Summer 2025 CFGL Winners - Young Leaders Essay Competition

This year, we received submissions from students representing 20 different divisions from all over the United States. Official certificates will be emailed to all winners.

National Level – Finalists

1st Place:

Zara Daneva

2nd Place:

Joyce Her

3rd Place:

Anton Nguyen

Honorable Mention:

Bryan Zheng

Regional Level – Semi-Finalists

Bryan Zheng

Anya Bhatnagar

Keira Mannion

Hung Nguyen

Nagadivya Panda

Rishab Premish

Jolene Cheung

Daniel Son

Ean Lee

Arnav Mahajan

Divisional Level – Qualifiers

Vera Ogai

Advika Wagh

Irene Kim

Angelina Chow

Elise Lee

Darian Alavi

Zeal Patel

Lauren Lattanze

Ayden Lee

Chandon Heer

Delaney Turner

Julia Getter

Misha Dadlani

Darren Tandjung

Samhita Harathi

Penelope Sam

Jane Kang