Amazing Kids! eZine Interviews

By Akshaj Mehta, Sci-Tech Kids Editor

Interview with Ashley Silas and Luis Larin

by Olivia Pineda, Assistant Editor and Anni

By Kasey Dallman, AKOM Editor

Tony-Representing Everything Positive (T-REP) the Young Prayzr is an amazing 14-yr-old. Not only is he building up a strong music and acting career, but he is also CEO of his own business and has his own ministry.

Amazing Kid! Spotlight Interview with Steve Caveagna, Circus Performer at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey and part of the Clowning Caveagna Family
By Sean Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

By Victoria Feng, Editor-in-Chief

By: Natalie Brady, Jr. Assistant Editor

By Veronica Sturman, age 8, Louisiana

By Natalie Brady, Jr. Assistant Editor

By Veronica Sturman, age 8, Louisiana

By: Natalie Brady, Jr. Assistant Editor

by Natalie Brady, Jr. Assistant Editor

By Claudia Chow, Contributing Writer

By Amazing Kids!

By Olivia Pineda, Assistant Editor

Although she’s only 10 years old and loves to sing, Jackie Evancho is no ordinary singer.

Interview by Sean Traynor, Assistant Editor, age 13

Interview by Sean Traynor, Assistant Editor, age 13

Interview by Amazing Kids eZine

Interview by Brittany, Student Editor-in-Chief

Interview by Student Interviewer, Brianne Plach

Interview by Amazing Kids! eZine

Interview by Alex Paulk, student interviewer

Interviewer by Jeremy Zhang, Amazing Kids! eZine Student Interviewer

Interviewed by: Linda Toch, age 10, CA, Amazing Kids! eZine Reviewer

By Amina Ramadan, Staff Interviewer

Interviewed by Olivia, age 15, Assistant Editor

The Amazing Kids! Staff sits down with Genevieve L’Esperance and learns more about her “Tech Diva” nickname and the things she is doing to help bring technology and education to our Youth everyday.

By Sean Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

Ashton Allen is an independent musician as well as one of the founding members of the musical group, Rabbit!


By Olivia Pineda, Assistant Editor

By Anni, age 9, Amazing Kids! Reporter

Tim Johnson, DreamWorks Director and Executive Producer
By Ryan Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

Tanya Hamilton, Founder/Executive Director of Independent Youth
By Kasey Dallman, AKOM Writer

Interview with Tanille Edwards
By Kasey Dallman, AKOM Writer

Steve Culbertson – President and CEO of Youth Service America, a worldwide organization that encourages youth to solve community problems.
By Ryan Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

Sal Khan, Teacher and Founder of Khan Academy
By Ryan Traynor, Editor-in-Chief and Sarina Patel, Jr. Assistant Editor

Rakesh Sharma, Cosmonaut
By Elsa Lycias Joel, India

Interview with Priten Shah
By Haofei Liu, Spotlight Interview Editor

Monica Parker, Actor, Writer, and Producer
By Ryan Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

Maurice Ashley, the first African-American International Chess Grandmaster
By Ryan Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

Interview with Money Expert Mark Anthony Grimaldi
By Ryan Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

Julie Foudy, Olympic Gold Medalist, ESPN/ABC Broadcaster, and Sports Leadership Academy Founder
By Ryan Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

Interview with Julian Lai: When I Grow Up
By Sharon Lin, Editor-in-Chief

Jack Hanna, Journalist, Zoologist, Scientist, Philanthropist, and Television Personality
By Ryan Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

Genevieve Goings, Voiceover Artists, Singer/Songwriter of Children’s Music and Educator
By Ryan Traynor Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Willie Jolley – Motivational Speaker, Singer, Media Personality and Author
By Ryan Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

Interview with Dr. Veronica Glover, an Amazing Teacher that We Consider a “Hero among Us”
By Ryan Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

Angelique Ashby, City Councilperson, Community Leader, and Mayoral Candidate
By Akshaj Mehta, Sci-Tech Kids Editor

Interview with Alyssa Nepper
By Kasey Dallman, AKOM Writer

Interview with Alfonso Soto: Geeh – The Band
By Sharon Lin, Editor-in-Chief

Amazing Mentor! Spotlight Interview with the Pulsera Project Founders, Helping Nicaraguan Youth Through Bracelets, or Pulseras

By Olivia Pineda, Assistant Editor

By Mindy Yang, Editor-in-Chief

By Isabella Taylor, Poetry Editor

By Sean Traynor

By Sean Traynor, Editorial Adviser and Contributing Writer

Mareva Brown spent 20 years as a newspaper reporter, with 14 of them at The Sacramento Bee.

By Jack Rome

By Mindy Yang, Editor in Chief

By Celine Tien, Nonfiction Editor

By Olivia Pineda, Assistant Editor

By Kasey Dallman, AKOM Editor

By Isabella Taylor, Poetry Editor

By Isabella Taylor, Poetry Editor

By Mindy Yang, Editor in Chief

By Anni Racibarskas, age 9, Contributing Writer

Dan Zanes: Award-winning Musician, Co-author of Two Picture Books and Radio Show Host of Sirius’ Rocketship Beach Radio Show with Dan Zanes


By Sean Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

By Sean Traynor, Editorial Advisor

By Tanmaya Murthy, Humor Column Editor

Interview with Peter Sacco, Ph.D, Author, Teacher, Executive Producer and Host
By Ryan Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

Amazing Mentor! Interview with Steven Silver, Director of Photography for Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory, sitcoms on CBS.


By Andrew Sibner, Contributing Writer

Gary Doss is the founder and owner of The Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia. Opened in 1995, The Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia is now the world’s largest public display of Pez candy dispensers in the world!
By Sean Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

Astronaut and Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center By Sean Traynor, Assistant Editor Reach for the stars and let nothing limit your potential. This motto is truly reflected in our amazing space representative, Ellen Ochoa. As an engineer, inventor, physicist and astronaut, she has demonstrated to young and old alike that success can happen with dreams, […]

By Ashley Lin, Adult Spotlight Interviewer and Nonfiction Editor

The San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program is the largest firefighter toy give-away in the United States. Imagine when you went to school one day, there was a fire at your house.

Narada Michael Walden, Music Producer, Musician, Philanthropist
By Ryan Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

By Ashley Lin, AKOM Spotlight Interviewer

Once a month for the past fifteen years, Michael Swaine has, stitch by stitch, mended the fabric of his community on the streets of the Tenderloin District in downtown San Francisco.

Hadi Partovi, Code.org Co-Founder
By Ryan Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

Amazing Mentors! Spotlight Interview with Dr. Sarah Leary, Attending Physician, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Assistant Professor, Center for Clinical and Translational Research

By Anni Racibarskas, age 9

By Ashley Lin, Assistant Editor and Adult Spotlight Interviewer

What do you do when you’re sick? For me, I get to miss school, and my mom fusses over me for a few days. If I don’t get better, someone drives me to the hospital for a doctor’s check.

By Ashley Lin, Nonfiction Editor and Adult Spotlight Interviewer

In just three years, the White Pony Express has rescued and delivered more than 4.5 million pounds of fresh and nutritious food. The Free General Store has distributed an estimated 26,500 articles of clothing, 94,000 toys and children’s books, and 25,000 diapers.

By Ashley, Assistant Editor, Poetry Editor, and Adult Spotlight Interviewer

Duchess Ride: a Colorado-based nonprofit that aims to empower girls through board sports.

By Ashley Lin, former Assistant Editor, Poetry Editor, and Adult Spotlight Interviewer

Think back to back-to-school shopping… is it a good memory? For me, it always is. I get to pick out colorful pens, notebooks, and even new backpacks!

By Ashley Lin, Assistant Editor, Adult Spotlight Interviewer, and Poetry Editor

Amazing Mentor Spotlight Interview with Bob Johnson, Structural Engineer, Writer and Promoter of Engineering Education

By Olivia Pineda, Assistant Editor

By Ashley Lin, Adult Spotlight Interviewer and Nonfiction Editor

Sunday Friends is a day-long program on Sundays that takes place in a healthy, warm, productive, and mutually supportive community setting: elementary schools.

By Natalie Brady, Jr. Assistant Editor

Amazing Mentor Interview with Dale Anderson, Founder of the Project Survival’s Cat Haven, an innovative park dedicated to the preservation of wild cats. It specializes in education and is engaged in both captive and range country conservation.

By Sean Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

Hasbro Inc. is the world’s second-largest toy maker that designs, manufactures and markets games and toys under brands including Playskool, Tonka, Milton Bradley (Scrabble, Candyland), Parker Brothers (Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit), Tiger, Dungeons and Dragons (trading cards) and Wizards of the Coast (Magic: The Gathering trading cards). They have taken their main brands and tailored them […]

Mariam El Hasan is a member of the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps.

By Catherine Cheng

Zack Francom was inspired to create Zack’s Shack, a lemonade and cookie stand, by a school fundraising competition.

By Catherine Cheng, AKOM Editor

Skylynn Ellison was inspired to write as a young girl and now has her own published book titled Sky’s the Limit. Her story encourages readers to chase after their dreams and stay strong in the face of negative pressures. Read on to find out more about Skylynn and her story.

By Catherine Cheng, Amazing Kid of the Month Writer

Sarah Todd Hammer was diagnosed with Transverse Myelitis, an autoimmune spinal cord condition that paralyzed her from neck-down, when she was eight.

By Haofei Liu, Spotlight Interviewer

Samantha Vervoordt is a teenage self-published author of a young adult science fiction/fantasy novel.

By Catherine Cheng

Rebecca Bloom is an aspiring American actress whose first role was in a TV commercial for Apple.

By Victoria Feng, AKOM, Money Smarts, and Assistant Editor

Patricia Manubay created Dream Boxes to provide those in need with school supplies.

By Catherine Cheng, AKOM Writer

Paloma Rambana was inspired to lobby for Florida Association of Agencies Serving the Blind after she realized visually impaired children in her age group were left out of current legislation.

By Victoria Feng, AKOM and AK Interview Editor

Olivia Sanabia, 13-year-old actress and volunteer

By Catherine Cheng, AKOM Editor

Noelle Gregoire was diagnosed with Dysplastic spondylolisthesis, a rare spinal condition, at age five, but she hasn’t let it stop her from living a full, happy life and giving back to her community.

By Victoria Feng, Assistant Editor and AKOM Editor

Natalie Hampton is the creator of the app Sit with Us, which has been featured on the iOS app store.

By Victoria Feng, Amazing Kids! Spotlight Interviewer, AKOM Writer and Money Smarts Editor
Leanne Joyce, Founder of Positive Impact for Kids

By Catherine Cheng

Journey Carter has started a company called The Journey Collection by Jameelah that is dedicated to making beautiful bows and uses them to give back to the community.

By Sean Traynor, Editorial Advisor and Contributing Writer

By Kasey Dallman

By Victoria Feng, Assistant Editor and AKOM and Money Smarts Editor

Hailey Richman is the founder of Kid Caregivers and serves as the assistant director for Puzzles to Remember.

By Catherine Cheng, AKOM Writer and Editor

Bobby Batson is the child star of 90 Minutes in Heaven and Evan Brinkman is the child star of TRAINWRECK.

Amazing Kids! Spotlight Interview with Dougie Christie Jr., Best-selling Author and Actor.


By Isabella Taylor, Nonfiction Editor

Native American heritage, language, and history are Cayle Diefenbach’s passions.
by Sean Traynor, Editor-In-Chief

By Catherine Cheng, Amazing Kid of the Month Editor

Capri Everitt is journeying to eighty countries to raise money for orphaned children around the world.

By Catherine Cheng, AKOM Editor

Caleb Smith is the founder of STEM Bunnies, a nonprofit that saves and breeds rabbits. It helps people make informed decisions about adopting a bunny through foster programs and camps.

By Celine Tien, Contributing Writer Evan Isenstein-Brand is a 12-year old Californian who is an aviation enthusiast.  When he is not at air shows or interviewing people for his own website (evanflys.com), he is a normal 7th grader, playing tennis, soccer and hanging out with his friends.  Evan has interviewed some of the best war-time […]

By Victoria Feng, Assistant and AKOM Editor

Alexandra Chang started the company The Zeitgeist and was named by Tiger Beat as one of their 19 under 19 nominees in the Entrepreneurship category.

By Haofei

Alexa von Essen is the writer of “The Morning of the End of the World.”

By Catherine Cheng, AKOM Writer

Matt Sarafa participated in Lifetime’s “Project Runway Junior” in November and December of 2015, finishing in a respectable 8th place.

By Victoria Feng, Editor-in-Chief

Aidan Anderson is a musician and founder of Aidan Cares, an organization that is focused on helping people and encouraging others to do the same. 

By Victoria Feng, Assistant Editor and AKOM Editor

Zuriel Oduwole is a student filmmaker who has a focus on girls’ education in Africa.

By Catherine Cheng, AKOM Editor

When he was seven, Will Lourcey founded the non-profit FROGs or Friends Reaching Our Goals. Since then, the organization has provided over 200,000 meals for the hungry and packed over 60,000 bags of food for children.

By Kasey Dallman, Amazing Kid of the Month Columnist

By Catherine Cheng, Amazing Kid of the Month Columnist

This past year, Taylor Richardson has collected over 500 books for underserved children to promote literacy. She loves reading to others and encouraging others to follow their dreams.

By Victoria Feng, Assistant Editor and AKOM Editor

After Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, Salvador Gómez Colón and his family were in need, yet he decided to put others first and launched a crowdfunding campaign called “Light and Hope for Puerto Rico.”

By Victoria Feng, AKOM and Money Smarts Editor

Mrinali Kesavadas is a 3M America’s Top Young Scientist finalist for the invention of her low cost CPR simulator that shows if someone is doing CPR correctly or not.

By Victoria Feng, Editor-in-Chief

Maria Keller is the founder of Read Indeed, a nonprofit organization that collects and distributes books to those in need.

By Victoria Feng, Assistant Editor and AKOM Editor

Lily Born is the founder of Imagiroo, a company that sells cups with three legs.

By Victoria Feng, AKOM Writer and Money Smarts Editor

Jessica Carscadden is the founder of the We Care Bears Project, a nonprofit organization that delivers stuff animals to children in need.

By Victoria Feng, Assistant Editor and AKOM Editor

Jake and Max Klein are the founders of Kids That Do Good, a website that helps connect kids with volunteer opportunities.

By Victoria Feng, Editor-in-Chief

At only 14 years old, Henry Burner has started his own company, Buttonsmith, and hired employees to help with his growing business.

By Victoria Feng, AKOM and Money Smarts Editor

Grace Wickerson is the founder of Kickin’ Violence, a nonprofit that aims to stop worldwide violence. It educates youth about violence and also does acts of community service for disadvantaged kids.

By Victoria Feng, Assistant Editor and AKOM Editor

Christina Li is the founder of Hello World, a free weeklong summer camp that aims to teach girls how to code. Being interested in programming herself, she set out to help others explore their dreams and pursue their passions.

By Catherine Cheng, AKOM Editor

Chandler Kinney is best known for her breakout role on Amazon Prime Family’s “Gortimer Gibbons Life on Normal Street.”

A Philanthropist, Technology Pioneer, and Multi-Billionaire
By Olivia Pineda, Staff Interviewer

By Victoria Feng, Editor-in-Chief

Alyssa Carson is a 17 year old who many say will be one of the first people to go to Mars.

By Kasey Dallman, AKOM Editor

Perry Chen is a 10-year-old film & entertainment critic, artist, and animator. He is the resident film critic for Amazing Kids and also writes for Animation World Network, San Diego Union Tribune and San Diego Entertainer.

By Kasey Dallman, Amazing Kid of the Month Columnist

By Celine Tien, Nonfiction Editor

By Mindy Yang, Editor-in-Chief

By Kasey Dallman, AKOM writer and researcher

By Kasey Dallman, AKOM Columnist

By Kasey Dallman, AKOM Writer

By Shamala Pulugurtha, AKOM Writer and Researcher   Who knew something as little as a cupcake would have such a huge impact on people? Blake Colvin followed her heart and used cupcakes to bring hope to the lives of hundreds of cancer patients around the country. At the age of 8, Blake was diagnosed with […]

By Sean Traynor, Editor-in-Chief

By Ioana Ciora

By Veronica Sturman, Contributing Writer

By Victoria Feng, Assistant Editor and AKOM Editor

Winter Vinecki is the founder of Team Winter, an organization that raises money for prostate cancer research.

By Victoria Feng, Editor-in-Chief

After her own experience using a service dog, Tabitha Bell witnessed firsthand how helpful a service dog was.

By Victoria Feng, Assistant Editor and AKOM Editor

Kenneth Xu is the founder of the Student Environmental Education Coalition, an organization that promotes kids to become more active in helping the environment.

By Victoria Feng, Assistant Editor and AKOM Editor

Jake Marcionette is the bestselling author of the Just Jake series. The series landed Jake on the New York Times bestsellers list, and he’s the youngest author to be featured on the list.

By Victoria Feng, Assistant Editor and AKOM Editor

Emma Stumpf is the founder of Emma’s Art Cart, an organization she created with her art teacher Lisa Durst after her own struggles with brain cancer.

By Victoria Feng, Assistant Editor and AKOM Editor

Christopher Lindsay is one of the only four 2016 Davidson Fellows Laureates and recipient of a $50,000 scholarship. He was awarded this honorable award for his work in oceanic research.

By Kasey Dallman, AKOM Columnist

Interview by Amazing Kids! Reporter Alexandra Robert Tonner, the internationally acclaimed doll designer, may be best known for his licensed line of artistic, collectible action figures for movies such as Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, and other big hits. But what Mr. Tonner may be long remembered for is his encouragement to kids to ‘break […]