2023: Harnessing Change
Select the students’ names below to read their World Food Prize Global Youth Institute paper:
| Student | School | Location | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Andersen | School : Jackson Hole Classical Academy | Location: Wyoming | Mentor: Joseph Rudolph |
| Nicholas Anderson | School : Irondale High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Alexander Gray |
| Luke Anderson | School : James Madison Agriscience Magnet Program | Location: Texas | Mentor: Joshua Anderson |
| Celia Anthony | School : Century High School | Location: Maryland | Mentor: Kimberly Moyer |
| Chris Baik | School : Dublin Coffman High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Donna Parker |
| Mary Balid | School : The Mary Louis Academy | Location: New York | Mentor: Margaret Corrado |
| Valeria Barahona | School : Alison Bixby Stone School | Location: Honduras | Mentor: Ashley Shunk |
| Angeli Barragan | School : Century High School | Location: Maryland | Mentor: Kimberly Moyer |
| Lilian Bates | School : Ovid-Elsie High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Dana Blank |
| Jadyn Beckett | School : Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Casey Boyle |
| Pierce Bell | School : Valor Christian High School | Location: Colorado | Not Applicable |
| Lauren Beyer | School : East Buchanan High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Jon Doese |
| Arjun Bindra | School : Jericho High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Linda Bindra |
| Tianna Blackman | School : Bruno Central School | Location: Saskatchewan, Canada | Mentor: Lianne Borstmayer |
| Whitney Blume | School : West Central Area School | Location: Minnesota | Not Applicable |
| Emma Braford | School : Grand Rapids High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Brielle Carlson |
| Owen Brinker | School : Cedar Fall High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Jason Lang |
| Hannah Brown | School : Sioux Central High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Melanie Bloom |
| Morgan Cahill | School : McNair Academic High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Claudia Urdanivia |
| Keaton Chaudhari | School : Jefferson TWP High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Patricia Vandigriff |
| Pranitha Chillara | School : Dublin Coffman High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Donna Parker |
| Raja Chinnakotla | School : Edina High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Madelynne Steenwyk |
| Caitlyn Cooke | School : Southeast High School | Location: Florida | Not Applicable |
| Reese Copenhaver | School : Upper St. Clair High School | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Gia Cox | School : Alison Bixby Stone School | Francisco Morazan, Honduras | Mentor: Ashley Shunk |
| Julia Cressman | School : Clean Technologies and Sustainable Industries Early College High School | Location: New York | Mentor: B. Theresa Lewis |
| Lucas De Leon Rosa | School : Middleton High School | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Melissa Burgos |
| Brianna deNeui | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Paulette Jibben | |
| Andrew Diaz | School : Samuel W. Wolfson High School | Location: Florida | Not Applicable |
| Sara Diwan | School : DeBakey High School for Health Professions | Location: Texas | Mentor: Marla Maharaj |
| L V Dyer III | School : Midlothian High School | Location: Texas | Not Applicable |
| Jaden Ebacher | School : Minnewaska Area High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Tiffany Kobbermann |
| Gavin Egeland | School : Nevada High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kevin Cooper |
| Martin Emmons | School : Nichols School | Location: New York | Mentor: Charles Ptak |
| Alice Eriksson | School : Lundellska Skolan | Location: Uppland, Sweden | Not Applicable |
| Elizabeth Espinosa Barrera | School : Colegio Williams Campus Mixcoac | Location: Mexico City, Mexico | Laura Ordóñez Alcalá |
| Andrea Falar | School : University of Vermont | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Joanna Knoblauch |
| Aafia Farhan | School : Minnetonka High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Lisa Patrick |
| Lily Ferguson | School : Boone High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Christina Greenfield |
| Owen Ferneding | School : Kuemper Catholic High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Jeffery Hughes |
| Evan Fewell | School : Tuskegee University | Location: Florida | Not Applicable |
| Katie Finnegan | School : Independence Jr./Sr. High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Michael Haden |
| Haelynn Forsyth | School : Winterset High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kacia Cain |
| Madison Franklin | School : Smackover High School | Location: Arkansas | Mentor: Jayme Bruton |
| Lucy Frost | School : Ankeny Centennial High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kathryn Cooper |
| Isabella Gonzalez | School : iMater Preparatory High School | Location: Florida | Not Applicable |
| Melissa Griswold | School : Unionville High School | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Bobbi Guggenmos | School : Wheeler Central Public Schools | Location: Nebraska | Mentor: Kelly Guggenmos |
| Patrick Gutierrez | School : Pius X High School | Location: Nebraska | Mentor: Shiela Sievert |
| Kalem Hall | School : Hamilton Attendance Center | Location: Mississippi | Mentor: Jennifer Terrell |
| Ella Hancock | School : Lafayette High School | Location: Florida | Not Applicable |
| Jill Hanson | School : Union High School | Location: Iowa | Adam Sacquitne |
| Kayli Harris | School : American Heritage Palm Beach Campus | Location: Florida | Not Applicable |
| Ontanayia Hatter | School : North Forney High School | Location: Texas | Not Applicable |
| Emilia Hernández | School : English Castle Bilingual School | Location: El Paraíso, Honduras | Mentor: Ashley Shunk |
| Nina Holm | School : Gymnasieskolan spyken | Location: Skåne, Sweden | Not Applicable |
| Hana Horie | School : Cheltenham Ladies College | Location: Singapore | Mentor: Isabella Mech |
| Jake Hoversland | School : McCutcheon High School | Location: Indiana | Mentor: Abi Bymaster |
| Haosen Huo | School : Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei, China | Mentor: Zhao Na |
| Fatima Idrees | School : Carmel High School | Location: Indiana | Mentor: Allen Wheeler |
| Eliana Jean | School : The Baldwin School | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Livy Johnson | School : Ashby Public High School | Location: Minnesota | Not Applicable |
| Eden Johnson | School : Ashby Public High School | Location: Minnesota | Not Applicable |
| Summer Johnson | School : Hunterdon County Academies | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Renee Stillwell |
| Jadyn Johnson | School : Waukee High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Cindy Snell |
| Joseline Juárez | School : Clear Lake High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Dawn Guritz |
| McKenzie Keck | School : Ovid-Elsie High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Dana Blank |
| Brooke Kelty | School : Central Columbia High School | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| John Clayton Kitchens | School : Homeschool | Location: Mississippi | Mentor: Ron Kitchens |
| Lillian Kowal | School : Minnetonka High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Lisa Patrick |
| Celeste Kronstedt | School : Cedarburg High School | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Megan Acuna |
| Dayton Landey | School : Grand Rapids Senior High School | Location: Minnesota | Not Applicable |
| Kendra Larson | School : Rowland Hall | Location: Utah | Mentor: Wendy Butler |
| Andrew Li | A&M Consolidated High School | Location: Texas | Mentor: Michelle Jedlicka |
| Zhangyide Li | School : Shijiazhuang Foreign language school | Location: Hebei, China | Mentor: Jianheng Lv |
| Shengyuan Li | School : Shijiazhuang Foreign Language Education Group | Location: Hebei, China | Mentor: Zhao Na |
| Abby Limani | School : North Pocono High School | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Yifei Liu | School : Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei, China | Not Applicable |
| Beatriz Machado Lacerda | School : University High School | Location: Indiana | Mentor: Jill Grimes |
| Annalise Mak | School : Hong Kong International School | Location: Tai Tam, Hong Kong S.A.R. | Mentor: Sharene Mak |
| Isabella Maradiaga | School : American School of Tegucigalpa | Location: Machado Lacerda, Honduras | Mentor: Ashley Shunk |
| Andriana Mathias | School : Pickerington High School Central | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Marie Hurt |
| Issac Mauch | School : Lincoln Senior High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Amber Murry |
| Mychal-Mali McCaskill | School : Tuskegee University | Location: Maryland | Not Applicable |
| Mia McColl | School : Cedar Creek High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Lisa Martinelli |
| Sarah McGraw | School : Zane Trace High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Jennifer Johnston |
| Pranav Mettu | School : North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Sujani Poonuru |
| Colten Miller | School : Lyons-Decatur Northeast | Location: Nebraska | Mentor: Kevin Anderson |
| Allison Moen | School : Ankeny Centennial High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kathryn Cooper |
| Mary Alex Montgomery | School : Orange Beach High School | Location: Alabama | Mentor: Stephanie Kirtane |
| Alyson Moore | School : Ovid-Elsie High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Dana Blank |
| Brooklyn Morgan | School : Georgia Southern University | Location: Georgia | Not Applicable |
| Caleb Most | School : Ogallala High School | Location: Nebraska | Mentor: Lydia Vinton |
| Mariam Muhammad | School : Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Location: Illinois | Mentor: Noelle Coronado |
| Eshwar Murali | School : Lafayette High School | Location: Missouri | Mentor: Kerry Clark |
| Kayleigh Rose Myers | School : Tremont Attendance Center | Location: Mississippi | Mentor: Kristin Holley |
| Meghana Nakkanti | School : Davidson College | Location: Missouri | Mentor: Amanda Stoll |
| Jasmine Narine | School : West Caldwell Tech | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Dan Delcher |
| Molly O’Neill | School : Minnetonka High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Lisa Patrick |
| Brianna Pacailler | School : Freehold Township High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Brian Ducey |
| Ivan Padilla | School : Chicago High School For Agricultural Sciences | Location: Illinois | Mentor: Julie Reynolds |
| José María Páramo | School : Colegio Williams | Mexico City, Mexico | Laura Ordóñez Alcalá |
| Connor Pashek | School : Winterset High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kacia Cain |
| Andrea Payán | School : Winterset High School | Mexico City, Mexico | Laura Ordóñez Alcalá |
| Lily Peak | School : Global Impact STEM Academy | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Shelby Guthrie |
| Estrella Perez | School : McCutcheon High School | Location: Indiana | Mentor: Abi Bymaster |
| Charlie Pitts | School : Basis Independent Brooklyn | Location: New York | Mentor: Allison James |
| Kinsley Pratt | School : Hopkins High School | Location: Minnesota | Not Applicable |
| Theodore Reedy Beard | School : Waverly High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Robert Lurie |
| Xavier Ramirez | School : Chicago High School for Agriculture Sciences | Location: Illinois | Julie Reynolds |
| Alaina Reeves | School : Rison High School | Location: Arkansas | Mentor: Leanna Britton |
| Kevin Rocano Alvarez | School : Waverly High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Robert Lurie |
| Maya Sajadian | School : Mason City High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Dawn Guritz |
| Jacob Savela | School : Sebeka Public School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Amy Savela |
| Jett Stevenson | School : Kansas State University | Location: Kansas | Mentor: Alison Kubish |
| Colleen Schweninger | School : Dublin Coffman High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Donna Parker |
| Sara Sherrill | School : White Hall High School | Location: Arkansas | Mentor: Kisia Weeks |
| Maanit Sheth | School : Johnston High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kyla Burns |
| Jack Shin | School : Crosswalk Academy | Location: California | Mentor: Shua Shin |
| Natalie Shipley | School : Lansing Eastern High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Eunice Foster |
| Dawn Smith | School : Ludington High school | Michigan | Mentor: Jennifer Rowe |
| Emelia Stage | School : Nevada High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kevin Cooper |
| Hannah Stocker | School : North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Jon Davis |
| Joshlyn Stover | School : Agriscience Magnet Program – James Madison High School | Location: Texas | Mentor: Sheena D’Souza |
| Zeb Strömberg | School : Tannbergsskolans Gymnasium | Location: Västerbotten, Sweden | Not Applicable |
| Joy Su | School : Panther Creek High School | Location: North Carolina | Not Applicable |
| Caroline Talis | School : La Follette High School | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Not Applicable |
| Tessa Tauke | School : Iowa State University | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Cheryl Kluesner |
| Michael Thomas, Jr. | School : Independence High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Michael Haden |
| Katlin Truelsen | School : Central DeWitt High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Jenna Stevens |
| Tamia Tull-Waters | School : Parkside High School | Location: Maryland | Mentor: Jerry Kelley |
| Alana Tupy | School : Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Illinois | Mentor: Andrew Peterson |
| Mia Valle | School : Ankeny Centennial High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kathryn Cooper |
| Elise Van Den Berg | School : Greijdanus College | Location: Overijssel, Netherlands | Not Applicable |
| Julia Vecchiarello | School : Community School of Davidson | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Vikki Hogg |
| Venkata Vishwaksena Velamuri | School : Panther Creek High School | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Alex Vogel |
| Ezra Vrieze | School : Mayo High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Christopher Carter |
| Qianyou Wang | School : Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei, China | Not Applicable |
| Zijin Wang | School : Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei, China | Mentor: Zhao Na |
| Claudia Warren | Clean Technologies & Sustainable Industries Early College High School | Location: New York | Mentor: B. Theresa Lewis |
| Brody Waters | School : Vinton-Shellsburg | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Gabby Power |
| Kendel Weisberg | School : Neo City Academy | Location: Florida | Not Applicable |
| Hope Williams | School : Kalon Prep Academy | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Rilee Wold |
| Julie Wong | School : Edgemont Junior-Senior High School | New York | Mentor: Eugene Wong |
| Hongrui Xie | School : Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei, China | Not Applicable |
| Xue Yixuan | School : Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei, China | Mentor: Wang Xianting |
| Julia Yi | School : East Brunswick High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Mark Robson |
| Valerie Young | School : Ankeny High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Amy Akers |
| Zhao Youjia | School : Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei, China | Mentor: Cao Lizhe |
| Yuchen Zhang | School : Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: Hebei, China | Mentor: Ianheng Lv |