We the Living Essay Contest Winners

First Place

• Celeste Athena Cassidyne-Hook, Kelowna, BC, Canada Read Essay

Second Place

• Catherine Gorick, Briarwoods High School, Broadlands, VA
• Amy Johnson, Bowling Green Senior High School, Bowling Green, OH
• Kelly Huber, Mukwonago High School, Big Bend, WI
• Heather Kitt, Jefferson-Scranton High School, Jefferson, IA
• Nicholas Ginnetti, Seton Home Study School, Kimbolton, OH

Third Place

• Sarah Fakler, Xavier College Preparatory, Phoenix, AZ
• Meagan Kascsak, China Spring High School, Crawford, TX
• Madison Hansen, San Luis Obispo High School, San Luis Obispo, CA
• Kyna Tiet, Old Scona Academic High School, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Rita Zevallos, West Springfield High School, Springfield, VA

Finalists

• Haleigh Williams, Smithtown High School East, Saint James, NY
• Morgan Clark, Heritage High School, Conyers, GA
• Rachel Neumann, Powers Catholic High School, Flint, MI
• Genevieve Brei, Meripoint Homeschool Academy, Williamsburg, VA
• Theo Anderson, Elk River Area Senior High School, Elk River, MN
• Ashton Carrick, South Mecklenburg High School, Charlotte, NC
• Anna Tatelman, Charles A. Lindbergh High School, Renton, WA
• Monica Raciti, Penn High School, Granger, IN
• Matt Composto, Pingry School, Mendham, NJ
• Laura Johnson, Thomas A. Blakelock High School, Oakville, ON, Canada
• Celena Todora, Centennial Senior High School, Lino Lakes, MN
• Josie Leaman, Arnprior District High School, Arnprior, ON, Canada
• Megan Roberts, Mayfield Secondary School, Brampton, ON, Canada
• Minah Kim, Hanyoung Foreign Language High School, Yongin, Kyungki, Korea
• Kirk Butler, Washington Township High School, Sewell, NJ
• Marisa Natale, Homeschool, North Attleboro, MA
• Aaron Shim, Choate Rosemary Hall, North Haven, CT
• Gentry Goodner, Southwest Covenant School, Yukon, OK
• Cecilia Gutknecht, Columbus Signature Academy-New Tech Campus, Columbus, IN
• Irene Koo, Deep Run High School, Richmond, VA
• Marshall Makk, St. Xavier High School, Louisville, KY
• Megan Hasemann, O’Fallon Township High School, O’Fallon, IL
• Tyler Rockley, Golden Senior High School, Golden, CO
• Jordan Austin, Upper Lake Union High School, Lucerne, CA
• Patricia Wallinga, Neuqua Valley High School, Naperville, IL

Semi-Finalists

• Lauren Frazier, J. H. Rose High School, Greenville, NC
• Chalen Jackson, Bucklin R2 School, New Boston, MO
• Alexander Bell, Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, Lafayette Hill, PA
• Nicole Chakraborty, Catalina Foothills High School, Tucson, AZ
• Amy Nippert, Chandler High School, Gilbert, AZ
• Morgan Woodward, North Cobb Christian School, Acworth, GA
• Steven Chapman, Timpanogos High School, Orem, UT
• Brooke Grissom, Fowler High School, Fowler, CO
• Elizabeth Crowe, Seaford High School, Bay Shore, NY
• James Lowrey, Upper Arlington High School, Columbus, OH
• Anne Hakala, Carroll High School, Fort Wayne, IN
• Jennifer Ward, St. Francis Xavier School, Edmonton, AB, Canada
• Daniel Langley, Gateway Christian School, Bethpage, TN
• Hannah Granger, Eastern Local High School, Sardinia, OH
• Grace Hoang, Franklin High School, Elk Grove, CA
• Grayson Sessa, The Haverford School, Ardmore, PA
• Justin Ekstrom, South Newton High School, Kentland, IN
• Scott Remer, Beachwood High School, Beachwood, OH
• Lena Woods, Homeschooled, O’Fallon, MO
• Stephen Zhao, Westdale Secondary School, Dundas, ON, Canada
• Veronica Cristiano, West Chester Henderson High School, West Chester, PA
• Polina Alexeenko, West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School, West Lafayette, IN
• Kayla Edwards, Collingwood Collegiate Institute, Collingwood, ON, Canada
• Hui Ding, Raffles Institution, Singapore, Singapore
• Blaire Bayliss, Homeschool, Montrose, CO
• Sarah Harrison, Assumption College Catholic High School, Windsor, ON, Canada
• Julia Grochowski, Roswell High School, Roswell, GA
• Georgia Goodman, Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, NY
• Kelsey Ray, Immaculate Conception Cathedral High School, Memphis, TN
• Kerim Kivrak, Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, NY
• Eric McElroy, Centennial Collegiate & V. I., Guelph, ON, Canada
• Luz Tur-Sinai Gozal, Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA
• Lisa Taylor, Liahona Preparatory Academy, Sandy, UT
• Nicholas Eberle, West Ranch High School, Newhall, CA
• Joseph Chan, St Marcellinus Secondary School, Brampton, ON, Canada
• Hayley Hahn, Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
• Melody Wood, Homeschool, Auburn, CA
• Anastasiya Yefimkova, Alpharetta High School, Alpharetta, GA
• Adila Abdulwahid, Berkmar High School, Lawrenceville, GA
• Tushar Narayan, CCA School, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
• Jessica Iocco, Charter School of Wilmington, Wilmington, DE
• Quintin Johnson, D. H. Williams Prep School-Medicine, Chicago, IL
• Devin Brooks, Meade Senior High School, Severn, MD
• Lisa Billock, Kentridge Senior High School, Renton, WA
• Zhanna Ivanova, Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences, Brooklyn, NY
• Jonathon Hudson, McEwen High School, McEwen, TN
• Madeline Price, Portage Northern High School, Mattawan, MI
• Anne Fosburg, Park City High School, Park City, UT
• Vivian Tan, Catholic Central Secondary School, London, ON, Canada
• Iman Zeidan, Stephen Lewis Secondary School, Mississauga, ON, Canada
• Melanie York, John Paul II Collegiate, North Battleford, SK, Canada
• Alex Zinsel, St Paul’S School, Covington, LA
• Alex Touchton, Kempsville High School, Virginia Beach, VA
• Angelica Litsiou, Banting Memorial High School, Alliston, ON, Canada
• Arianne Advincula, Bolsa Grande High School, Garden Grove, CA
• Kristen Woudstra, Hamilton District Christian School, Waterdown, ON, Canada
• Andrew Lin, Radnor High School, Villanova, PA
• Woncheol Jeong, Bergen County Academies, Northvale, NJ
• Haley McQueen, Maples Collegiate, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
• Jessica Weller, Strathcona Christian Academy Secondary School, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
• Isadora Lamego, Tesoro High School, Coto de Caza, CA
• Ashley Constant, Bert Church High School, Airdrie, AB, Canada
• Miriam Reay, Monticello High School, Monticello, UT
• Chelsey Wakley, Bear River High School, Tremonton, UT
• Yi Ying (Aileen), Wang, Gladstone Secondary School, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Sara Amrozowicz, Warren Township High School-Almond Campus, Gurnee, IL
• Marie Chen, Patrick Fogarty Catholic Secondary School, Orillia, Ontario, Canada
• Christine Roundtree, Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics, Saint Albans, NY
• James Binks, Gleneagle Secondary School, Coquitlam, BC, Canada
• Hyun Woo Choi, Glenforest Secondary School, Mississauga, ON, Canada
• David Oh, Lakeside High School, Bellevue, WA
• Jessica Armstrong, Westwood High School, Mesa, AZ
• Jonathan Kim, Meadowdale High School, Lynnwood, WA
• Leah Schmidt, Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, AB, Canada
• Alexandre Perez, Vaughan Road Academy, Toronto, ON, Canada