美中下一代教育基金会设立“北美杰出华裔高中生公益奖学金”,表彰北美地区曾经参与过社会公益和慈善活动,并且表现突出的杰出华裔高中生。该奖项的目的是鼓励华裔后代积极参与爱心公益活动,并通过活动培养华裔后代的团队合作友爱精神,锻炼华裔后代组织领导能力。
Anya Zhang is a freshman at Harvard University and is planning to concentrate in mechanical engineering with a secondary in history of art and architecture. She was a New York Times STEM Writing Contest Winner and a recipient of accolades from Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and YoungArts. Anya was involved with speech debate, serving as co-president for her high school team, being selected twice for Western Ohio’s World Schools Debate Team, and making it seven times to national-level tournaments. She also participated in robotics, where she and her team became the Runner-Up for the Global Innovation Award and filed a patent for their winning project. Outside of school, she also did artistic swimming, serving in multiple national-level positions and placing in the top 12 eight times at national-level competitions – including a bronze medal finish in the Senior Solo division. Anya is also passionate about equity and service initiatives, whether it is conducting an internship with the local economic development department or designing a speech and debate website for Ohio For Equity.
Phoebe-Yuxin Tian is a current freshman at Harvard College, who is dual enrolling in Berklee College of Music. She plans on concentrating in economics and philosophy at Harvard, while studying vocal performance and music production at Berklee. She’s passionate about music and channels her creative energy through singing, songwriting, playing instruments allowing her to have complete artistic direction in her endeavors. She has won various competitions and awards: first place at the 2021 We Sing Pop International Competition, first place at National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Composers Contest Massachusetts, the “We All Belong” award in Lexington, the Gold Presidential Service Award, etc. She wrote the song “We Are Proud to Be Asian” in response to the surge of Asian hate crimes across the country, resulting in 20 thousand views on youtube, and major press like The Boston Globe, BBC, WGBH. She directed the Asian American and Pacific Islander History Inclusion Benefit Concert at Lexington High School, which raised over 16K. She led students and collaborated with administrators to successfully implement an Asian American History ethnic history course within Lexington High School in the 2023-2024 school year.
Katherine Yang is a senior at Alpharetta High School, concurrently enrolled at Georgia Tech. Katherine has interned in software programming at Armatura USA and development at Liucas Technology's EduConnect Project. An AP Scholar with Distinction and Super Honor Roll status, she is also active in leadership roles such as a Youth Ambassador for 21st Century Leaders in Georgia and officer in the National Honor Society and Women in STEM.In 2021, she co-founded the non-profit "You & Me" and has received multiple community service awards, including the President's Volunteer Service Gold Medal and Shine a light Award in both 2021 and 2022. She achieved the Mjstase Young Achiever Award and North American Prominent Chinese High School Student Public Service Scholarship. She has consistently gained admission to the 21st Century Leaders Summer Youth Leadership Institute, as well as being accepted into Georgia Tech's Cyber Security Camp.For the past 12 years, she passionately pursued dance, capturing multiple top overall national awards as a soloist and earning international honors in ensemble categories. She aspires to becoming a female leader in the STEM industry.
Annie Lin, Class of 2024 at North Atlanta High School, is a 2023 Georgia Youth Leadership Award winner. As founder and president of First Step team under Shine-A-Light, she has grown the team to 130 people, organized over 120 events, and raised over $8,000 for charities in the past two years. Annie has also demonstrated outstanding leadership in school. She is a cadet major in the US Army JROTC, was on the brigade staff, and has been a Superintendent's Young Ambassador. She was awarded the 2023 JROTC Medal by the Military Officers Association of America. While performing extensive community services, Annie maintains excellent academic performance and high-quality extracurriculars. She loves music and was selected into the Atlanta Young Singers in second grade. She has enjoyed singing in this renowned chorus for ten years. She is also the principal second violinist of the Atlanta Public Schools Honors Orchestra and often represents the school and district in various performances and competitions.
Nicholas Wang, an 11th-grade student at Durham Academy in North Carolina, is a well-rounded and accomplished individual, excelling academically in both liberal arts and sciences. A standout member of the school's Science Olympiad team, he achieved the title of individual state runner-up in the Forestry event in 2023. This past summer, Nicholas's computational modeling project received commendation from Wolfram Research, highlighting his dedication to research and innovation. This fall, Nicholas is continuing this passion for research through a semester-long group project, collaborating with groupmates effectively. Nicholas also contributes his talents as a columnist for the school newspaper and has received multiple awards in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition, underscoring his creativity and writing skills. Yet, Nicholas's versatility extends beyond academics. He is a notable member of the school's Varsity cross-country running team and additionally, he is a skilled saxophone player in his rock band. He was also part of the school's third-place chess team in 2021. Having been elected as Class President every year of his high school career, as well as actively participating in the Social Events Committee, Nicholas has an ability to inspire and organize his peers effectively. Outside of school, Nicholas is deeply committed to community service. He serves as the co-president of the volunteer organization AYLUS-Chapel Hill and has been recognized with the President's Volunteer Service Award four times, illustrating his strong dedication to making a positive impact on his community.
Alexis Ma从中学开始就加入True Love组织。这是一个专门照顾和服务在美华裔患有孤独症的孩子的慈善组织。她带领孩子们去夏令营,号召她的朋友们一起参加慈善活动。在她自己的学校创立了一个叫做Care for Hope的组织。这个组织专门为有特殊需要的孩子服务。在她的领导下,不断发展壮大。为社区作出很大贡献。
Emily Zhao在2021年做了超过150小时的义工,包括在她的学校和You & Me, True Love 等项目团队中。她还义务为老人,退伍军人等表演舞蹈和小提琴。她还在多个组织和团队中担任发起人或领队,展现了她的领导能力。曾经多次获奖。她的音乐艺术天分也让她多次在美国的各种竞赛中获奖。
Yunyifei Yang 从2018年开始为美中下一代教育基金会做义工。她专门学习了新的软件工具Salesforce, 她帮助整理,添加和更新了200多个受助孩子的资料。她用自己的零花钱长期资助一个贫困的孩子。 她积极进取的态度和独立完成任务的能力收到大家的赞赏。
Kevin在小学时就加入了Junior Beta俱乐部。从初中开始在不同的地点为各种组织做志愿者。在七年级时加入一个名为C5 Georgia的组织。这是一个为其五年的青少年领导力训练项目。每年都要求一定时间的志愿服务。Kevin获得了”High Potential Youth”称号。他还参加了为自闭症孩子的服务工作,并且出售T恤衫为慈善事业筹集资金。他的团队曾赢得GATA Middle School State冠军。
Angela2018年从中国来美国以后就开始参加美中下一代教育基金会的义务工作。 她翻译了16890字的文稿。她还为基金会设计了第一张海报。她积极鼓励她的家人参加基金会义工。通过卖橘子为基金会筹集了400美元。在中国她也同样参加了帮助少数民族的义务工作。