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St. John's Preparatory School
72 Spring Street
Danvers, Massachusetts, 01923
United States

Ansh Motiani

Ansh is a high school student from the United States with a passion for Artificial Intelligence and Environmental/Social Sustainability. He seeks to use his talents to help those that are suffering and contribute to the cause for a greener and cleaner earth.

Charles Kirby

Charles is an 11th grade student at St. John's Prep in Danvers, Massachusetts. During the summer he has a student commercial lobstering license, so he spends a lot of time out on the water. Charles feels a strong connection to the ocean and one of his main goals is to advocate for environmental sustainability.

Conor Beswick

Conor Beswick is a 17 year old high school junior from Andover, MA. He attends St. John’s Prep in Danvers. Conor’s younger sister Kerry has a rare disorder, SYNGAP-1. He enjoys being active in his school community through service, clubs, and athletics. He has a significant passion for public service and politics and can often be found volunteering for a variety of local campaigns. Conor is looking forward to his senior year of high school and moving on to college.

Declan Golden

Declan is a 16 year old junior at St. John’s Preparatory School. He competes for his school’s winter track and Ultimate Disc Teams. He also takes part in the Model UN club as well as his School’s MACD (Multi-cultural Affairs and Community Development) Student Advisory Council.

Isaac Melvin

Isaac is a seventeen-year old boy, who immigrated from Mexico at a young age. Throughout his life, he has overcome seemingly insurmountable hardships by using his negative emotions as fuel for his motivation and pursuit of endless learning. To this day, Isaac spends much of his time reading, studying foreign languages, and enjoying himself with the people he loves.

Jacob Garland

Introduced to the world of environmental advocacy in middle school, Jacob has spent the past six years working with environmental nonprofits and his school community to increase awareness and action on environmental issues. He hopes to work alongside his peers to create a better and more just world for all while redefining what exactly it means to be an advocate in the midst of an ever-changing world.

Jake Katz

Jake Katz is a senior at St. John's Prep High School in Danvers, Massachusetts. He is deeply involved in BBYO, a pluralistic Jewish youth organization, and is very committed to multicultural efforts at his school and in the broader community. In his spare time, Jake enjoys cooking, hiking, and participating in competitive eating contests.

Jing Yuan (Tiger) Zhang

Jing Yuan (Tiger) Zhang is a high school student who presently studies in Boston, United States. He grew up in China and Canada as a child until his high school education. He is the founder of a nonprofit organization, Rongna, centered around the Humanities to inspire curiosity, compassion, and innovation as students around the world learn about the philosophy, history, culture, and wisdom of their own place of origin and also that of the rest of the world's humanities. The mission at Rongna is to help students understand beyond contemporary education how to integrate into an increasingly intertwined world and make a positive impact while in it. Jing Yuan’s upbringing and growth in a variety of different places in the world learning from individuals of different backgrounds, inspires him to share the compassion and curiosity he has learned to his generation of students and beyond.

Lukas Cleary

Lukas is a 7th grader who lives in Massachusetts. He has two brothers and two cats.