Celine prevails as a trailblazer for this generation and the next. A rising senior at Franklin High School in Sacramento County, California, she is proud to be nationally-recognized by Princeton University’s Prize in Race Relations. At 13, she founded The Reclamation Project @ 916, a grassroots organization spearheading youth-led movements for systems-change, equity, and liberation for marginalized communities, and has since mobilized 60,000+ people across numerous youth-led campaigns, initiatives, and demonstrations. She currently directs a coalition of 200+ volunteers, 500+ youth learners, and 100+ nonprofit partners, youth organizers, community activists, public officials, and fellow leaders throughout California and nationwide. Celine has led the reinvestment of over $150,000 to community aid, social justice programming, youth leadership development and socio-political organizing. She is also the Student Board Trustee of the Elk Grove Unified School District, serving as the voice for 63,000+ students across 68 schools in Northern California’s largest school district, in one of the most diverse regions in the United States. At heart, Celine embodies fearlessness, resilience, and the breaking of paradigms, uniting people against hardship and enlivening community hopes and dreams. Although she is usually the youngest person in the room, defying expectations and boundaries, she hopes for this to change as she inspires youth to take charge of what matters to them—for years to come.