Teens Dream Video Challenge Award Winners
Teens Dream Video Challenge Award Winners
Inspiration Awardees
Inspiration Awardees
Teens Dream Video Challenge Award Winners
Teens Dream Video Challenge Award Winners
Changemaker Award Winners
Changemaker Award Winners
2020 Awardee Playlist
2020 Awardee Playlist
Mentor Awardees
Mentor Awardees
Certificates of Recognition
Certificates of Recognition
José Pablo Álvarez Preinfalk - Costa Rica
Create an online network in our communities in which people can help others by donating food items
Michelle Villalba – New York
Prevent sexual assault by fostering a culture of consent in early education with the program MY CONSENT
Georgina Cebrià Sala – Spain
Increase the awareness plastic (and microplastic) waste with an app
Priya Stamper – Texas
Educate kids on how to build a lifetime of habits that promote good mental health
Kourtney Rathke - Colorado
Create pop-up non-profit grocery stands in areas where food insecurity is prevalent
Simay Irmak – Turkey
Challenge and change sexist assumptions through a social media awareness campaign
Isabelle Schantz – Colorado
Alleviate hunger through the Compassionate Consumption Program
Yiğit Kılıçkını – Turkey
Clean toxic water from industry through an aquaponics system
Keanna Davenport - Iowa
Plant trees in my community to raise awareness of different types of deforestation, and combat the issue locally
Ravza Elif Ekinci – Turkey
Demolish the "wastes bridges" that extend to the 7th continent and spread awareness of "how to consume"
$500 Award Winners
$500 Award Winners
Grace Angela Comerford - Illinois
Write a book that describes global warming in an easy to comprehend manner and elaborates on what kids can do to help our planet
Jibeh Fatty – New York
End female genital mutilation around the world by creating a book titled “We Will Not Be Tamed”
Sumya Abida – New York
Reduce plastic pollution in the ocean through the app DO YOUR PART developed specifically for young people
Faisal AlFozan – Kuwait
Convert PET bottle waste into 3D printer filament to eliminate plastic waste
Aurora Sadasy & Esther Bistricer - New York
Address homelessness and uplift the unhoused through community gardens and equitable education
Ellie Miyasaki – California
Rid the ocean of plastic pollution by collecting trash before it enters major waterways
Faaris Zuberi, Dylan Safai, and Eeshaan Shukla – Maryland & California
Develop Porta, a groundbreaking app that helps immigrants learn financial literacy
Ainsley Martin – New Mexico
Educate more people on the 7 principles of Leave No Trace while enjoying outdoor activities
Mena Jiménez Mallerly Jennifer - Ecuador
Help small businesses be more competitive in the digital world
Sarah Olson, Haley Jansons, Isabella Shady, Madelyn Stochaj - Massachusetts
Encourage data-driven, widespread recycling through local school system. Address injustice through plantings in disadvantaged neighborhoods to capture carbon, reduce air pollution
Congratulations to all of our 2019 Video Contest Winners. Our Grand Prize winner was given $500 and announced October 3rd 2020 at our Virtual Celebration – awarded to Laia Martinoy Batlle, of Catalonia Spain, for her wonderful video focused on stopping hunger by saving the food we are wasting, which supports SDG #12 on Responsible Consumption and Production.
2019 List:
2019 List:
Laia Martinoy Batlle – Catalonia, Spain
My dream is to stop hunger by saving the food we are wasting now, which supports SDG #12 on Responsible Consumption and Production
Ryan Song – Auburn, Washington, USA
My dream is that we all work together to have a big impact to save our planet, which supports SDG # 13 on Climate Action
Kristina Smolianinova – Abu Dhabi, UAE
My dream is to provide valuable education for all children, critical for most humans to improve life style, which supports SDG #4 on Quality Education
Samuel Parker Celico – Denver Colorado, USA
My dream is to see cities design tiny housing, aligning with SDG #11 on Sustainable Cities and Communities
Gulcin Eroglu and Team - Turkey
My dream is to prevent food waste because we have enough food to feed everyone. As Yunus Emre says, "if we share, we will be full. If we are separated, we will disappear.
Ceren Nur Polat – Turkey
My dream is that we have a genderless society, in alignment with SDG #5 Gender Equality
Claire Cohen – Orange County, California, USA
My dream is to stop the pollution that is destroying the coral reefs which could lead to endangerment of all marine life, supporting SDG # 14 Life Below Water.
Muweera Joseph – Uganda
My dream is an education system based on project based learning, in line with SDG #4 on Quality Education.
Magali Brunner – Girona, Catalonia, Spain
My dream is to erase loneliness of elders by bringing together the elderly with the young, relating to SDG #3, Good Health and Well-being.
Congratulations to all of our 2018 Video Contest Winners. Our Grand Prize winner was given $500 and announced at our 2019 Washington DC Teens Dream Celebration – awarded to Keoni Carrion of Orangevale, CA USA for his dream focusing on improving our oceans by inspiring others to be change makers via his filmmaking, which relates to Life Below Water SDG #14.
2018 List:
2018 List:
Madison Agraviador – Long Beach, CA, USA
My dream is to reduce the amount of food we waste, which supports SDG #12 on Responsible Consumption and Production
Keoni Carrion – Orangevale, CA, USA
My dream is to improve our oceans by inspiring others to be change makers via my filmmaking, which relates to Life Below Water SDG #14
Jacob Esmane – Long Beach, CA, USA
My dream is to spread autism awareness and implement this into SDG #3 on Good Health and Wellbeing
Jay Fields – Long Beach, CA, USA
My dream is for the LGBT community to be seen as normal which supports SDG #10 on Reduced Inequality
Eren Levine – New York, NY, USA
My dream is to reduce the amount of paper wasted from the New York Bus System, supporting SDG #11 on Sustainable Cities and Communities
Pau Ramirez – Sant, Catalonia, Spain
My dream is to improve the world’s environment by limiting the water we throw away supporting SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Marieka Staheli – Shoreline, WA, USA
My dream is for the world to realize the urgency of the need to use clean energy, which relates to SDG # 13 on Climate Action
Zeynep Toprakbasti – Bellevue, WA, USA
My dream is to support people in expressing themselves through art so that their voices may be better heard as a way to reduce inequalities addressing SDG #10
Diana Vicezar, Asuncion, Paraguay
My dream is to help the 200 million stray dogs with housing, as a means of addressing SDG #15 Life on Land
Congratulations to all of our 2017 Video Contest Winners. Scroll down to view all of the winning videos. Winning submissions are listed below.
Congratulations to all of our 2017 Teens Dream Winners below! And, to Jacqueline Mendoza of California our 2017 $500.00 Grand Prize Winner!
2017 List:
2017 List:
Personal Dreams
Porter Christensen – Utah, USA
My dream is that through my creative works of storytelling and making films I will be able to unite the world to address goals like discrimination, poverty, and violence.
Cyril King – Connecticut, USA
My dream is to to rise up and fight for equality of all people, but specifically people of LGBT+ who are discriminated against who often live in fear, sadness, depression and wanting of acceptance. I want to give them hope.
Victor Corja – Virginia, USA
My dream is that my home country of Moldova could have more international aid and support to help it have stronger institutions and be free of corruption.
Community Dreams
Mar Torrent & Laia Font – Spain
My dream is that during Christmas people will use responsible light consumption, avoid buying useless presents, and recycle wrappings, to address responsible consumption and production because we live in a world where consumism rules.
Ryann Chalmers – California, USA
My dream is for my community to help address the stigma around mental health and that we can work together to help people who struggle with mental health issues.
Pramudito Harjo Widodo – Indonesia
My dream is that kids in my country of Indonesia will break the loop of poverty by offering everyone a free education so they can have better jobs and a better life than their parents.
Global Dreams
Jacqueline Mendoza – California, USA
My dream is for the entire world to be aware of life below water and what damage we are causing to the lifeforms underneath.
Maria Drăgoi – Romania
My dream is to convince everyone that non-formal education and experimental learning is vital to educate more effectively.
Jonathan Yun – Connecticut, USA
My dream is that people will be able to see past the comfort of their lives and environment and to places where we sometimes forget exist, like the ocean.
Congratulations to all of our 2016 Video Contest Winners. Scroll down to view all of the winning videos. Winning submissions are listed below.
Congratulations to all of our 2016 Teens Dream Winners below! And, to Elena Beer of London our 2016 $500.00 Grand Prize Winner!
2016 List:
2016 List:
Personal Dreams
Charlie Werner and Harrison Segal – Califonia USA
Our dream is to encourage people to pick up one piece of trash a day, which would have a massive impact on our environment. This video raises awareness about how the environment is affected by people littering, especially in coastal areas.
Austin Anthony Cofrancesco – Connecticut USA
My dream is to create peace and justice between police forces and citizens. I want my dream to come true because there are so many stories about how balck people are being treated wrongly by police.
Sophia T. Alfred – Maryland USA
My dream is to help break the shackles of the political, social, and economic inequalities designed to censor creativity and block potential by entertaining (creating music and dancing to it). I hope to give young people everywhere the inspiration, motivation, and support to nationalize and globalize their culture and voice.
Community Dreams
Adrianna Rosario – Georgia USA
My dream is to improve education, beginning with my community. There are many ways education fails students of varying learning-types, but I think the solutions are out there.
Henry Max Paterson – New Zealand
My dream is to get New Zealand’s rivers back up to the standard they were twenty years ago. Our rivers are filled with high levels of Nitrates and E. Coli, and over 90% of our low lying rivers are classified as polluted so few of our rivers are now swimmable with most completely dried up.
Sanjana Shah – California USA
My dream is to use my technical skills to bridge the gender gap, so that girls are not under-represented in the programming field. I started mentoring young girls when I was in my middle school and I feel that by doing that, I have the potential to make a difference.
Global Dreams
Elena Beer – London, UK
My dream is to save the environment by means of responsible consumption and production. The steps are little for the average person yet with everyone taking them, the staircase leads us to a much healthier world!
William Boucher – France
Our dream is that one day, there will be zero food waste. This dream is connected to the twelfth sustainable development goal, responsible consumption and production as responsible consumption means zero food waste.
Elizabeth Dearden-Williams – London UK
My dream is that inequality in the world and the focus on our differences will be reduced to such a level that peace, nonviolence and justice will come more naturally to us as world citizens.
Congratulations to all of our 2015 Video Contest Winners. Scroll down to view all winning video submissions and their dreams.
Congratulations to all of our 2015 Teens Dream Winners below! And, to JAYO of South London our 2015 $500.00 Grand Prize Winner!
2015 List:
2015 List:
Personal Dreams
Jordan (JAYO), South London, UK – GRAND PRIZE WINNER!
My dream is that millions will hear my music.
Soren and Amir, London, UK
Our dream is to make movies with each other.
Marina, New York
My dream is to one day become a film editor and director
Community Dreams
Anthony, Minnesota, USA
My dream is that we work to reduce the stigma around mental health.
Vanessa, Georgia, USA
My dream is to help the homeless in our communities.
Ruby and Gabby, Alabama, USA
Our dream is that everyone can have a quality education.
Global Dreams
Anna, Michigan, USA
My dream is that the world would be free from the dependence on animals with a first step creating a stem cell hamburger.
Marcus, Estonia
My dream is that people care to purchase chocolate produced without child labor.
Catherine and Kylie, Kentucky, USA
Our dream is that all women have access to education, especially those from developing countries.
Congratulations to all of our 2014 Video Contest Winners. Scroll down to view all of the winning videos.
Congratulations to all of our 2014 Teens Dream Winners below! And, to Carly Johnson our 2014 $500.00 Grand Prize Winner.
2014 List:
2014 List: