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CHARLIE ANDERSON, 23; OCTAVIA ABELL, 28;
VANESSA GILL, 23; KYLEIGH RUSS, 28
LUCY STEVENS, 23; Cofounders, Govern for America LAW & POLICY
AMY WU, 23
Cofounders, Social Cipher JELANI ANGLIN, 27;
GABE LEADER-ROSE, 29
MASSI BASIRI, 26; METI BASIRI, 26 Cofounders, Good Call
Cofounders, ApplyBoard
YASSAMIN ANSARI, 27
SABIH BIN WASI, 27; RUKHSAR NEYAZ, 26 Advisor, United Nations
Cofounders, Stellic
MATTHEW ASIR, 22
JARED BROWN, 28 Founder, The Legal Bullet
Associate, My Brother’s Keeper Alliance,
Obama Foundation JESSICA CISNEROS, 26
Congressional candidate 67
KIARA BUTLER, 29
Founder, Diversity Talks ALEXANDER DIAZ, 27
Head of crisis response and
ROB CARROLL, 26; NICK FREUD, 27 humanitarian aid, Google.org
Cofounders, CampusReel
TOM DOWLING, 23; GEOFF SEGAL, 24
BERK COKER, 25 Cofounders, taxProper
Cofounder, TeachFX
RITIKA DUTT, 28
NICK CURRIER, 29; KASEY GANDHAM, Cofounder, Botler AI
29; JESSICA TENUTA, 28
Cofounders, Packback KATIE EDER, 20
Executive director, Future Coalition
REILLY DAVIS, 29; ADAM SAVEN, 29 KARTHIK GANAPATHY, 28
Cofounders, PeopleGrove
Partner, mvmt communications
ETHAN DURHAM, 27;
ALEXANDER JEKOWSKY, 24 JULIAN GLUCK, 29
Cofounders, Ulyngo Captain, United States Air Force
SOFIA GROSS, 26
MANU EDAKARA, 27
Program director, iVenture Accelerator Global public policy manager, Snap
SAAD EL YAMANI, 26; ANDREW LEON HANNA, 28;
SOHAM KHAITAN, 25 DAVID DELANEY MAYER, 27
Cofounders, Ambi Cofounders, DreamxAmerica
ELIZABETH ENGELE, 26; WILL HASKELL, 23
JULIA HARIED, 27 State senator, Connecticut legislature
Cofounders, MakerGirl AUDREY HENSON, 29
JOE ENGLISH, 24 Founder, College to Congress
Founder, Hope in a Box LINA HIDALGO, 28
DANIEL FISCHER, 29; RAAID HOSSAIN, County judge, Harris County
29; SHIREEN JAFFER, 26 AMANDA MATOS, 28
Cofounders, Edvo Director of constituency campaigns,
REBECCA FLEISCHMAN, 28 Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Associate director, national programs and JOHN MCCARTHY, 28
outreach, Child Mind Institute Deputy national political director,
BRANDON FLEMING, 29 Joe Biden for President
Founder, Harvard Diversity Project TASNIM MOTALA, 29
MICHAEL HAMAMOTO TRIBBLE, 28 Fellow, Howard University
Head of education strategy, Google Cloud MATT NGUYEN, 26
DENNIS HANSEN, 27; Supreme Court chambers attorney,
Supreme Court of California
SAMYR QURESHI, 27 VARSHINI PRAKASH, 26
Cofounders, Knack NADYA OKAMOTO, 21
JANELLE HINDS, 27 Founder, PERIOD. The Menstrual COFOUNDER, SUNRISE MOVEMENT
Movement.
Founder, Helping Hands
BRITTANNY PERRIGUE, 27
JACK KREWSON, 27; Fellow, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid “The science is settled. Now let’s talk about the
GAVIN SCHIFFRES, 26 solutions,” says Varshini Prakash. She’s cofounder
Cofounders, Kairos Academies BETHANY PICKETT, 28
Deputy associate counsel, of the Sunrise Movement, a climate-change non-
CASSIDY LEVENTHAL, 27 The White House
Vice president, University Ventures profit that rocketed to fame in 2018 after staging
WALTER POWELL, 28; a sit-in at Nancy Pelosi’s office to back the Green
CONNIE LIU, 24 JACKSON WHITE, 27
Founder, Project Invent Cofounders, Politiscope New Deal. This September, her group organized
AUSTIN MARTIN, 24 VARSHINI PRAKASH, 26; the Global Climate Strike, mobilizing more than
Founder, Rhymes with Reason EVAN WEBER, 28 3 million people in 150 countries to hit the streets
CHLOE MOORE, 25 Cofounders, Sunrise Movement to demand climate-change action. A first-gen-
Director, NEXT Memphis JACOB RUDOLPH, 25 eration college graduate, Prakash saw firsthand
SAMANTHA PRATT, 26 Executive director , The Pride Network the devastation wrought by floods in her parents’
Founder, KlickEngage KATIE SGARRO, 26
CAROLINA RECCHI, 26; Cofounder, AsylumConnect home country of India. Along with cofounder
CLAUDIA RECCHI, 24 JULIE SLAMA, 23 Evan Weber, she launched Sunrise to organize le-
Cofounders, Edsights State senator, Nebraska legislature gions of young people to fight for climate reforms.
MELANIE SHIMANO, 29 MCKENZIE SNOW, 29 With $6.5 million in funding from foundations
Founder, Food Computer Program
Policy director, and grassroots donations, Sunrise has 50 full-
RAHEL TEKOLA, 29; NIARA VALÉRIO, 29 U.S. Department of Education time staff and outposts in more than 200 cities.
Cofounders, Learnabi JEN ZHU, 27
CHRISTINA WALKER RAKESTRAW, 29 Founder, BMoreLoved.org —Marley Coyne, Anne Glusker, Christian Kreznar
Cofounder, Homeroom
JUDGES: CARRIE GOLDBERG, FOUNDER, C.A. GOLBERG LAW; JON HUNTSMAN, FORMER AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA; LAURENCE TRIBE, PROFESSOR, HARVARD LAW SCHOOL; MICHAEL TUBBS, MAYOR
OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA (UNDER 30 CLASS OF 2018).
VARSHINI PRAKASH WEARS A L’AGENCE AQUA SILK AND VELVET JACKET, AND OFFICINA BERNARDI HOOP EARRINGS.
MAR CH 2020 F ORBES A SIA

