: Olentangy Orange High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Gavin Poyer | School: Waterville Jr/Sr High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Cynthia Gallagher |
| Adrianna Prado | School: Danville Community Schools | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Gail Kunch |
| Mackenzie Pritchard | School: Mackenzie Pritchard | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Donna Parker |
| Jillian Prouty | School: Oelwein High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Bethany Pillard |
| Avanthi Puvvala | Location: North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Jon Davis |
| Danning Qi | School: Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Fernando Quintero | School: Alison Bixby Stone School | Location: Honduras | Mentor: Ashley Shunk |
| Leela Raghavendra | School: Huron High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Nithya Ramnath |
| Meena Ramadugu | School: John F Kennedy High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Sophia Ramaraju | School: Pleasant Valley High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Lynne Lundberg |
| Maddie Rappach | School: Coffman High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Donna Park |
| Carlos Recinos | School: Kettle Moraine High School | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Erica Dimka |
| Lauren Reimer | School: Ankeny Centennial High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kathryn Cooper |
| Katie Reno | School: Sumner-Fredericksburg High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Karen VanDeWalle |
| Hannah Richardson | School: Parkside High School | Location: Maryland | Mentor: Jerry Kelley |
| Caden Robinette | School: North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Jon Davis |
| Ava Roots | School: Stillwater Area High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Julie Balfanz |
| Justus Rude | School: Ogden High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: John Fuller |
| Maylei Ruggles | School: Pella Community High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Mark Solomon |
| Georgia Saddoris | George Washington High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Mallory Wills |
| Samantha Sadorf | School: Spanish River Community High School | Location: Florida | Mentor: Not applicable |
| April Salva | School: Okeechobee High School | Location: Florida | Mentor: Princess Salva |
| Samantha Sanderson | School: Roland-Story High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Katelyn Zimmerman |
| Ellen Schloemer | School: St. Marys Memorial High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Lucy Bambauer |
| Rachel Anne Scholl | School: Union County Vocational-Technical High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Peyton Schumann | School: fayetteville high school | Location: Arkansas | Mentor: Teddy Wood |
| Claire Scofield | Waverly High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Robert Lurie |
| Sneha Selvaraj | School: Millard North High School | Location: Nebraska | Mentor: Joseph Selvaraj |
| Alfonse Sessa | School: High Tech High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Shelly Witham |
| Rahul Shah | School: Rahul Shah | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Manish Shah |
| Siddhi Shah | School: Pickerington High School North | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Marie Hurt |
| Nitish Sharma | School: Upper St. Clair High School | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Brayan Sierra | School: Brayan Sierra | Location: Francisco Morazán | Mentor: Ashley Shunk |
| Macy Sigwarth | School: Beckman Catholic High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Cheryl Kluesner |
| Arushi Sinha | School: Farmington High School | Location: Connecticut | Mentor: Laura Butterfield |
| Aishu Sivamurgan | School: Waukee High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Vickie Mccarthy |
| Lucie Škarupová | School: The Secondary School for Administration of the European Union | Location: Czech Republic | Mentor: Markéta Súkeníková |
| Quentin Slater | School: Shenandoah High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Landon Smith | School: North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Jon Davis |
| Emma Smith | Ankeny Centennial High School | Location: Iowa | Kathryn Cooper |
| Ava Smith | School: Danville High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Gail Kunch |
| Elizabeth Smith | School: Liberal Arts and Science Academy | Location: Texas | Mentor: Amber Smith |
| Kelsey Smith-Hernandez | School: Sioux City North High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Cindy Smith |
| Taryn Snetsinger | School: Grand Rapids High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Kayla Sohn | School: Herricks High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Caitlin Etri |
| Oscar Solera | School: Olentangy Liberty High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Ribka Solomon | School: Ribka Solomon | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Aldo Solorio | School: Colegio Williams | Location: Mexico City | Mentor: Brenda Bonfiglio |
| Elijah Spencer | School: The Chicago Highschool of Agricultural Sciences | Location: Illinois | Patrick Desire |
| Nathan Steimel | School: Valley High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Ruth Henderson |
| Gretchen Stevens | School: Miami East High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Marie Carity |
| Nathan Stoner | School: Morgan Township Middle/High School | Location: Indiana | Mentor: Patricia Keating |
| Lidya Tadesse | School: East High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kristin Helseth |
| Lael Taylor | School: Harlan Community High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Mary Renkly |
| Tristan Taylor | School: Iowa State University | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Rute Tesfay | School: Texas Connections Academy at Houston | Location: Texas | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Riley Thill | School: Pleasantville High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Amy Thill |
| Rebekah Thomasson | School: Minnetonka High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Lisa Patrick |
| Katie Thompson | School: North Carolina State University / North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (HS) | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Jon Davis |
| Logan Tietz | School: School District of New Auburn | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Elizabeth Tranel | School: Iowa State Univeristy | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kelley Grothus |
| Zuri Trice | School: East Chapel Hill High School | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Kenya McNeal-Trice |
| Maria Fernanda Trujillo | Alison Bixby Stone School | Location: Honduras | Mentor: Ashley Shunk |
| Trey Voeller | School: Prairie City-Monroe (PCM) High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Amber Samson |
| Brooke Wagner | School: Southern Boone High School | Location: Missouri | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Qiheng Wang | School: Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Ziyan Wang | School: Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Peter Wang | School: Culver Academies | Location: Indiana | Mentor: John Buggeln |
| Maggie Wang | School: Half Hollow Hills High School East | Location: New York | Mentor: Sara Jiang |
| Grayson Weers | School: Anamosa High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Heather Weers |
| Olivia Wegmann | School: Beckman Catholic High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Cheryl Kluesner |
| Thomas Wells | School: Lansing High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Liping Lin |
| Dreyden Wilson | School: Gwynn Park High School | Location: Maryland | Mentor: Leasa Gudderra |
| Ella Wince | School: Thomas Worthington High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Kathleen Kelly |
| Ella Wold | School: Rooms Katholiek Gymnasium Juvenaat Heilig Hart | Location: The Netherlands | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Isabella Woodbury | School: Minnetonka High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Lisa Patrick |
| Benjamin Woodmansee | Dublin Coffman High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Donna Parker |
| Sophia Wu | School: Downingtown STEM Academy | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Sunshine Xiong | School: County Line High School | Location: Arkansas | Mentor: Ron Koch |
| Anika Yadav | School: Waukee High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Chloe Yang | School: Ridge High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Bryan York | School: Atlantic High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Eric Miller |
| Renai Yu | School: Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei | Mentor: Jieui Joo |
| Hanwen Zhang | School: Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Xiaoye Zhang | School: Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Luke Zolotorofe | School: Providence High School | North Carolina | Mentor: Not applicable |
| Jeffrey Zou | Johnston High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Hena Guo |