2025: SOILutions for Security
Select the students’ names below to read their World Food Prize Global Youth Institute paper:
| Student Name | School | Location | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mumtaz Abdi | School: Champlin Park High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Lindsay Brecht |
| Student Name: Jael Achieng | School: Loresho Secondary School | Location: Kenya | Mentor: Ken Monjero |
| Stella Affeldt | School: Fayetteville-Manlius High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Jennifer Bernstein |
| Zain Akhtar | School: Marine Academy of Science and Technology | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Clare Ng |
| Vaishali Alapati | School: The Madeira School | Location: Virginia | Mentor: Donovan Arizmendi |
| Jaiden Anderson | School: The Pine School | Location: Florida | Mentor: Jason Anderson |
| Jun Ang | School: DeBakey High School for Health Professions | Location: Texas | Mentor: Marla Maharaj |
| Alicia Apellaniz | School: Colegio Williams | Location: Mexico | Mentor: Laura Ordoñez |
| Carlitos Barba | School: International School Manila | Location: Philippines | Mentor: Cristina Sison |
| Cooper Barber | School: Central Dewitt High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Jenna Stevens |
| Aditya Behara | School: Middleton High School | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Daniel Drangstveit |
| Leyton Belill | School: Ovid Elsie High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Dana Blank |
| Maryn Bergstrand | School: Grand Rapids High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Jordyn Hellerud |
| Isabelle Bernstein | School: Athens High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Yi-Ting Wang |
| Aiden Bey | School: Chicago High School of Agricultural Sciences | Location: Illinois | Mentor: Lakiah Clark |
| Siddhi Bharadwaj | School: Pleasant Valley High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Lynne Lundberg |
| Brianna Blazek | School: Pella Community High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Mark Solomon |
| Peyton Bobolz | School: Mason City High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Dawn Guritz |
| Juliann Bonomi | School: Hunterdon County Academies | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Renee Stillwell |
| Madalynn Bushard | School: Ovid Elsie High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Dana Blank |
| Yafei Cao | School: Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: China | Mentor: Hong Wang |
| Yaqing Cao | School: Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: China | Mentor: Hong Wang |
| Yuchen Cao | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: China | Mentor: Hong Wang |
| Laila Caramanica | School: Marine Academy of Science and Technology | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Claire Ng |
| Emily Carreras | School: Saint Francis Catholic Academy | Location: Florida | Mentor: Charlotte Emerson |
| Calvin Chiou | School: Livingston High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Brian Carey |
| Deakin Clover | School: Nixa High School | Location: Missouri | Mentor: Rachel Lechner |
| Alyx Cunningham | School: Lakeside Highland Preparatory School | Location: Florida | Mentor: Charlotte Emerson |
| Sanyukta Dalal | School: PM SHRI Schools | Location: India | Mentor: Haritha Bollinedi |
| Kaylee Danielson | School: West Central Area Secondary School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Eric Sawatzke |
| Sophia Daum | School: Penns Manor Area Junior/Senior High School | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Kelsea Davenport | Clean Technologies & Sustainable Industries ECHS | Location: New York | Mentor: John Balet |
| Kristin Davis | School: Northeast Bradford | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Kaydence De Groot | School: Green Bay Preble High School | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Brook Priest |
| Sruthi Desikan | School: Downingtown STEM Academy | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Manasvi Dhanekula | School: Johnston High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Sara Howe |
| Isabella Diaz | School: Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Location: Illinois | Mentor: Derrick Rhodes |
| Grace Dietz | School: Nashua-Plainfield Junior Senior High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Heidi Hull |
| Emily Eayre | School: Council Rock High School North | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Kristen Mallon |
| Taylor Edwards | School: North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Haleigh Ortmeier-Clarke |
| Gloria S. Elvir | School: English Castle Bilingual School | Location: Honduras | Mentor: Sophie Castillo |
| Sofía Esquivel | School: Colegio Williams | Location: Mexico | Mentor: Laura Ordóñez |
| Claire Eveson | School: Saint Mary’s School | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Liz Driscoll |
| Ayden Fenby | School: Waverly High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Robert Lurie |
| Shania Fernandes | School: DeBakey High School for Health Professions | Location: Texas | Mentor: Marla Maharaj |
| Dora Fields | School: Northport High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Joel Fields |
| Will Flaxenburg | School: Cheyenne Mountain High School | Location: Colorado | Mentor: Cynthia Crespin |
| Brooklynn Flenker | School: North Scott High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Jacob Hunter |
| Olivia Gansen | School: Mason City High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Dawn Guritz |
| Anis Gazelle | School: Panora Lyceum | Location: Germany | Mentor: Ellen Van Seben |
| Isabelle Gensmer | School: Minnetonka High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Lisa Patrick |
| Roshan Godara | School: PM SHRI Schools | Location: India | Mentor: Haritha Bollinedi |
| Sascha Gomberg | School: Bridgehampton High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Judiann Fayyaz |
| Honoree Goncalves | School: De Soto High School | Location: Kansas | Mentor: Fabiola Riobe |
| Ashleigh Gramss | School: Tomball High School | Location: Texas | Mentor: Catherine Gramss |
| Hannah Greenleaf | School: Kiowa County High School | Location: Kansas | Mentor: Kim McMurry |
| Ginger Griffin | School: East Hampton High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Paul Rabito |
| Vanessa Haataja | School: Wadena-Deer Creek High school | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: James Mathiowetz |
| Hannah Hagen | School: Waukon High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Adam Sacquitne |
| Campbell Hargett | School: Hillcrest Christian School | Location: Mississippi | Mentor: Gayle Clark |
| Jacquarius Harvey | School: Greenville Christian School | Location: Mississippi | Mentor: Ashley Whatley |
| Olivia Hashbarger | School: Minnetonka High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Lisa Patrick |
| Emerie Hedgspeth | School: Prattville High School | Location: Alabama | Mentor: Lakiah Clark |
| Shayla Helgeson | School: Iowa Valley | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Marcia Kilgard |
| Mackenzie Helms | School: Culver Academies | Location: California | Mentor: Rebecca Hodges |
| Lola Hendrickson | School: Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Location: Illinois | Mentor: Derrick Rhodes |
| Sara Hinson | School: Bergman High School | Location: Arkansas | Mentor: Clint Simmons |
| Lyla Holdwick | School: Harbor Beach Middle School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Sarah Blacker |
| Rylie Holley | School: Tremont Attendance Center | Location: Mississippi | Mentor: Kristin Holley |
| Brady Houck | School: Cedar Creek High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Lisa Martinelli |
| Allison Huang | School: Churchill Junior High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Yanhong Jin |
| Thiara Hyatt | School: High Tech High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Shelly Witham |
| Student Name: Javi Imperial | School: Eastview High school | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Hamdia Idow |
| Satya Iyer | School: Maria Montessori Children’s School Foundation Inc. | Location: Philippines | Mentor: Kristine Rachelle Estrera |
| Student Name: Sasha Johnson | School: Dowling Catholic Highschool | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Annika Holtzbauer |
| Ian Johnson | School: Austin High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Lisa Sanders |
| Dev Karan | Delhi Public School Noida | Location: India | Mentor: Haritha Bollinedi |
| Tanuja Karne | School: PM SHRI Schools | Location: India | Mentor: Haritha Bollinedi |
| Alivia Kirk | School: Lansing High School | Location: New York | Mentor: David Brown |
| Joy Kitchens | School: Homeschool | Location: Mississippi | Mentor: Ron Kitchens |
| Anna Klaska | School: Harbor Beach Middle School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Sarah Blacker |
| Charlotte Klink | School: Hartford Union High School | Location: Wisconsin | Mentor: Kevin Martin |
| Krish Kripalani | School: The Wheatley School | Location: New York | Mentor: Veronica Ade |
| Shruthi Kumaran | School: PM SHRI Schools | Location: India | Mentor: Haritha Bollinedi |
| Jackson Kurten | A&M Consolidated High School | Location: Texas | Mentor: Michelle Jedlicka |
| Blessed Kyalo | School: AIC Tangu Junior Secondary School | Location: Kenya | Mentor: Denis Muendo |
| Luke Lampron | School: Wissahickon High School | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Sophie Lancashire | School: East Hampton High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Paul Rabito |
| Piper Lang | School: Durango High School | Location: Colorado | Mentor: Angela Fountain |
| Kathryn Larue | School: Nixa High School | Location: Missouri | Mentor: Rachel Lechner |
| Keona Laurence | School: Minnetonka High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Lisa Patrick |
| Zimu Liu | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: China | Mentor: Hong Wang |
| Shelby Lombardo | School: John Burroughs School | Location: Missouri | Mentor: Scott Hessel |
| Nathalie Maldonado | School: English Castle Bilingual School | Location: Honduras | Mentor: Sophie Castillo |
| Kiera Martin | Location: Florida | Mentor: Kelly Martin | |
| Luc Massuch | School: Ovid Elsie High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Dana Blank |
| Maria Matos | School: DeLand High School | Location: Florida | Mentor: Rosmara Vega |
| Ava Maycroft | School: Coopersville High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Samantha Bos |
| Anna Mcclenny | School: Bentonville West High School | Location: Arkansas | Mentor: Krystal Farrar |
| Adam Mccrea | School: Prairie High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Laura Brecht |
| Raelle Mcintosh | School: Wadena-Deer Creek High school | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: James Mathiowetz |
| Adalyn McKeag | School: Ames High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Anna Brooks |
| Ailie Mclaren | School: Urbandale High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Carrie Baird-Forristall |
| Alison Mehmen | School: Nashua Plainfield Highschool | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Heidi Hull |
| Mia Mehta | School: Amador Valley High School | Location: California | Mentor: Janis Jibrin |
| Jeswith Mekapati | School: DeBakey High School for Health Professions | Location: Texas | Mentor: Marla Maharaj |
| Yuxiang Men | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language | Location: China | Mentor: Hong Wang |
| Jamari Menefee | School: Booker T. Washington High School | Location: Alabama | Mentor: LaKiah Clark |
| Nikodimos Meshesha | School: Johnston High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Sara Howe |
| Aiden Miller | School: DCL STEM Academy | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Abigail Kesely |
| Student Name: Grace Mitchell | Location: Kenya | Mentor: Eunice Mugambi | |
| Destiny Nguyen | School: Pius X Highschool | Location: Nebraska | Mentor: Shiela Sievert |
| Paul Nguyen | School: John Bowne High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Lynda Weinstein |
| Naa Norkai Noi | School: Donald M. Payne School of Technology | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Casey Boyle |
| Brigid O’Malley | School: Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Location: Illinois | Mentor: Noelle Coronado |
| Analee O’Reilly | School: Donald M Sr. School of Technology | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Casey Boyle |
| Leo Oliveira | School: Berkeley Preparatory School | Location: Florida | Mentor: Eboné Smith |
| Aadi Patel | School: Stephen Hempstead High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Matthew Muilenburg |
| Ahvyar Paydawy | School: Waverly High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Crystal Vanwalsum |
| Diego Pineda | School: Colegio Williams | Location: Mexico | Mentor: Laura Ordoñez |
| Elorm Quarcoo | School: Auburn Junior High School | Location: Alabama | Mentor: Franklin Quarcoo |
| Taalin Rajagopal | School: Taalin Rajagopal | Location: Pennsylvania | Mentor: Jenneth Layaou |
| Rajeev Rajeev | School: PM SHRI School | Location: India | Mentor: Mrs Suroj Kumari |
| Estelle Ralston | School: City High School, Iowa City | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Mary Lestina |
| Madison Randall | School: Western Dubuque High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Benjamin Wilson |
| Aldo Recio | School: Maria Montessori Children’s School Foundation Inc. | Location: Philippines | Mentor: Kristine Rachelle Estrera |
| Campbell Reese | School: West Geauga High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Kristin Patterson |
| Hailey Renshaw | School: Stephen Decatur High School | Location: Maryland | Mentor: Jessica Flores |
| Italia Ruiz | School: Alison Bixby Stone School | Location: Honduras | Mentor: Ashley Shunk |
| Christian Schafer | School: High Tech High School | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Shelly Witham |
| Samuel Schauer | School: Grand Rapids High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Jordyn Hellerud |
| Aiden Sehon | School: Pius X Highschool | Location: Nebraska | Mentor: Shiela Sievert |
| Abigail Shaka | School: Austin High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Lisa Sanders |
| Surabhi Sharma | School: McNair Academic High School | Location: New Jersey | |
| Briana Shimkus | School: 4-H Youth Development | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Jennie Thomas |
| Ria Shivam | School: North Scott High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Jacob Hunter |
| Ahsas Sidhu | University High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Maeve Hogan |
| Adisyn Sinclair | School: University High School of Indiana | Location: Indiana | Mentor: Stacey Summitt-Mann |
| Dennisha Smith-Davis | School: Lamar High School | Location: Texas | Mentor: Lakiah Clark |
| Aiko Sodeyama | School: Garner Magnet High School | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Sydney Blair |
| Malick Sogur | School: Dublin Coffman High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Donna Parker |
| Luke Stalzer | School: John F. Kennedy High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Jill Koch |
| Mollie Sullivan | School: Marshalltown High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Susan Fritzell |
| Coleen Summer Santos | School: Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | Location: Illinois | Mentor: Derrick Rhodes |
| Thara Sundaram | School: Dublin Jerome High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Shamael Chaudhary |
| Nathan Tan | School: St. Mark’s School of Texas | Location: Texas | Mentor: Joy Tan |
| Johann Tangcora | Location: Philippines | Mentor: Kristine Estrera | |
| Sahasra Tavva | School: Green Level High School | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Lakaiah Clark |
| Jay Thatte | School: Newark Academy | Location: New Jersey | Mentor: Lauren Hadley |
| Prisha Tol | School: Cedar Falls High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Jason Lang |
| Madeline Tomlinson | School: Parkside High School | Location: Maryland | Mentor: Jerry Kelley |
| Gilberto Torres Aldana | School: Colegio Williams | Location: Mexico | Mentor: Laura Ordoñez Alcalá |
| Gracie Triick | School: Coopersville High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Samantha Bos |
| Aanya Tripathi | School: Millard North High School | Location: Nebraska | Mentor: Shweta Tripathi |
| Spencer Valdez | School: The STEAD School | Location: Colorado | Mentor: Manny Catala |
| Delilah Valline | School: Nevada High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kevin Cooper |
| Linda Varney | School: Providence Academy | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: John Lewin |
| Bradly Vasquez | School: Gettysburg High Schol | Location: South Dakota | Mentor: Sarah McClure |
| Avni Vemuri | School: Raleigh Charter High School | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Smita Vemulapalli |
| Miley Vermilyea | School: Lawton-Bronson High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Sara White |
| Jakub Vischschraper | School: RSG Pantarijn | Location: Netherlands | Mentor: Astrid van Dael |
| Cash Wagner | School: Minnetonka High School | Location: Minnesota | Mentor: Lisa Patrick |
| Lyndee Walker | School: County Line High School | Location: Arkansas | Mentor: Ron Koch |
| Xiyan Wang | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School | Location: China | Mentor: Hong Wang |
| Rachael Weber | School: Western Dubuque High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Ben Wilson |
| Jackson Weingartz | School: L’Anse Creuse High School North | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Holly Glomski |
| Jorgie Wendling | School: Independence High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Michael Haden |
| Gabrielle Westhoff | School: Beckman Catholic High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Chery Kluesner |
| Allie Whetstine | School: Mid-Prairie High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Elsa Schmidt |
| Jevaughn Wilson | School: Jevaughn Wilson | Location: Jamaica | Mentor: Lakiah Clark |
| Vivian Wolfe | School: Waverly High School | Location: Michigan | Mentor: Crystal VanWalsum |
| Louisa Wood | School: Polk County High School | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Jon Davis |
| Katherine Xue | School: Richard Montgomery High School | Location: Maryland | Mentor: Jennifer Helgeson |
| Juhi Yadav | School: Coffman High School | Location: Ohio | Mentor: Donna Parker |
| Yahan Yang | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language | Location: China | Mentor: Hong Wang |
| Komal Yavagal | School: Myers Park High School | Location: North Carolina | Mentor: Tejaswini Yavagal |
| Nolan Zehr | School: Gilbert High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Adam Davis |
| Jiayuan Zhang | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language | Location: China | Mentor: Hong Wang |
| Zi Qi Zhao | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language | Location: China | Mentor: Hong Wang |
| Li Zhengxuan | Shijiazhuang Foreign Language | Location: China | Mentor: Hong Wang |
| Student Name: Nancy Zhou | School: Dowling Catholic High School | Location: Iowa | Mentor: Kit Spangler |
| Sara Zinkin | School: Brighton High School | Location: New York | Mentor: Tami Meretsky |
| Génesis Zúniga | Alison Bixby Stone School | Location: Honduras | Mentor: Blanca Fortín |