2007 Tomorrow25

• Serves as a translator for medical groups; volunteers with Nicaragua hospitals as well as Operation Smile – an international nonprofit organization that repairs childhood facial deformities
• Captains soccer and baseball teams
• Actively involved in church ministry and has traveled to El Salvador on missionary trips
• Involved with HACIA: The Harvard Association Cultivating Inter-American Democracy – a government simulation aimed at high school students interested in democratic advancement and international development
• Serves as Student Council President and Class Representative

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• Co-developed recycling program that turned juice boxes into chipboard, then converted the chipboard into school desks that were donated to an underprivileged school — a project that won first prize worldwide in the Volvo Adventure Environmental Challenge
• Tutors low-income students in math and science
• Co-founded Ataturk's Doctrines Club to increase awareness of current issues including global warming, poverty and human rights
• Student Council President for four years
• Member of the basketball team and European Exchange Program at school

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• Initiated outreach efforts to help victims of AIDS in South Africa; developed program to sell jewelry made by women suffering from AIDS to provide them with income
• Spearheaded Coats for Cape Town, a community drive to collect coats for impoverished children and adults
• Leadership Intern, Fellowship of Christians in Universities and Schools (F.O.C.U.S.)
• Participates in numerous AIDS fundraisers, and is planning an AIDS fashion show fundraiser for 2008

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• Traveled to Australia to assist the Royal Flying Doctors Service — a not-for-profit organization that provides air ambulance service, emergency assistance and primary health care to those living in remote parts of the Australian Outback
• While in Australia, participated in Clean-up Australia Day, cleaning up a park near an Outback lake
• First-place winner in regional speech competition, focusing on "The Top Ten Reasons Why Community Service is Important"
• Producer and host for Harwich High School's channel 18 television show
• Captain of the varsity cross country team

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• Created the family mentoring program "All for Mentoring," and developed companion website (www.allformentoring.org)
• Traveled to the United Kingdom at the invitation of the Secretary of Programmes for Salvation Army International to discuss global implementation of her family-to-family mentoring program, a main component of "All for Mentoring"
• Deputy Head of Outreach, responsible for organizing community service projects at the International School of Minnesota
• Appointed Junior Staff Counselor for Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership
• Proudly represented the United States as Student Ambassador Abroad, nominated by U.S. Representative James M. Ramstad (R-Minn.)
• Received the 2006 CosmoGirl Born to Lead Award (selected out of 11,000+ nominations)

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• Organized CONVIVIO, a congress for Catholic high school students
• Visits hospitals biweekly to spend time with children who have cancer
• Works with local police in "high risk" areas, reaching out to children who are vulnerable to drug addiction, prostitution, violence and illiteracy
• Organizer of all community service efforts for Christian Life Movement
• Entrepreneur baking cakes to sell to local restaurants; profits from the business go to her social service work

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• Co-founder and Junior Board chair of Girls Learn International, a nonprofit service-learning organization involving middle and high school students in the efforts for universal girls' education and human rights.
• Youth spokesperson in the anti-sex trafficking effort
• Delegate at 51^st session of U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, participating in a number of key events including The Girls Speak Out Event in the ECOSOC conference on Human Trafficking
• 2006 World of Children Honoree
• Editor of Folio Literary Magazine

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• Started an organization that sells snow cones to raise money for individuals and families in need and assist nonprofit organizations
• Volunteers for the Special Olympics Equestrian Team
• Math tutor
• Participated in mission trip to Clarkston, Ga., to work with children of political refugees from all over the world
• Collected donations for battered women's shelter
• Participated in medical applications of Science for Health Program at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• 2006 Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership and World Leadership Congress Alumna

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• Co-founded Vaccinate Mission, a group raising awareness about the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and the new HPV vaccine that prevents cervical cancer
• Tutored international students from Asia and Europe, designing and implementing a curriculum, at Intrax International 2006
• Vice President of School Site Council, a state regulated committee for parents, students and school staff that allocates the school budget
• Member of the Selection Citizens Advisory Committee, a committee of parents, teachers, students and school board members that establishes criteria to search for a new school superintendent
• Recipient, President's Education Award for outstanding academic achievement and community service

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• Lead "Dance!Dance!Dance!" — a dance workshop for underprivileged children at the YWCA of San Pedro
• Global volunteer at Tutova Hospital in Romania, working with the failure-to-thrive clinic for orphans
• Used role as Miss Los Angeles American Coed Junior Teen 2006, to promote a positive image of the youth of America through community service
• Chief Illustrator and Editor of school's prize-winning literary magazine
• Volunteered in New Orleans, cleaning up the city, gutting abandoned homes and painting new homes for devastated victims

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• Voting member of the Grants Committee, Community Foundation of Sarasota County, allocating funds for local nonprofits
• Volunteer in Teen Court, a community based alternative to a traditional juvenile court system
• Vice President of "Why Me," a school club that addresses humanitarian needs in the Dominican Republic
• Member of "People to People International" (PTPI) — a humanitarian not-for-profit organization that seeks to enhance international understanding and friendship through educational, cultural and humanitarian activities
• Formed PTPI Turning Tides Student Chapter in Sarasota
• Planning humanitarian trip to Guatemala over spring break where students will take school and medical supplies to the community

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• First-place winner and first woman President of the Free Enterprise Leadership Conference (FELC), a congress promoting entrepreneurship
• First-place winner in the Globalized Economic Congress, nationally hosted in Monterrey
• Mexican representative to APEC Summit 2006 in Hanoi, Vietnam
• Collected money for UNIDOS — a foundation that benefits children with cancer
• Participated in Community Service called Papilla Maiz, collecting special food for children that suffer from hunger

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• Founder and President of LiNK@BCA (Liberty in North Korea), a group in school that focuses in resolving abject conditions in North Korea
• First-place winner for 2006-2007 UNA-USA National Essay Contest on Maternal Health
• Outstanding speaker at Princeton Model United Nations in 2006
• Co-wrote health article published in Cornell University’s journal, Health International, forged partnerships with Cornell and Northwestern University
• Participated in "American Music Abroad 2006", a program enabling qualified musicians to travel and perform in Europe
• Currently conducting a yearlong bio research project that focuses on using herbal medicine to down-regulate Alzheimer's Disease

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• Traveled to Guatemala with the Glens Falls Medical Mission Foundation, serving as translator for the doctors and assisting in the eye clinic they set up in a Guatemalan village
• Traveled to Nicaragua with the North Country Mission of Hope to build homes and roadways, distribute food and assist with medical attention and treatment
• Ran a fundraiser for "Children feeding Children," which endeavors to provide children with balanced, nutritious meals and vitamins
• Recipient of the Presidential Service Award in 2006
• Active participant in: Junior Ladies of Charity; Knitting for Needs; Feed the Children; and National Honor Society

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• Ambassador, Ursuline Academy of Dallas
• Serves on both the local board and national committees for CISV (Children's International Summer Villages)
• Earned Girl Scout Gold Award by creating a pre-school bilingual Bible study curriculum for a low-income apartment complex mission
• Traveled to Honduras for a school-sponsored mission trip to build solidarity with the church and community through meetings and repairing church facilities
• Traveled to El Salvador on a Putney Global Awareness in Action (GAIA) trip last to increase awareness about issues facing El Salvador, including illegal immigration, social injustice and free versus fair trade

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• Runs her own jewelry nonprofit that donates all proceeds to charity; has raised more than $10,000
• Used some jewelry proceeds to create and operate a campaign against tobacco (C.A.T. Week) to educate peers
• Motivational speaker, speaks to peers about substance abuse
• Member of U.S. Swim Association

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• Co-president, advocate and peer coach for mock trial
• Press Secretary for Model U.N.
• One of 20 participants in both "Project Provide a Home" and "Project United for Children" to benefit homeless children and families
• Speaker on bringing together people of different faiths
• Volunteered more than 300 hours at a local pediatrician's office

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• Emergency Room volunteer in triage
• English teacher to Hispanic parents
• Planned and hosted a baby shower fundraiser which raised hundreds of dollars to provide diapers and supplies for the Gerard House — a home for pregnant teens
• Volunteer for Lutheran Disaster Response, traveled to La. in spring 2006 to clean up after Hurricane Katrina
• Speaks four languages: English, German, Afrikaans and Spanish

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• Recipient of the Girl Scouts of the USA Gold Award for organizing a wellness group for high school students
• Silver Award for creating a reading room for local school
• Media Manager for Girl Scouts service team
• President of high school film society
• Member of environmental club that helps to save endangered turtles
• Coaches boys and girls for the local youth soccer organization

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• Founded OppGuide, a publication that lists community service opportunities for teens; sale proceeds are donated to charity
• Political cartoonist; commissioned by state of Florida to create a series of cartoons for Governor Jeb Bush and donated some of her commission to charity
• Syndicated cartoonist in two local publications and Cartoon Editor of high school paper
• Received statewide recognition for science research concerning buckling points of carbon nanotubes at the Florida Junior Academy of Sciences Symposium — follow-up research is underway at the University of Florida
• Raised a total of $20,000 creating and selling jewelry and baked goods for the families of 9/11 victims and survivors
• Varsity coxswain for Pine Crest Crew team

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• Recipient of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Outstanding Leader of Character, awarded by the West Point Society of New Jersey
• Initiated ongoing scientific research project on noise-induced hearing loss among youth
• Organized Books for Africa, a textbook collection for needy children in Africa
• Started and leads weekly volunteer effort at Little Brook Nursing Home
• Selected as one of thirty high school students to attend the national ASM Eisenman Materials Camp, which exposes high school students to career possibilities in applied science and engineering

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• Volunteer for the Salvation Army, has raised $20,000 worth of toys for the organization's Christmas Outreach program
• Farm Safety Ambassador, educates people about dangers associated with grain bins, conducts media interviews and public service announcements, and designed safety cards that have reached thousands
• Serves on the Buffalo County Youth Advisory Board where he allocates funding to address health related needs facing youth
• Serves as Vice-President of the Platte Valley FFA Chapter (a national student organization) and received the National Risk Management Award, State Leadership, Proficiency and Entrepreneurship Awards in agricultural work
• Active participant in the International Student Host Family Program the past eight years involving college / high school youth from Japan, Nepal and Kyrgyzstan

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• Active leader in the HEART Peer Education program at Girls Inc., currently serving as a Peer Mentor assisting peer educators as a counselor, facilitating workshops and presentations on health education
• Global Citizen Corps leader for NetAid, educating young people to fight global poverty by raising awareness, generating media and mobilizing peers in campaigns
• Co-President of Amnesty International, working towards raising $14,000 for a water pump for an African village
• Co-President of the South Asian Student Association, and organized a fundraiser for the Indian Ocean Tsunami, raising over $7,400 for the victims
• Statewide marketing director for the California Association of Student Councils, and constructed an educational website, SpeakUrMind.com to encourage collaboration among students throughout California to better their local education systems

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• Recognized as the Atlanta Young Entrepreneur of the Year
• Founder of three international internet communities that serve 90,000 registered members from 100 countries, featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and Macworld Magazine
• Youth Volunteer Chairperson, videographer, and technology consultant for the Alzheimer's Association fundraising events
• Entrepreneur guest speaker for Odyssey, promoting academic achievement for inner-city public school students
• Founder of the Entrepreneurial Speaker Series

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• Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) student from the Republic of Georgia, won scholarship and came to America for a full school year
• Volunteer for several organizations including: Knights of Columbus; Right to Life; and All Faiths
• Selected as a participant in this year's Civic Education workshop in Washington, D.C., conducted by the CLOSE UP Foundation
• Member of New Mexico Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement, which promotes educational enrichment for middle and high school students from historically under-represented ethnic groups
• Published an article on improving tourism facilities in his region; was the youngest co-author of the book Decentralization of Georgia

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