The World Food Prize Foundation

2024: Seeds of Opportunity

Select the students' names below to read their World Food Prize Global Youth Institute paper:  

Student Name School Location Mentor
Nanees Abakar Roosevelt High School Iowa Abra Nichol
Suriana Acevedo Cedar Falls High School Iowa Jason Lang
Michelle Acosta Marco Island Academy Florida  
Sofia Ahari Mason City High School Iowa Dawn Guritz
Amna Ahmad Green Hope High School North Carolina Ahmad Hussain
Beimnet Amanuel Johnston High School Iowa Noreen Nsereko
Amelie Anderson Dublin Coffman Highschool Ohio Donna Parker
Mariah Anstey Northern Heights High School Kansas Jacob Lang
Dela Armah Eleanor Roosevelt High School Maryland Lakiah Clark
Valentina Armillas Colegio Williams Mexico Laura Ordoñez
Maja Arnar Minnetonka High School Minnesota Lisa Patrick
Benjamin Arroyo Colegio Williams Mexico Laura Ordóñez
Delaney Barber Central DeWitt High School Iowa Jenna Stevens
Kalli Barber Central DeWitt High School Iowa Jenna Stevens
Ketsia Baributsa William Henry Harrison High School Indiana Abi Bymaster
Liam Basta Bio-Med Science Academy Ohio Hedi Hisrich
Silas Bothell Penns Manor Jr./Sr. High School Pennsylvania Jenneth Layaou
Luke Boyle Western Dubuque High School Iowa Ben Wilson
Anika Brockbank The STEAD school Colorado Manny Catala
Siena Brown Iowa City High School Iowa Mary Lestina
Meredith Browne East Hampton High School East Hampton Stephanie Forsberg
Anna Bruns Ankeny Centennial High School Iowa Kathryn Cooper
Serenity Bush Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences Illinois  
Trevon Butler Booker T. Washington High School Alabama Lakiah Clark
Alessandra Solange Cambar Reyes Alison Bixby Stone School Honduras Ashley Shunk
Chloe Cannon Austin High School Minnesota Lisa Sanders
Arianna Catalan American School of Tegucigalpa Honduras Muna Nehme
Neel Chandalia DeBakey High School for Health Professions Michigan Marla Maharaj
Dharshna Chandra Mouleeswaran Portage Central High School Michigan Devi Vellingiri
Margaret (Peggy) Chen Green Hope High School North Carolina Jon Davis
Jenai Clahar Lanier High School Alabama Lakiah Clark
Mia Collins Clean Tech. & Sustainable Industries ECHS New York B. Theresa Lewis
Christopher Dai Debakey High School for Health Professions Texas Marla Maharaj
Makayla Damico Waverly High School Michigan Robert Lurie
Milin Danek Southwest High School Minnesota Molly Lepasana
Morgan Dawson Parkside CTE Maryland Jerry Kelley
Elle de Vries Greijdanus College Hardenberg Netherlands  
Samuel Dewey Walter Hines Page High School North Carolina Prof. Richard Rosen
Makayla Dokpodjo Austin High School Minnesota Lisa Sanders
Marissa Duarte Union County Vocational Technical School New Jersey Jennifer Obrizan
Layla Dvorak Johnston High School Iowa  
Elise Dykstra Mason City High School  Iowa  
Kayla Epperson Hillcrest Christian School Mississippi Gayle Clark
Jayme Euh Culver Academies Indiana Chad Turner
Jordan Evans Waverly High School Michigan Robert Lurie
Etienne Exantus Ithaca Senior High School New York Ray Hage
Xinlang Fan Culver Academies Indiana Joshua Danforth
Carmen Florentz Roseville Area High School Minnesota Meredith Florentz
Sean Foggan Cedar Creek High School New Jersey Lisa Martinelli
Amy Fradette Gladmar Regional School Canada Laura Hoimyr
Annabelle Fung Minnetonka High School Minnesota Lisa Patrick
Cherish Galliart Lyons High School Kansas Kristin Dolechek
Daniela Garcia Tzul John Bowne High School New Jersey Patrycja Zbrzezny
Ethan George Marquette High Missouri Paula Ake
Landon Gomillion James Madison Mississippi Vicki Gannon
Hannah Grantz Central DeWitt High School Iowa  
Winter Gruver Nevada High School Iowa Kevin Cooper
Anne Gu The Shipley School Pennsylvania Jenneth Layaou
Wynand Hanssen Westside High School Nebraska Diana Whitman
Rinnah Hardeman Pella High School Iowa Mark Solomon
Hadley Harvey Theodore Roosevelt High School Iowa Abra Nichol
Olivia Henson Century High School Maryland Kimberly Moyer
Ayliana Hernandez Donald M. Payne School of Technology New Jersey Casey Boyle
Tatiana Hlinka Hunterdon Central High School New Jersey Jennie Thomas
Sadie Hovis Bio-Med Science Academy Ohio Heidi Hisrich
Sydney Howe Ankeny High School Iowa Amy Akers
Cayleigh Humphrey Davidson High School Alabama Lakiah Clark
Zara Iqbal Dublin Coffman High School Ohio Donna Parker
Dinesara Jayawardena Robbinsdale Armstrong High School Minnesota Sathsarani Jayawardena
Kyndall Jiles North Atlanta High School Georgia Lakiah Clark
Madalyn Johnson White County Central Arkansas Lucas Anderson
Graham Johnson Valley High School Iowa Brandt Reif
Jordan Jones North Scott High School Iowa Jennifer Sambdman
Janaya Jurek Barnum High School Minnesota Sarah Sheffchik
Anika Jyothinagaram Culver Academies Indiana Rebecca Hodges
Riya Kalluvila Hartford Union High School Wisconsin Kevin Martin
Emily Kellen Clinton Graceville Beardsley High School Minnesota Paulette Jibben
Karan Khanolkar Lake Washington High School Washington Nimish Khanolkar
Sohum Khatoria Manhasset Secondary School New York Matthew Coleman
L. Knudsen Kalon Prep Academy Minnesota Rilee Wold
Erik Koinberg   Sweden  
Lexus Krug Linn-Mar High School Iowa Barb Lemmer
Greta Lee Northview Middle School Iowa Kathryn Cooper
Hannah Lee Middleton High School Wisconsin Peter Lee
Millie Leubner Arapahoe High School Colorado Carrie Levi
Sarah Lewis   Florida  
Serena Lin Harriton High School Pennsylvania Jenneth Layaou
Yuheng Liu   China  
Helen Liu Newton South High School Massachusetts Ryan Normandin
Xinyuan Lu   China  
Xuanyu Ma   China  
Alaina Manzano-Hernandez Marine Academy of Science and Technology New Jersey Clare Ng
Kai Mavity Maddalena Étude High School Wisconsin Addie Degenhardt
Fiona McCarthy   Illinois  
Alana McCoy Greenville Christian School Mississippi Ashley Whatley
Raven McElvaine Greenville Christian School Mississippi Ashley Whatley
Abby McLean Mountain Home Public Schools Arkansas Carson White
Camila Medina English Castle Bilingual School Honduras Sophie Castillo
Nirmal Melam Roosevelt High School Iowa Lakshmi Melam
Ameya Menon Pleasant Valley High School Iowa  
Timothy (Timmy) Miller   Pennsylvania Jenneth Layaou
Payton Moore Dowling Catholic High School Iowa  
Maria Mueller East Brunswick High School New Jersey Yanhong Jin
Rhianna Murty GMG Iowa Erin Murty
Sabreen Nagid Austin High School Minnesota Lisa Sanders
Manya Nallagangu North Carolina School of Science & Math North Carolina Sushma Punuru
Amelia Grace Newsom Union County High School Florida  
Lucas Newton Lincoln Pius X High School Nebraska Shiela Sievert
Jing'en Nie   China  
Victoria Nnadi Clear Horizons Early College High School Texas April Tidwell
Nathan Noel Donald M Payne Sr. School of Technology New Jersey Casey Boyle
Maja Nordgren   Sweden  
Lyndon Norton Pella Community High School Iowa Mark Solomon
Ella Nove Prairie High School Iowa Laura Brecht
Onachi Okaro Orchard Farms Highschool Missouri Katelyn Lauck
Isabell Olsasky Southeast Warren Jr.-Sr. High School Iowa Alex Rodgers
Thaddeus Overley Waverly High School Michigan Robert Lurie
Justin Palazzolo A&M Consolidated High School Texas Michelle Jedlicka
Qiuhan Pan   China  
Yenna Park Cranbrook Kingswood High School Michigan MiRan Kim
Charlie Parrish South Fork High School Florida  
Andrew Pingenot Vinton-Shellsburg High School Iowa Gabby Power
Audrey Price Coffman High School Ohio Donna Parker
Divya Ramadugu John F. Kennedy High School Iowa Bradley Horton
Raiqa Rayham A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts Florida  
Changan Ren   China  
Eustorgio Rojas Bridgehampton High School New York Judiann Fayyaz
Isabella Rosenthal Austin High School Minnesota Lisa Sanders
Gabriela Ruiz Colegio Williams Mexico Laura Ordoñez
Grecia Sanchez Alison Bixby Stone School Honduras Blanca Fortín
Denisse Sarmientos Freehold Township High School New Jersey Brain Ducey
Hayden Schei West Central Area High School Minnesota Eric Sawatzke
Lily Schmitz Union High School Iowa Emily Damro
Joclyn Shackleton North Iowa High School Iowa  
Isha Shah Eden Prairie High School Minnesota Annie Phan
Ishaan Sharma Upper St. Clair High School Pennsylvania Jenneth Layaou
Sahale Shaw Thomas Jefferson High School Minnesota Julia Moe
Kayla Shepardson Plateau Valley High School Colorado Ruth Shepardson
Ryan Siglag Ardsley High School New York Lisa Siglag
Alina Sinchi John Bowne Highschool New Jersey Patrycja Zbrzezny
Kareena Singh Donald M Payne Tech High School New Jersey Casey Boyle
Aiyanna Spears Bridgehampton High School New York Judiann Carmack-Fayyaz
Jasmyn Srinivasan New Providence High School New Jersey Jennifer Pasuit
Charlotte Struckhoff David H. Hickman High School Missouri Caysea Dachroeden
Dori Stuever Capac High School/Homeschool Michigan Sue Stuever
Kaitlyn Thangaraj Mason City High School Iowa Dawn Guritz
Shepherd Thompson Homeschool Michigan Natalie d'Aubermont Thompson
Zane Tickoo New Canaan High School Connecticut Shirin Bhan
Alexander Timm Lyons-Decatur Northeast Public Schools Nebraska Kevin Anderson
Jasmine Tribeck Parkside CTE Maryland Jerry Kelley
Emma Tuberville Camden Fairview High School Arkansas Jessica Tippitt
Ava Ulland Cedar Creek High School New Jersey Lisa Martinelli
Ella Van Dyke Interstate 35 High School Iowa Sharon Dentlinger
Jake Van Etten North Linn High School Iowa Tom Murray
Isaiah Waldron Waverly High School Michigan Robert Lurie
Quintin Walker   Illinois  
Max Wang Northfield Mount Hermon School Massachusetts Leelila Strogov
Diana Wangari Kibugu   Kenya  
Brandi Wells Ludington High School Michigan Jennifer Rowe
Lindsey White Prattville High School Alabama Lakiah Clark
Jaden Williams Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School Alabama Lakiah Clark
Qishan Yuan   China  
Xieyu Zhang   China  
Andrew Zhang Norman North High School Oklahoma Jie Zhang
Dessiy Zhang   Netherlands  
Wentao Zhao   China  
Emily Zhao Manhasset High School New York Henry Zhao
Henry Zou Johnston High School Iowa Sara Howe
Mark Zudans Jupiter High School Florida  
Yining Zuo   China  

 

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