Meet the 2018 Candidates

Read about each individual applicant, or dive into all their pitch videos on our YouTube playlist.

Matthew Shifrin
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Daemion McLean
Kingston, Jamaica
Dr. Sakui Malakpa
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Antyenette “Young Ant” Walker
Jonesboro, GA, USA
Aishwarya T.V.
Secunderabad, Telangana, India
Ambrose Lasoy
Rift Valley Province, Kenya
Andrew Hesser
Cornwall, UK
John Marshall
Georgetown, Guyana
Ahmed Moussa & Mohammed Mostafa
Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt
Bill Barkeley
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Carla Valpeoz
Detroit, MI, USA
Mariano Reynoso
Austin, TX, USA
Jean Elston
San Francisco, CA, USA
Peggy Chong
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Michael Armstrong
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Kayla Myers
Warrensburg, Missouri, USA
Danny Thomas Vang & Jeshua Gilbert Aveno
San Francisco, California, USA
Leona Godin
Castle Rock, Colorado, USA
Brian Higgins
Los Altos, California, USA
Stacy Cervenka poses with her family
Stacy Cervenka, USA
2018 Holman Prizewinner
Louie McGee
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Portrait of Conchita Hernandez
Conchita Hernandez, USA
2018 Holman Prizewinner