I've realized that impoverished neighborhoods like mine, are in need of guidance and leadership to teach them of the environmental dangers that surround us."

Vanessa Amezcua

I hope to create a chain of reactions through education that will help transform this world."

Omar Bahena

My biggest hope and dream is to make a difference in the world by advocating and taking action to protect our planet's forests, inlcuding all biotic and abiotic factors."

Kamea Boucher

Applying coding to [health concerns] has shown me the limitless possibilities that computer science has to offer."

Celine Boudaie

I will make a difference in this world by attaining my civil engineering degree and …designing low-income housing and community centers where i can use my voice to mentor at-risK youth."

Isaiah Brookes

With a degree in physics, I will have a better understanding of the world around me as well as the ways that I can help develop technologies to stop or slow climate change."

Junior Burks

I wish to make an impact towards a clean energy future by further increasing sce's electric transportation fleet in alignment with pathway 2045 and the company's clean energy strategy."

Pedro Calderon

In college, I plan on studying different models of regenerative agriculture that can be implemented in communities like mine across the world."

Jacqueline Canchola-Martinez

I hope to develop or refine a more efficient method that will filter the carbon dixide [from wildfires], breaking the double bonds and only emitting the oxygen atoms, mimicking the process tress have been doing for millions of years."

Stanley Chan

My career goal is to become a mechanical engineer and use my talent and passion for cars to make electric [vehicles] more accessible and easy to own."

Aidan Chavez

I have been drawn to mathematics since an early age, and it has Given me momentum through adversity."

Brayant De Leon-Duarte

I've successfully designed, planted, and built my own garden [aquaponic system]. Eating my own produce, I've often thought of how this could be applied to the world...increase food availability in low-income communities."

Markina Evdokimoff

I have a dream of developing the first all-natural clean energy automotive engine, and a car that runs on hydropower or plant-based energy."

Jared Frazier

By studying computer science and philosophy, I'll be an experienced programmer striving to maintain ethical advancements with my entrepeneurial aspirations and eventual goal of starting a technilogical venture."

Nicole Iftekhar

racism and bullying seem to be pulling my community apart at the seems and i plan to make a change using information management systems."

Joshua Kang

[how] devices connect never fails to amaze me and keep me wondering about the true potential of computers and technology. I plan to advance my education to fend off the terrorists working around the interwebs."

Chaeeun Kim

without early exposure and education to [stem] in minority communities, we cannot close the workforce gap. [i began] a student-led program that allowed me to empower future scholars with resources and opportunities..."

Jazmine Leiva

I hope to use my degree through the lens of humanitarianism, bringing water to underserved communities around the globe."

Noemi Liu

The reason why i want to start [this organization] is to leave behind a legacy...I want to spark motivation to help others."

Nestor Mandujano

I hope to break barriers in the commercial aerospace industry to make space travel affordable and sustainable to promote life on mars."

Sophya Mirza

I'm an individual who enjoys leading through service. In furthering my STEM education, I plan to continue servicing my community by working to bridge the academic achievement gap minority students face in their education."

Malia Mitchell

By continuing my education in computer science, I want to program apps and websites to help us learn more about each other. My goal is to get everyone to be educated on different minorities and understand wo they are and not what society pictures them as."

Sumaya Mohamednur

I will use my potential in mathematics to teach young individuals the importance of getting an education...and start a scholarship for [them]."

Vanessa Peralta Sanchez

With the help of the Edison scholarship, I will be one giant step closer to advancing my education in order to create affordable ways to build zero-net-energy homes."

Ariana Robles

My interest in space was ignited from the moment I was able to view the unpolluted night sky...A green revolution must be matched with a green source of materials to protect our planet from further damage."

Naman Satish

I want to make a difference by fighting climate change and figuring out how to innovate the world to preserve our precious earth longer."

Jonah Sampson

As an industrial engineer, I will learn how to improve processes which will aid in my quest to help input advanced technology in third world countries. My advancements in engineering will help tear down down racial barriers and allow students of color who come after me to know they can achieve anything."

Gideon Telahun

I want to come back to my community and help organize STEM related workshops or events. I want to help teens find their interests and give them a sense of direction."

Raul Torres Jr.

I want to give students a chance to talk to adults and connect with industries beyond academia."

Reo Tseng

By studying my communities environmental factors, my passion for STEM awakened. labor is impacted by climate change, causing dangerous and unsafe working conditions."

Gustavo Valenzuela