Hometown: Vallejo, California

Education/Organizational Affiliation: First Year CC Student at Napa Valley College; Club Stride Inc.; CSHA Youth Board Member; MESA STEM NVC; Sustainable Solano Youth Leadership Council, HCOP Ambassador Touro University.

Superpower: My superpower is energy. I grew up in a loving Filipino family where I was raised to believe that as long as you don’t lose your optimism, you will always win in life. My superpower is my ability to stay positive no matter how hectic or stressful things can get.

Why is lifting youth voice important? Lifting the youth voice is important because it is an investment to what is the next future. When you lift the voice of a child, you lift an entire family up. The youth voice is valuable because the potential of it is limitless.