Ton La, Jr.
Ton La, Jr. (TJ) is a first-year MD/JD student at Baylor College of Medicine and a Summa cum laude and Collegiate Honors graduate of the University of Houston. Since high school, he has volunteered over 1000 hours at Texas Children’s Hospital and the Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. Currently, he is a Editorial Advisory Board […]
Campus Kitchen at the University of Houston
Campus Kitchen at the University of Houston volunteers will collect leftover food from university dining facilities in Houston, Texas. They will then transform recovered food into meals and make daily deliveries to the neighboring Third Ward community. The Third Ward is considered a food desert and is highly-distressed. The venture also aims to educate residents […]
Samuel Diaz
Samuel A. Diaz Pulgar is currently a senior at Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas, Venezuela, majoring in Estudios Liberales (a combination of History, Philosophy, Politics and Economics). Samuel aspires to pursue a Masters Degree in Public Policy and is the Co-Founder and Director of “Nutriendo El Futuro,” an organization that hopes to alleviate the humanitarian crisis […]
Nutriendo El Futuro
Samuel and Laura are creating community run dinning halls in the municipality of El Hatillo of Caracas, Venezuela. Through their venture, they will provide nutritious and calorie-rich meals for children at risk of malnutrition as well as provide treatment for those with intestinal parasites.
Laura Morey
Laura is a 23-year-old senior Economics student of Universidad Metropolitana from Caracas, Venezuela. She did community service throughout her high school years and has always been passionate about creating positive impact in what she does. She was a member of her university’s Harvard Model United Nations Team for 4 years, being Head Delegate in 2016 […]
Let’s Grow Healthy
Frida Herrera is the founder of Let’s Grow Healthy, a community gardening initiative designed to decrease childhood obesity and promote healthy eating habits for children in Canoga Park, CA. Frida and her team are working with local schools to build gardens and teach hands-on gardening classes to teach children about nutrition, health, and sustainability. Frida […]
Frida Endinjok
Frida Endinjok is rising senior with a major in Family and Consumer Sciences: Nutrition and Dietetics. She hopes to become a Registered Dietitian and pursue a doctorate in Public Health. She is a Research Assistant at the Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science & Nutrition and Dietetics. Frida wants to continue in the biomedical research […]
Bantu Mabaso
Bantu Mabaso is from Swaziland and is currently studying political science with a concentration in the political economy of development at Bates College. She is a Davis United World College Scholar who graduated from Waterford Kamhlaba UWCSA with an international Baccalaureate Diploma. She is interested in pursuing a career in enacting policy research and advocacy […]
The Phalala Youth Empowerment For Food Security
Bantu Mabaso founded The Phalala Youth Empowerment For Food Security to provide youth in her home neighborhood of Phalala, Swaziland with the skills, capital and support they need to run climate resilient agricultural enterprises. This skills-based education and mentorship initiative has the dual goal of empowering youth and combating food shortages caused by a severe […]
Utica Greens
Established in 2016, Utica Greens is a nonprofit organization that aims to foster community through local gardens. We work to connect community gardens to form a cohesive network. Through this cooperative structure, Utica Greens hopes to make each garden stronger, enabling them to feed and educate more people while creating a safe environment for the […]
