Theme: Let's Talk About It...

We are proud to continue our legacy of TEDx events with the fifth annual TEDxChallengeEarlyCollegeHS event in 2019! We will have speakers from the senior class of Challenge Early College High School in Houston ISD discussing the issues which they find important enough to share with the world. We also hope to bring to light the topics that our community, audience and school feel need to be discussed as a world in the interest of improving our own humanity. Please join us as we write the next chapter of our TEDx experience!

HCC Southwest Auditorium
5601 West Loop South
Houston, Texas, 77081
United States

Carol Lahana

Student

Carol mixed her interest in law enforcement with her general wonder about the sociological effects of perspective and that lead her to the TEDx stage where she will discuss a perspective on crime and society which is certainly unique.

Heidi Salgado

Student

Heidi seeks out knowledge from those who have experience - on the TEDx stage she plans on sharing some of the wisdom imparted to her from elders' stories in her own life.

Jasmin Diaz

Student

Jasmin, much like many of her cohorts, struggled to find out "who she was" during her time in high school. She goes to the TEDx stage to explain what she discovered about herself through a list of tasks she set out for herself - and her hope that others may follow in her footsteps to find themselves.

Katelynn Miller

Student

Katelynn has a simple, yet complex question for most: "What is financial abuse?" If that question stands without an answer, she takes the stage to discuss the implications of this type of abuse and has a plea for the audience to change the way we view financial issues in relationships.

Kelsey Bengue

Student

Kelsey is bi-racial - she began her academic inquiry wondering "why" people needed to know her origins - and through that examination she came to understand that "why" was just the beginning. She comes to the TEDx stage to share the "shared experiences" of bi-racial individuals and why those who aren't should understand them.

Lizeth Ramirez

Student

All throughout her time in high school, Lizeth was made aware of the connection between attendance and funding for schools, since it is a concern of most public school campuses in Texas. That led Lizeth to inquire about the details of the "ADA" system of attendance utilized by the State of Texas - she comes to the TEDx stage to share what she's discovered and to challenge the current format.

Mohannad Ebrahim

Student

Mohannad is far more than a student, he is also the unofficial campus "handyman". He fixes anything on our campus that breaks and in this original concept talk he finally explains why he chooses to do that and maybe, why others should consider doing it as well.

Noah Henry

Student

Noah has a passion for fashion - he also understands the economic impact of that industry, particularly in the context of social media marketing. He takes the TEDx stage to connect the dots of fashion, social media and commerce which will make the audience see fashion as something more than just a label.

Ouner Joseph Farley

Student

Ouner (or Joseph as we know him) is a young man who benefited from being adopted by a family member at a young age. It is in this lens that he began looking into the impact of adoption on older children and teenagers versus those who "age out" of the possibility of being adopted - his findings and hope for those kids is what motivated his talk.

Sinan Kekic

Student

Sinan, as many high school students do, questioned the relevance of some of what he was being asked to learn, but he took it a step further, he questioned how he was being trained to learn it. In an interesting and challenging talk to those in education - he explores if there's a more "effective" way for students to learn.

Victoria Portillo

Student

Victoria has a passion for prison reform - primarily the treatment of female inmates. In this very impassioned and personal talk - Victoria examines what can be done and why it is important.