2017 Essay Winners
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Best in Class Winners
Lead With Love
Kiana Aguilar, 2nd Grade
Role Models That Help Shape Me
Aubrey Ilasco, 1st Grade
I Believe
Melyna Xaimuangmonh, 5th Grade
Honorable Mentions
A Call for Fair Leadership!
Bianca Bustamante, 2nd Grade
The Letter for Equality
Audrey Lin, 4th Grade
Letter to Kamala Harris
Benjamin Lin, 4th Grade
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Best in Class Winners
Letter to the Senator: A Better America
Macy Li, 6th Grade
Together a Diverse Community
Lilly Loghmani, 7th Grade
“Help Me Understand” Act
Catdi Nhu, 6th Grade
Honorable Mentions
A Letter of Hopes
Manasa Ayyala, 8th Grade
My Life as an Asian in America
Maha Durrani, 6th Grade
Let Us Be Heard
Fiona Luo, 8th Grade
Help Make America Compassionate
Keira Nakamura, 7th Grade
My Life as an Immigrant
Pawmui Say, 7th Grade
An Open Embrace
Avighna Suresh, 8th Grade
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Best in Class Winners
Treatment, Not Cure
Haoxue Che, 10th Grade
My Priorities for Our Leaders
Mihika Gokarn, 10th Grade
Indivisible, Invincible
Laura Shieh, 12th Grade
Honorable Mentions
United (States of America)
Jill Lee, 9th Grade
Our Issue Too
Matthew Lee, 11th Grade
Letter to Senator Harris
Catherine Liang, 12th Grade
Stereotypes, College, and Suicide
Chujun Xu, 9th Grade
Higher Education for All Californians
Jeffrey Yang, 11th Grade
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