FOUNDER
Daniel C.
Daniel is the founder of Earth on Us, a youth-led environmental education nonprofit. He developed the Earth on Us Actions curriculum, which was published in the University of Minnesota Extension Youth Development Curriculum Library. A Minnesota 4-H State Ambassador, Minnesota delegate to the Ignite by 4-H National Leadership Conference, and lead presenter for the Minnesota 4-H/Metropolitan Council Climate Action Project, Daniel works to empower young people to turn environmental awareness into action. He was also selected as a Stanford U.S.-China Climate Solutions Cohort participant and is a recipient of a Bronze Medal at the 2026 International GENIUS Olympiad for his environmental research.
STUDENT BOARD
Alabama
Mack G.
Hutchinson High School
California
Benita L.
Ventura High School
Massachusetts
Julia N.
Lexington High School
Minnesota
Vannah H.
St. James High School
Grace Z.
East Ridge High School
Missouri
Riya G.
Crossroads College Prep
Patricia H.
Gateway Stem High School
New Jersey
Erin L.
Lenape High School
New York
Lucas Z.
Blind Brook High School
Grace Z.
Blind Brook Middle School
North Carolina
Jonas P.
Ardrey Kell High School
Oregon
Amelia T.
La Salle High School
Emma W.
Redmond Proficiency Academy
South Carolina
Madysen K.
Ridge View High School
Avery K.
Latta High School
Tennessee
Chrissiya F.
Jackson Central Merry Early College High School
Texas
Akshaj T.
Rick Reedy High School
Akshara T.
Rick Reedy High School
Wisconsin
Abby W.
Edgar High School
Seamus S.
Antigo High School
ADVISORS
Leah Larson, UMN Extension
Tanya Lee, Stanford SPICE
Diane Brancazio, MIT Edgerton Center
Alicia Coleman, UMN
Jessica Russo, UMN Extension
Qunyi Chen, 3M
Pei Wang, Linde USA
Yu Zhu, IBM
Rachel Danford, Cooler Communities
Na Lu, PSC Inc
SPONSORS
