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, Assistant Editor and AKOM Editor

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

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, 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

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

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