Youth@Orlando

Confirmed Speakers

• Tyler Kraus
  Tyler Kraus is founder of Reynolds’ Right Hands, a traffic safety organization geared to prevent texting while driving and other forms of distracted driving. Tyler started the organization with several of his friends following the sudden loss of a beloved teacher to a crash caused by a distracted driver. Reynolds’ Right Hands has received national recognition for the U.S. Dept. of Transportation and will be hosting the first ever Florida statewide Teen Distracted Driving Prevention Summit this year.
• Jillian Samowitz
  Currently a high school sophomore, Jillian Samowitz co-founded Proseed2Green as a freshman with her twin sister Allison after a conversation they had while watching coverage of the Gulf oil spill. In addition to her activities as an environmental activist, she writes, designs, dives, dances, and is a black belt in Tae-Kwan-Do.
• Allison Samowitz
  Allison Samowitz co-founded the non-profit Proseed2Green with her twin sister, Jillian. Proseed 2Green’s mission is “to develop environmental programs with community participation that will have a positive impact, locally and globally, and that are fiscally responsible.” Currently a high school sophomore, Allison also reports for her school newspaper, writes and produces segments for her school television network, dances, dives, and is a black belt in Tae-Kwan-Do.