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StudentCam 2025 Prize Winners

C-SPAN is thrilled to announce the prize-winning documentaries in StudentCam 2025 competition! This year we received entries from nearly 3,500 students from around the country.

The competition, now in its 21st year, asked students to explore and analyze matters of personal, local or national importance by addressing this year’s theme — “Your Message to the President: What issue is most important to you or your community?”

We wish to acknowledge the dedication and effort of each student who took part in the competition this year. Crafting a documentary is a significant endeavor and we understand that each student likely invested weeks, if not months through researching, storyboarding, scripting, conducting interviews, and editing their pieces. We feel fortunate to have learned more about a diverse range of topics that hold significance to young people nationwide, and we genuinely enjoyed reviewing every submission. To all who participated, we hope you gained new skills and will continue to express your perspectives with the world. Every one of you should take pride in completing a project of this scale. Even if your documentary didn’t secure one of the listed prizes, please look for an email from C-SPAN for an opportunity to receive a gift as a small token of our gratitude for your work.
 
All student filmmakers and their teachers will be contacted via email with more information regarding their prizes. C-SPAN Television Networks will broadcast each of the grand prize, first prize, and second prize winning documentaries at 6:50am ET and throughout the day during the month of April. See below for the documentary airdates of those entries.
 
Thank you once again to all who participated this year and made it our best competition yet. We hope those of you with remaining eligibility will consider participating in StudentCam 2026! Our new theme will be announced this summer and the official competition launch will coincide with the beginning of the new school year.
 

Without further ado, C-SPAN is pleased to share the 150 prize-winning entries, as well as the “Fan Favorite” and “Behind the Scenes” sub-competition winners.

Congratulations to all!

 

Grand Prize Winner

Dermott Foley
10th Grade
Teens, Social Media & the Fentanyl Overdose Crisis
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Advisers: Douglas Jimenez & Daniel Cole
Air Date: Monday, April 21

First Prize Winner

HIGH SCHOOL EAST DIVISION

Daniel Aasa
11th Grade
Saving Sudan: U.S. Aiding in a Forgotten Crisis
Winslow Township High School
Atco, NJ
Comcast
Adviser: Gregory Wake
Air Date: Sunday, April 20

First Prize Winner

HIGH SCHOOL CENTRAL DIVISION

Benjamin Kurian
9th Grade
The Road to Vision Zero, about using A.I. to enhance road safety
Olentangy Liberty High School
Powell, OH
Spectrum
Adviser: Aaron Rothey
Air Date: Saturday, April 19

First Prize Winner

HIGH SCHOOL WEST DIVISION

Anonymous
11th & 12th Grades
No Sanctuary: Addressing Transnational Repression In the Next Four Years
California
Comcast
Air Date: Friday, April 18

First Prize Winner

MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION

Sofia Ou, Eva Ingram, & Eliana Wei
8th Grade
One Party, Two Party, Red Party, Blue Party. But What About Third Parties?
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Warren Scheib
Air Date: Thursday, April 17

Second Prize Winners

HIGH SCHOOL EAST DIVISION

Sukey Hayden & Joe Book
 11th Grade
Dear Mr. President, We Want Statehood
District of Columbia International School
Washington, DC
Comcast
Adviser: Ashley Porter
Air Date: Wednesday, April 16

Riley MacArthur & Sophia Jones
 11th Grade
Investing in America: Museums and the Future of Our Nation
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Douglas Wilson
Air Date: Saturday, April 12

Lillian Mirosavich
 12th Grade
Carolina Connections: Understanding Others, about community connections
Richland Northeast High School
Columbia, SC
Spectrum
Adviser: Leslie Dennis
Air Date: Tuesday, April 8

Dahlia Badt, Kiran Durvasula, & Zoe Hood
 10th Grade
She Deserves Justice: Reforming a Prison System That Fails Women
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Douglas Wilson
Air Date: Friday, April 4

Second Prize Winners

HIGH SCHOOL CENTRAL DIVISION

Emma Curry & Ashley Blanche
 12th Grade
Invisible People: Hidden In Plain Sight, about homelessness
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Adviser: Hannah Rogers
Air Date: Tuesday, April 15

Ani Ceccacci
 12th Grade
Gender-Affirming Care, it Saves More Lives Than You Would Think
Royal Oak High School
Royal Oak, MI
Comcast
Adviser: Mike Conrad
Air Date: Friday, April 11

*Congratulations to Ani on also winning the 2025 "Fan Favorite" award.

Ani will receive an additional $500 as this year’s “Fan Favorite," having secured the most authenticated votes in a week-long nationwide public voting period.

Leah Steup
 12th Grade
Kids First: Indiana's Child Welfare System
Homestead High School
Fort Wayne, IN
Comcast
Air Date: Monday, April 7

Nora Schroeder
 11th Grade
The Radioactive Waste Crisis: A Hidden Hazard
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Adviser: Eric Turley
Air Date: Thursday, April 3

Second Prize Winners

HIGH SCHOOL WEST DIVISION

Carson Collins
 12th Grade
A People Erased: The Uyghur Genocide in East Turkestan
Homeschooled
Austin, TX
Spectrum
Adviser: Shannon Lamm
Air Date: Monday, April 14

Nolan Sheets, Rene Ortega, & Roman Leonor
 9th Grade
Crime: Perception vs. Reality
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Adviser: Jeff Montooth
Air Date: Thursday, April 10

Meital Zayats
 9th Grade
Voices in Conflict: The Debate Over Free Speech in the Digital Age
Mountain View High School
Mountain View, CA
Comcast
Air Date: Sunday, April 6

Fernanda Le Duc, Tanvi Soni, & Abigail Currie
 11th Grade
Confronting the Opioid Crisis: A President's Prescription for Change
Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum
Adviser: Jennifer Smith
Air Date: Wednesday, April 2

Second Prize Winners

MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION

Francesca Bader & Larissa Deng
 8th Grade
Redlining: Broken Lines, Broken Lives, about discriminatory housing policy
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Warren Scheib
Air Date: Sunday, April 13

Harper Haden & Helena de la Houssaye
 7th Grade
One Pill Can Kill, about the effects of fentanyl crossing the U.S.-Mexico border
Correia Middle School
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications
Adviser: Keri Clark
Air Date: Wednesday, April 9

Benjamin Lovelady
 8th Grade
Moving Forward - The Future of American Transportation
R.D. and Euzelle Smith Middle School
Chapel Hill, NC
Spectrum
Adviser: Erin Kellas
Air Date: Saturday, April 5

Nathaniel Yu
 8th Grade
Who's Watching Me? Threats to Our Data Privacy
Isaac Newton Graham Middle School
Mountain View, CA
Comcast
Adviser: Tom Sayer
Air Date: Tuesday, April 1

Third Prize Winners

HIGH SCHOOL EAST DIVISION

Tiana Tringas & Sofia Bennani
 11th Grade
Food for Thought, about food waste
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Adviser: Michele Washington-Gerber

Asher & Alana Anantham
 12th & 9th Grade
The $700 Billion College Experience, about federal higher education subsidies and student loans
Montgomery Blair High School & Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Silver Spring & Bethesda, MD
Comcast
Adviser: George Mayo

Cayden Camacho, Parson Bright, & Wilde Rosales-Gousie
 11th Grade
Smallest State's Biggest Problems, about homelessness
Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts
Providence, RI
Cox Communications
Adviser: Nicholas Marcoux

Isabel Woldeab & Chloe Yang
 9th Grade
Farms of the Future, about farm subsidies and their environmental impact
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, MD
Comcast

Ione Saunders
 11th Grade
Disappeared in America, about drug addiction in Kensington, Philadelphia
Science Leadership Academy
Philadelphia, PA
Comcast
Adviser: Michael Clapper

Murilo dos Santos, Zev Unger, & Sami Youssef
 10th Grades
Living in Limbo, about the affordable housing crisis in America
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Douglas Wilson

Joseph White & Joseph Bukovac
 11th & 12th Grades
Truth on The Brink: America’s Struggle Against Misinformation
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Adviser: Michele Washington-Gerber

Cody Finnegan & Mae Seward
 12th Grade
How to Save a Generation: Battling the Youth Drug Crisis
Arlington Career Center
Arlington, VA
Comcast
Adviser: Timothy Scanlon

Third Prize Winners

HIGH SCHOOL CENTRAL DIVISION

Alexander Schmelzling, Brody Weiss, & Caitlin Reindl
 12th Grade
Shots Fired, Your Message to the President, about gun violence
Nicolet High School
Glendale, WI
Spectrum
Adviser: Katherine Romenesko

Wyatt Martin
 12th Grade
Saving The Workforce’s Backbone, about the importance of career and technical education
Royal Oak High School
Royal Oak, MI
Comcast
Adviser: Mike Conrad

Jaxon Smith & Waleed Zainatieh
 12th Grade
House Divided, about housing policy
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Adviser: Hannah Rogers

Niamh Manning
 10th Grade
I Stand With Covenant: The Rising Issue of Gun Violence in America
Hume-Fogg Academic High School
Nashville, TN
Comcast

Suraj Panchal
 12th Grade
In God We Trust: An Exploration Of Christian Nationalism
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Adviser: Hannah Rogers

Luke Hargrave
 12th Grade
Too Addicted to Change, about addiction and its effect on people
College Street Vocational Center
Lake Charles, LA
Optimum
Adviser: Britney Glaser

Bryant Johnston, Samuel Stay, & Benjamin Schulz
 12th Grade
Energy in America
Albert Lea High School
Albert Lea, MN
Spectrum
Adviser: Jim Haney

Rowan Herr
 11th Grade
Invasive Carp
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Adviser: Eric Turley

Third Prize Winners

HIGH SCHOOL WEST DIVISION

Tanaya Safi
 10th Grade
Are EVs Truly Green?
Inderkum High School
Sacramento, CA
Comcast
Adviser: Neil Landers

Sara Kong
 9th Grade
Ocean Acidification: Small Changes, Big Problems
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Adviser: Jeff Montooth

Anabelle Cox
 10th Grade
Counter Terrorism: Protecting the People of America
 Foothills Community Christian School
Great Falls, MT
Spectrum
Adviser: Dustin Bauer

Adi Parekh, Owen Provencher, & Matthew Fields
 11th Grade
America's Infrastructure Collapse
 Inderkum High School
Sacramento, CA
Comcast

Jessie Neilson & Sophia Lehman
 12th & 11th Grade
A World Not Made For Women, about women's safety in domestic violence
Adrian Wilcox High School
Santa Clara, CA
Comcast
Adviser: Adrienne Aubry

Addisyn Richard & Bright Evbie
 11th Grade
Incarcerated Truth, about prison overpopulation
Ben Barber Innovation Academy
Mansfield, TX
Spectrum
Adviser: Ryan Tuomey

Juliet Frick, Jonah Sandel, & Mira Stettner
 10th Grade
Teenage Drug Abuse
 Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto, CA
Comcast
Adviser: Caitlin Drewes

Kimber Koteskey & Trinity Nicholson
 12th Grade
Jails: Correctional Facilities or Mental Health Wards?
 Foothills Community Christian School
Great Falls, MT
Spectrum
Adviser: Dustin Bauer

Third Prize Winners

MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION

Shibani Mishra
 8th Grade
Who's In Charge Here?, about the lack of turnout in local elections
Julius West Middle School
Rockville, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Jeong Lee

Kiah Safi, Mihir Ratilal, & Mira Prasad
 8th Grade
Affordable Housing: The Key To Success
 Natomas Charter School
Sacramento, CA
Comcast
Adviser: Gabriel Lang

David & Danny Unatin
 8th & 6th Grades
Made In America: A Path to Prosperity and Security, about American manufacturing
Manhattan Beach Middle School
Manhattan Beach, CA
Spectrum
Adviser: Dave Bainer

Shreyas Kyada, William Bosely, & Kyle Jones
 8th Grade
Enemies At Bay: Pollution In The Chesapeake
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School
Germantown, MD
Comcast
Adviser: James Dempsey

Jonathan Brioche
 8th Grade
Freedom to Fear: Balancing Rights with Reform, about gun control and gun violence
Browne Academy
Alexandria, VA
Cox Communications
Adviser: Alissa Kharkar

Cody Blake, August Afzelius, & Grey Fitzhenry
 8th Grade
Breached: The Impacts of Cyber Attacks
 Dexter Southfield School
Brookline, MA
Comcast
Adviser: Sarah Cornelius

Shayaan Yousuf
 7th Grade
AI for Justice: Revolutionizing Crime Detection in our Communities
 Jerry Knight STEM Academy
Mansfield, TX
Spectrum
Adviser: Shaye Anne Atwood

Chloe Kim, Esme Chang-Gillespie, & Fiona Sisan
 8th Grade
From Classroom to Career: The Lasting Impact of Education Inequity
 Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Warren Scheib

Honorable Mention Winners

Rachel Fornero & Claire Kline
 12th Grade
The Great Equalizer - Public Education in America
 Ben Barber Innovation Academy
Mansfield, TX
Spectrum
Adviser: Ryan Tuomey

Amy Yuan & Lucas Hahn
 9th Grade
Broken by Design: The Flaws of America's Healthcare System
 Winston Churchill High School & Richard Montgomery High School
Potomac & Rockville, MD
Comcast

Devin Mingardi, Vincent Chase, & Wesley Robson
 8th & 7th Grades
The Price of Life: America's Healthcare Crisis
 Community Montessori
Carlsbad, CA
Spectrum
Adviser: Robert Clark

Sesh Sudarshan
 10th Grade
And the Men Begin To Sing: America's Forgotten Children, about nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands
Meridian High School
Falls Church, VA
Cox Communications

Luna Cannone & Nora Cullen
 10th Grade
The Right to Bear Arms
 Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Optimum
Adviser: Scott Lang

Marin Gottschalk, Olivia Mullikan, & Charlotte McCafferty
 8th Grade
Cosmic Clutter, about space debris and its effects on the environment
Dexter Southfield School
Brookline, MA
Comcast
Adviser: Sarah Cornelius

Lark Jeffers, Leya Fekadu, & Ivy Palmer
 10th Grade
A Tough Pill to Swallow - The Opioid Epidemic and the United States
 Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Douglas Wilson

Caroline Schwebach, Margaret Odar, & Lukas Korcinskis
 12th Grade
A Matter of Life or Debt, about health care in the United States
Arlington Career Center
Arlington, VA
Comcast
Adviser: Timothy Scanlon

Sophia Long
 11th Grade
Healthcare: A Fundamental Right
 Mount Si High School
Snoqualmie, WA
Comcast

Jack Summerfield, Akhil Menon, & Terrence McDonough
 8th Grade
The Crisis of Unaffordable Housing
 Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Warren Scheib

Isabella Sim & Owen Gurga
 9th Grade
Editing the Future: Bridging Science, Society, and Policy in Gene Editing
 Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Adviser: Jeff Montooth

Anisha Pyne & Vaishnavi Cheedella
 11th Grade
The Cost of Care, about public health
Woodbridge Academy Magnet School
Woodbridge, NJ
Comcast

Carter Weiss, Kevin Martinez, & Michael Kovac
 12th Grade
Priced Out, about homelessness and housing affordability
Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas
Dallas, TX
Spectrum

Kavi Janardan
 10th Grade
Old Laws, New Talent: The H-1B Cap
 Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Douglas Wilson

Kenzi Freid & Zoe Bitzer
 10th Grade
The Education Gap, about allocating funds to reduce the gap in education caused by the pandemic school closures
Klamath Union High School
Klamath Falls, OR
Spectrum
Adviser: Dan Stearns

Avani Durvasula
8th Grade
United We Budget: The Bipartisan Solution to America's Deficit
 Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Warren Scheib

Eva Choe
 11th Grade
The News, Politics & You, about the intersection of news media, politics, and polarization
University School of Nashville
Nashville, TN
Comcast
Adviser: Erin Kellas

Hafsa Kanchwala, Emily Sidlow, & Emi Maeda
 12th Grade
Our Message to the President: Affordable Housing
 The Baldwin School
Bryn Mawr, PA
Comcast
Adviser: Athan Biss

Hyunseo Ryu & HaEun Jung
 10th Grade
Gun Violence: America's Darkest Achievement
 Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Optimum
Adviser: Scott Lang

Mollie Saddul, Giselle Guillermo, & Arya Patel
 7th Grade
Beyond the Rainbow; Ban Synthetic Dyes
 Walker Junior High
La Palma, CA
Spectrum
Adviser: Tina Armijo

Maya Angela Cheng, Nathan Rodriguez, & Isa Felch
 10th Grade
Road to Progress, about the education funding gap between high and low income areas
Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto, CA
Comcast
Adviser: Caitlin Drewes

Elsie Baumann
 10th Grade
Run Free, about the removal of four dams on the Klamath River in Oregon, the largest ever in the United States, and the restoration of the river and its wildlife
Klamath Union High School
Klamath Falls, OR
Spectrum
Adviser: Dan Stearns

Victoria Pham & Nathan Brown
 10th Grade
Cross the Divide: The Struggles of Immigrants
 Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Adviser: Michele Washington-Gerber

Ava Nuckols
 8th Grade
Wrongfully Convicted, about people of color being found guilty of crimes they didn't commit
Browne Academy
Alexandria, VA
Cox Communications
Adviser: Alissa Khakar

Ben Bonnstetter & Holden Wilms
 11th Grade
Solving The Youth Mental Health Crisis
 Mid-Peninsula High School
Menlo Park, CA
Comcast

Brighid Lee, Amber Tirado, & Lalan Brewer
 10th Grade
Concrete Vs. Crops: The Struggle for Land
 Millbrook Magnet High School
Raleigh, NC
Spectrum
Adviser: Daniel Segal

Juliet Haesly & Megan Lee
 9th Grade
No Means No, about sexual assault
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Adviser: Jeff Montooth

Kalli Koteskey & Kaylee Lewis
 9th Grade
American Borders: Hold The Line
 Foothills Community Christian School
Great Falls, MT
Spectrum
Adviser: Dustin Bauer

Jane Harrison-Millman & Shira Sweet
 11th Grade
Behind the Screen: The Price of Digital Childhood
 Northampton High School
Northampton, MA
Comcast
Adviser: Jeromie Whalen

Desmond Maggione, Nati Roemer-Block, & Jai Lapp Yoder
 11th Grade
The Battle of Misinformation: Staying Informed in the Modern Age
 Science Leadership Academy
Philadelphia, PA
Comcast
Adviser: Michael Clapper

Lillian Driscoll
 11th Grade
Equality Printed in the Constitution: Racial Bias in Wrongful Convictions
 Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Adviser: Janet Depasquale

Megha Mallavarapu
 9th Grade
Clean Water: Not a Luxury, But a Right
 Lenape Middle School
Doylestown, PA
Comcast
Adviser: Brian Blair

Natalie Simora & Victoria Adams
 10th Grade
Rising Temperatures: Broken Promises
 Millbrook Magnet High School
Raleigh, NC
Spectrum
Adviser: Daniel Segal

Malinda Zhu & Gelila Abraham
 8th Grade
Still Pretty Prevails: Partiality in Conservation Efforts
 Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Warren Scheib

Akshan Ranasinghe
 10th Grade
A Fair Chance, about issues in education
Marriotts Ridge High School
Marriottsville, MD
Comcast

Elsa Packard, Tess Kim, & Adam Maldonado
 10th Grade
From Combat to Crisis: The Drug Epidemic Among Veterans
 Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto, CA
Comcast
Adviser: Caitlin Drewes

Maya Kaufman & Sydney Matson
 10th Grade
Net Loss: Climate Change and the Seafood Crisis
 Narragansett High School
Narragansett, RI
Cox Communications
Adviser: Mathew Joubert

Hendrik DuBois
 12th Grade
Workin' Hard or Hardly Workin'?, about meritocracy
Jenks High School
Jenks, OK
Cox Communications
Adviser: Hannah Rogers

Aliya Sadiq
 8th Grade
Childcare in America
 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School
Germantown, MD
Comcast
Adviser: James Dempsey

Neva Bapna, Laila Joshi, & Sione Fusimalohi
 10th Grade
When Hunger Hits Home: The Fight Against Food Insecurity
 Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto, CA
Comcast
Adviser: Caitlin Drewes

Katie McCue, Cole Kristofferson, & Joy Peng
 10th Grade
The Tampon Tax
 Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto, CA
Comcast
Adviser: Caitlin Drewes

Shreya Sundaram, Avery Chang, & Rafia Mohammed
 10th Grade
Small Businesses: A Critical Component of a Strong Economy and a Tight-Knit Community
 Centennial High School
Ellicott City, MD
Comcast
Adviser: David Riddler

Lela Broughton & Autumn Pires-Moore
 12th Grade
Tell the President to Keep Our Food Safe
 Arcata High School
Arcata, CA
Optimum
Adviser: Adam Pinkerton

Clara Faulk
 10th Grade
Going Rotten; Future Implications of Current Food Systems
 Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Douglas Wilson

Jason Sliwowski & Kingsley Chen
 8th Grade
Underfunded Classrooms: The Hidden Problem in Public Education
 R.D. and Euzelle Smith Middle School
Chapel Hill, NC
Spectrum
Adviser: Erin Kellas

Lara & Ian Leon
 10th & 8th Grades
Through America's Eye: LGBTQ+ Students
 Mountain View High School & Georgina P. Blach Intermediate School
Mountain View & Los Altos, CA
Comcast

Aerick Mallari, Carter Chew, & Rishan Rashed
 11th Grade
It's The Economy Stupid!
 Egg Harbor Township High School
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Comcast
Adviser: Michael Martirone

Eliza Floto & Brianna Goldstein
 9th Grade
The Divided States of America: Is the United States Really United?
 Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Adviser: Jeff Montooth

Jaida Cox
 10th Grade
Lift Every Voice, about the lack of teacher diversity in the United States and how it negatively impacts the success of students Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Douglas Wilson

Devansh Kumar
 9th Grade
The Price of Learning: A Crisis in Education
 Maggie L. Walker Governor's School
Richmond, VA
Comcast

Elizabeth Curran & Sree Vidya Siliveri
 8th Grade
The Climate Crisis
 Alice B. Landrum Middle School
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Comcast
Adviser: Sandra Pagliughi

Daniel Steinhauer
 8th Grade
Preservation of Our National Parks
 Correia Middle School
San Diego, CA
Cox Communications
Adviser: Keri Clark

Ariana Arturo, Alessandra Lujan, & Chloe Danstanlee
 11th Grade
Bleeding Out In The Public Square, about access to abortion
Rockville High School
Rockville, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Krista McKim

Natalie Hebdon
 9th Grade
A Safer Tomorrow: America's Need for Enhanced Disaster Protection
 Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Spectrum
Adviser: Jeff Montooth

Averie Rutishauser, Lucia Lassiter-Sanabria, & Gabriella Ware
 10th Grade
What Does Reproductive Healthcare Mean to You?
 Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
Spectrum
Adviser: Michele Washington-Gerber

Jadon McGee & Jake Maggio
 11th Grade
This Crisis Is DESTROYING Small-Town America, about the opioid crisis in Mississippi
Hartfield Academy
Flowood, MS
Comcast
Adviser: Rebecca Blakeney

Robert Lopez, Diego Salinas, & Ian Rosales
 11th & 12th Grades
Earth's Disease: Examining Habitat Loss
 Somerset Academy Charter High School
Miami, FL
Comcast
Adviser: Christina Carbonell

Ilsa Lee
 8th Grade
Helping the Hellbenders, about the conservation of the Eastern Hellbender salamander
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School
Germantown, MD
Comcast
Adviser: James Dempsey

Karinna Martinez
 12th Grade
The Road to the American Dream: Worthiness & Representation in Education
 Holland High School
Holland, MI
Comcast
Adviser: Jeff Kordich

Leah Couch & Easten Rasmuson
 12th Grade
Book Bans: How Media Restrictions Affect Students and Communities
 Compass Academy
Idaho Falls, ID
Sparklight
Adviser: Holly Dasher

Jake Ho, Amare Russel, & Malia Hopson
 9th & 12th Grades
Twisted Justice, about wrongful convictions
Ben Barber Innovation Academy
Mansfield, TX
Spectrum
Adviser: Ryan Tuomey

Owen Mayotte
 10th Grade
Harnessing the Sun: Clean Energy of the Future
 Long Reach High School
Columbia, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Jody Zepp

Lilyan Mauro
 11th Grade
My Message To The President: A Story of Unity and Advocacy
 Vista Peak Preparatory
Aurora, CO
Comcast
Adviser: Jason Burchard

Myda Gilani, Mingus Rabb, & Helen Adourian
 8th Grade
Two Faced Teens, about the effect of social media
Nashoba Brooks School
Concord, MA
Comcast
Adviser: Emily Gatti

CJ Vantine
 11th Grade
Reforming Section 230: Modifying the Moderation
 Penn High School
Mishawaka, IN
Comcast
Adviser: Ally Starkweather

Ryan Pinkerton, Hunter Smith, & Drake Clifton
 10th Grade
The Search to Reduce Crime in Saint Louis
 Christian Brothers College High School
St. Louis, MO
Spectrum
Adviser: Dan Dilber

Kylie Kohl
 11th Grade
Nutritional Education
 Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Adviser: Janet Depasquale

Matthew Dougherty, Gage Arcaro, & Israel Santiago
 12th Grade
Undocumented, about undocumented immigration
Central High School
Philadelphia, PA
Comcast
Adviser: Michael Horwits

Laila Kwong
 10th Grade
Born into Legacy, about inequality in the college admissions process
East Chapel Hill High School
Chapel Hill, NC
Spectrum
Adviser: Erin Kellas

Riley Devers & Evie Deckert
 11th Grade
Bridging the Divide, about the racial wealth gap
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Adviser: Adam Rowland

Juliana Fay Thompson & Miriam Torrey-Coffidis
 10th Grade
Funding for FEMA: The Prevention and Preparation Behind America's Natural Disasters
 Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Douglas Wilson

Erin Haugland, Rachel Winter, & Avery Herrera
 10th Grade
Securing Our Future: The Need for Agriculture Education Funding
 Millbrook Magnet High School
Raleigh, NC
Spectrum
Adviser: Daniel Segal

Adeline Morley
 11th Grade
Commit to Equality: Bridging the Gender Pay Gap
 Murrieta Mesa High School
Murrieta, CA
Spectrum

Nolan Wall & Morgan Palmer
 12th Grade
CTE Education
 East Syracuse Minoa Central High School
East Syracuse, NY
Spectrum
Adviser: Michael Ferris

Benjamin Dominguez
 8th Grade
Broken Promises: Our Education System Needs Reform
 Homeschooled
Huntington Station, NY
Optimum
Adviser: Irma Dominguez

Jiayi Xu & Jiye Lee
 10th Grade
Housing: An Impossible Dream
 Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Optimum
Adviser: Scott Lang

Rouhan Nayyer, Arman Raoufian, & Caleb Yo
 8th Grade
The Opioid Crisis: The Poisoning of a Nation
 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School
Germantown, MD
Comcast
Adviser: James Dempsey

Elissa Huettel
 10th Grade
Microplastics: A Rising Tide
 East Chapel Hill High School
Chapel Hill, NC
Spectrum

Veronique Dimyan, Madelyn Evjen, & June Kepka
 10th Grade
Standing Against Censorship: Book Banning's Effect on Schools
 Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Douglas Wilson

Claire Krob
 11th Grade
The Injustice in the Mental Health System
 Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, MO
Spectrum
Adviser: Eric Turley

Ethan Slaughter & Nate Milstead
 11th Grade
The Housing Market Crisis
 Moorestown High School
Moorestown, NJ
Comcast
Adviser: Jessica Noguera

Linnea Ericson, Lillian Levine, & Daisy MacGregor
 10th Grade
Lower Prices, Higher Costs, about counterfeit pharmaceuticals and how they are upheld by drug monopolies
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Douglas Wilson

Emilia Boes, Ella Rigot, & Carson Margulies
 10th Grade
National Resilience: Addressing Natural Disaster Aid, Preparedness, and Recovery for Presidential Action
 Millbrook Magnet High School
Raleigh, NC
Spectrum
Adviser: Daniel Segal

Alejandra Romero, Camila Tique, & Sarah Fonseca
 12th & 11th Grades
The Price of Progress - Why AI Needs Boundaries
 Somerset Academy Charter High School
Miami, FL
Comcast
Adviser: Christina Carbonell

Athena Chen, Valeria Buendia, & Pia Manez
 11th Grade
A Better Healthcare Calls for A Better America
 Franklin High School
Elk Grove, CA
Comcast
Adviser: Brad Clark

Brookelyn Jackson & Izzy Martin
 10th Grade
Inflation's Effects on Agriculture
 Central A&M High School
Moweaqua, IL
Sparklight
Adviser: Chad Carroll

Jessica Minicozzi
 9th Grade
For Generations to Come: The Policy of Preservation
 Wheaton High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast

Aiden Muhammad & Gavin Daugherty
 11th Grade
The People's Champion: Re-unification and Dispelling Polarization
 Imagine International Academy of North Texas
McKinney, TX
Spectrum
Adviser: Anne Presley

Yijin Chong, Josh Ryu, & Jacob Park
 11th Grade
The Cost of Aging
 Archbishop Mitty High School
San Jose, CA
Comcast

Levi Citron & Eleanor Dewald
 11th Grade
Healthcare Not Wealthcare, about anti-trust and private equity in hospitals
International Academy OKMA
Bloomfield Township, MI
Comcast
Adviser: Nicole Cinader

Andrew Smilie, David Branch, & LaDarrion Harris
 11th Grade
Inflation Is Killing America
 Ben Barber Innovation Academy
Mansfield, TX
Spectrum
Adviser: Ryan Tuomey

Meba Henoke, Atharva Bengeri, & Fatima Alhamim
 8th Grade
Democracy Without Choice, about uncontested elections and term limits
Eastern Middle School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Warren Scheib

Josephine Lee
 11th Grade
America's Transit Crisis: How We Lost Our Way (And How to Get Back On Track)
 Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
Optimum

Lyra Su, Nandana Ratheesh, & Helen Zhu
 10th Grade
Drinking Water Quality: The Effect on Human Health and Education
 Centennial High School
Ellicott City, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Corey O'Brien

Otto Massie, Kerith Short, & Anna Gray
 11th & 12th Grades
The State of Social Security in the U.S.
 University Liggett School
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Comcast
Adviser: Scott Pangrazzi

Philomena Dolos, Sarah Floody, & Mackenzie Giblin
 10th Grade
Lowering the Voting Age to 16
 Narragansett High School
Narragansett, RI
Cox Communications
Adviser: Mathew Joubert

Lily Mancini, Elliot Check, & Eleni Vogler
 10th Grade
Death to Death Row: The Story of Clemente Aguirre Jarquin
 Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, MD
Comcast
Adviser: Douglas Wilson

Congratulations also to the winners of our “Behind the Scenes” Photo Sub-Competition
Each of the following groups will receive $100 for sharing photos of their StudentCam documentary production on social media.