public recognition

Awarded the President's Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) by the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the US Environmental Protection Agency for implementation of sorting and composting program

Received the Certificate of Congressional Recognition from United States Congresswoman Judy Chu for implementation of sorting and
composting program

Awarded Scholastic Writing National Gold Medal for poem "Save Me a Plum," which explores themes of climate grief and collective action, in addition to 3 Gold Keys & 3 Honorable Mentions for other climate poetry

Featured in a global news outlet by United Nations Correspondent Ephrem Kossaify for sorting and composting initiative in celebration of United Nations Day for pioneering implementation of sorting and composting program, click for link to article

Featured by Pasadena Star News Public Editor Larry Wilson in article "Larry Wilson: Young people, keeping politics local, can be the change" as a youth leader in the clean energy movement in Pasadena

No. 2 Orator in the Nation (NSDA, 2022), No. 1 in both Original Oratory and Declamation in California (CHSSA, 2022) Original Oratory National Champion and 2nd Place in Declamation at Stanford Invitational

Champion of Empire International Varsity Leagues, Highest-Ranked Finalist Mock at International MockOn Tournament of Champions, 4-Time Champion of International Mock Trial Tournament, 2nd at Columbia Invitational, 3rd at Yale Invitational, won numerous Outstanding Competitor Awards (attorney + witness)