Lucy Montalti, grade 10 Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ Teacher: Scott Lang Currently, period products are viewed as commercial products and even taxed as a luxury item in some regions, despite being a necessary health product. The Cycle Project aims to redefine menstrual products as health products and ensure that all people with periods have...
Eleanor Pimentel, grade 12 Moscow Senior High School, Moscow, ID Periods are heavily gendered in our culture. For transgender and nonbinary people who are assigned female at birth, taking care of their reproductive health means being misgendered by doctors, bathroom signs, and even product packaging. Gender nonconforming people’s mental and physical health suffers because of...
Sophia Shin, grade 11 Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ Teacher: Scott Lang I am reimagining a world where social justice education is made easier and awareness is taken more seriously. This concept affects all people but specifically targets young social media users, allowing youth to learn and create change through technology in a more effective...
Thea Angella Tenorio, grade 12 Redwood High School, Larkspur, CA My design addresses the struggle of amplifying the voices of marginalized communities. The lack of these voices perpetuates a society built to benefit those who are privileged, without making room for other people. I’ve experienced this marginalization and hope to create a better environment for...
Renee Wang, grade 10 The Bishop’s School, La Jolla, CA Millions of people worldwide are denied the basic human right to a home. The typical homeless shelter fails to cater to individuals’ needs because they do not support independent and private living. However, tiny homes offer comfortable living, permanent housing, a sense of community, and...
Lake Wiesmayr-Cheuk, grade 11 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, New York, NY Living in New York’s Chinatown, I’ve learned from personal experience that ignorance creates prejudice. I took the idiom, “Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes,” as inspiration for my design. In order to empathize with another person it is helpful...
