The Princess Project
The Princess Project is a college readiness program targeted towards underrepresented high school girls in Kansas. Through a standardized, multifaceted four-year program, Princess Project participants will be supported by female mentors who are pursuing majors that align with the girls’ interests. The Project, based in Wichita, would foster a supportive community by strongly encouraging parent/school […]
Samuel Peurifoy
Sam Peurifoy is currently pursuing a B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics with emphases in organic synthesis and statistical analysis (University of Miami ’16). He participates in synthetic organic chemistry research and intends to pursue a doctorate upon completion of his undergraduate studies. He was a recipient of an NSF REU Fellowship in 2014 and was […]
USolar
Sam is a PhD student at Columbia University who wants solar to have a future and a community of supporters during his lifetime. He takes the long view on this problem, and has designed an educational program to bring solar awareness into classrooms in the Miami-Dade area. Sam and his team lead hands-on demonstrations involving […]
Valeria Reglá
Valeria is a 24 year old senior from Caracas, Venezuela. She began studying Liberal Arts in 2008, but went to live to Argentina for 2 years where she studied Journalism, and started, with a group of friends her first NGO which is called “Nueva Escuela”. When she moved back to Caracas, within 2 years she became the Head Delegate of her […]
Developing New Ideas
Valeria, a student in Venezuela, set out to create a program to empower young leaders in Petare, one of the largest slums in Latin America. However, like a true entrepreneur, she soon realized that there were actually dozens of organizations providing programming along those lines, but no coordination, cross-pollination, or force-multiplication between these peer groups. […]
The Children’s House
Koffi’s venture will establish the first community center in Cote D’Ivoire, outside of the capital. The Children’s House will provide a place in which local elementary school children from the under-resourced Godié region can gather and cultivate a love of reading and develop their creativity. Activities will include reading, painting, poem and story writing, spelling […]
Lidan Zhang
Lidan Zhang is a student at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications in China. She is very involved in numerous volunteer activities, especially with initiatives focused on enhancing the lives of deaf children. She is co-founder of Care for the Disabled Children from ABC, drawing on her rich volunteer experiences with disabled children to develop […]
Koffi Ahou Philomene Kouakou
Koffi was born and raised in Ivory Coast, in West Africa, where she earned an Associate’s Degree in Transportation and Logistics. She is an exchange student from the Community College Initiative Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State this year (2015) at Miami Dade College. She is pursuing her studies in Supply Chain Management […]
Care for the Disabled Children from ABC
The social venture “Care for the Disabled Children from ABC” based in China is initiated by Shangsi Zhou and Lidan Zhang, which focus on strengthening educational rights of disabled children. The major activities of venture is to create a corps of volunteers among college students in these cities to chaperone and train elementary school students […]
Shangsi Zhou
Shangsi Zhou is currently a PG student majoring in International Relations at Renmin University of China, Beijing. She has dedicated herself to various pro bono activities more than four years. She used to served as vice president and worked for school’s Youth Volunteer Association for two years, during which she led a neighborhood outreach program […]
