CFGL Contest Winners - Summer 2024
CFGL Young Artists Contest - Summer 2024
The Center for Future Global Leaders believes that we transform the world as we transform ourselves. From personal growth to societal advancement, transformation is a marker of change, progress, and evolution. For our summer 2024 Young Artists competition, CFGL invited artists in grades 9-12 to submit an original work of art inspired by the idea of transformation. Thank you to everyone who participated, and congratulations to the winners!
CFGL Young Artists Contest • Divisional Level • Qualifiers
Meher Gopalani • Nina Huang • Yunwoo Kim • Nikhil Krishnaswamy • Chloe Zhong • Raina Panda • Joshua Min • Venustiana Chu • Suyash Dash • Cynthia Guo • Sarah Yoon • Mahalakshmi Patchava • Jane Park • Ayan Zakaria • Giada Rice • Vivianne Lee • Yuri Song • Jocelyn Chan
CFGL Young Artists Contest • Divisional Level • Honorable Mention
Channing Fung • Masoud Akeefe • Xuanting Dong • Ryan Lee • Akshay Vishwanath • Tulika Chandra • Hanmon Moe • Naylivia Aung • Alexis Washington
CFGL Spirit of Service Contest - Summer 2024
The Center for Future Global Leaders Create in partnership with Elite Educational Institute wishes to empower students to serve their communities by funding outstanding passion projects. For the Summer 2024 Spirit of Service competition, students were invited to submit a proposal for a service project that benefits their immediate and/or greater community. Thank you to everyone who participated, and congratulations to the winners!
1st Place, National Award
VisionCure
Sydney Zhang
Westview High School
Elite Prep San Diego
2nd Place, National Award
Paws of Comfort
Chloe Zhong
Valley Christian High School
Elite Prep San Jose
3rd Place, National Award
Project Chasing Arrows
Nina Huang
Arnold O. Beckmann High School
Elite Prep Irvine-Northwood
4th Place, National Award
Restoring California’s Coastal Sage Scrub Habitats
Anna Luo
Canyon Crest Academy
Elite Prep San Diego
National Award, 4th Place
5th Place, National Award
Share-On
Sharon Lu
Lynbrook High School
Elite Prep San Jose
National Award, 5th Place
CFGL Spirit of Service Contest • Regional Level • Semi-Finalists
Navita Prabhakar • Niam Taylor • Tulika Chandra • Sophia Diep
CFGL Spirit of Service Contest • Divisional Level • Qualifiers
Arnav Mahajan • Clarabelle Wang • Eden Ng • Medha Nadathur • Suyash Dash • Warren Tan • Sean Cho
CFGL Young Leaders Essay Contest - Summer 2024
The Center for Future Global Leaders, in partnership with Elite Educational Institute, invites students to exercise their leadership potential by using their written voices to say something meaningful. The essay topic for summer 2024 was: “Leadership can be defined in many ways. Choose a trait and explain why you think it exemplifies leadership. How have you experienced or incorporated this trait in your own life?” Thank you to everyone who participated, and congratulations to the winners!
1st Place, National Award
Apples Through My Dad’s Eyes: Leadership Through Gratitude
Genevieve Phan
San Marino High School
Elite Prep Arcadia
National Award, 1st Place
2nd Place, National Award
The Power of Calligraphy
Amy Lantz
University High School
Elite Prep Irvine-Newport Beach
National Award, 2nd Place
3rd Place, National Award
Empowering from Under the Radar
Nirav Surabhi
Independence High School
Elite Prep Fairfax
National Award, 3rd Place
CFGL Young Leaders Essay Contest • Regional Level • Semi-Finalists
Masoud Akeefe • Nina Huang • Layla Lahlou • Brina Sastyangkul • Aditi Ramesh • Suyash Dash • Janet Phee • Caleb Park • Eden Lee
CFGL Young Leaders Essay Contest • Divisional Level • Qualifiers
Bohan Zhu • Siddarth Sai GowriShankar • Chloe Lee • Christabel Yun • Mahalakshmi Patchava • Niam Taylor • Summer Park • Yuna Jeon • Aryan Nagpal • Minato Kaneko