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How This UPenn Student Built the Largest Youth HPV Initiative in the Pacific Northwest.

How This UPenn Student Built the Largest Youth HPV Initiative in the Pacific Northwest.

Sophie is an incoming student at the University of Pennsylvania. After her close mentor was diagnosed with cervical cancer due to an HPV infection - Sophie knew she had to act.

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This Stanford Student Helped 90+ Schools Save 21 Million Sheets of Paper.

This Stanford Student Helped 90+ Schools Save 21 Million Sheets of Paper.

Carolyn is an incoming freshman who founded "A Sustainable Future (ASF)" which helps schools across the U.S cut down on paper waste.

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This Teen Activist From Texas is Fighting to Make Period Products Free

This Teen Activist From Texas is Fighting to Make Period Products Free

Dhiya is a rising junior from San Antonio, Texas, and is the co-founder of "Cycles For Change" - a non-profit focused on eradicating period poverty.

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This Teen Had No STEM Experience - Now She's Researching Astrobiology & Cancer.

This Teen Had No STEM Experience - Now She's Researching Astrobiology & Cancer.

Meet Siyeon - an incoming student at Johns Hopkins University. She created a personal research project on astrobiology and now works on anti-cancer research at UChicago.

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This Yale Student Donated 13,000+ Books to Students in Need—In Atlanta and Around the World.

This Yale Student Donated 13,000+ Books to Students in Need—In Atlanta and Around the World.

Meet Grant - an incoming freshman at Yale and founder of "Pages of Hope."

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How Two High School Friends Turned a Summer Project Into A Global Design Agency

How Two High School Friends Turned a Summer Project Into A Global Design Agency

Amber (MIT) and Tian (BU) co-founded PRISIT—a global, youth-led design agency with 2,000+ creations for student entrepreneurs and nonprofits.

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How This Stanford Student Built a 300K+ TikTok Following Teaching Financial Literacy

How This Stanford Student Built a 300K+ TikTok Following Teaching Financial Literacy

Adam is an incoming freshman at Stanford University. When he was in middle school, he launched "Teen Executive" - a viral TikTok page where he taught finance topics to a 300K+ following.

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Meet the Teens Who've Helped 20,000+ Students Prep for College—for Free.

Meet the Teens Who've Helped 20,000+ Students Prep for College—for Free.

Isa (University of Michigan) and Sophia (Johns Hopkins University) are the powerhouse co-founders of "The Career Compass Coalition."

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How This Yale Student Collected 6,000 Books to Fight Global Literacy Gaps

How This Yale Student Collected 6,000 Books to Fight Global Literacy Gaps

Elham is an incoming student at Yale University. A first-generation student and recent immigrant from Ethiopia, Elham co-founded "Sum of Changes."

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Joshua Lee: The Harvard Student Uplifting Underrepresented Composers.

Joshua Lee: The Harvard Student Uplifting Underrepresented Composers.

Joshua is a classically trained pianist and incoming freshman at Harvard University. He founded "Composers Unveiled," a nonprofit organization spotlighting underrepresented composers.

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Meet the High School Freshman Powering Non-Profits and Building a National Volunteering Network

Meet the High School Freshman Powering Non-Profits and Building a National Volunteering Network

At just 15 years old, Rithika—a freshman from Austin, Texas—is already working in the nonprofit landscape.

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This 17-Year-Old Is Tackling Education Inequity with Business Tools

This 17-Year-Old Is Tackling Education Inequity with Business Tools

An interview with Andrew Huynh - a high school junior in the Bay Area working to advance equitable education.

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