Nominations are Open

Monroe, GA; Founder and Executive Director, Team Up Mentoring: fosters generational change for families affected by trauma through case management and mentorship

Rock Island, IL; Founder, Love Girls Magazine: builds self-esteem in young women by providing them with leadership opportunities and a safe place to tell their stories

Atlanta, GA; Founder, drawchange: empowers children from lower socio-economic circumstances through art therapy-based programs

Hilliard, OH; Founder, Patches of Light: assists families with children facing a catastrophic health diagnosis

Phoenixville, PA; Founder and Executive Director, Project Libertad: empowering newcomer immigrant youth and their families by providing essential youth-led and youth-centered legal and social services

Henderson, NV; Founder, Real Autism Difference: impacting the lives of individuals and families with autism by providing access to education, care, activities and medical resources necessary to lead a happy, fulfilled life.

New York, NY; Co-Founder and Executive Director, Start Lighthouse: narrowing the nation’s literacy gap by building equitable and inclusive literacy experiences for children and their families

San Diego, CA; President and Founder, Operation Happy Nurse: provides free, safe and secure platform to help nursing professionals cope with work-related anxiety and depression

Los Angeles, CA; Founder, A New Way of Life Reentry Project: promotes healing, power, and opportunity for formerly incarcerated people.

New Braunfels, TX; CEO, Room Redux: transforming the physical spaces in which children have been physically and/or sexually abused to help foster healing.