DELEGATES
Management Team
Country: United States
Interests: Social entrepreneurship, marketing, business, playing drum sets, drawing, writing, and baking.
Favorite UN SDG: #4 Quality education
"I believe I can make a difference in the world by working on things I’m passionate about and my talents. I would like to focus on economic equality, food insecurity and quality education."
Sofia Cesarone
UIUC
Event Management Assistant
David Li
University of Waterloo
Administrative Assistant
(Interpreter)
Country: Canada
Interests: Hockey, soccer, business.
Favorite UN SDG: In my opinion, economic growth is the most important and could even be considered a key driver for the others.
"I'm a huge car guy so my focus would be in the automotive industry. 2 major areas would be EV alternatives that still reduce emissions per vehicle because while I recognize the need to lower emissions, EVs are not practical for many Canadians and take away the joy of driving. 2nd area would be autonomous driving to reduce accidents and fatalities."
Country: United States
Interests: Tennis, communication, teamwork
Favorite UN SDG: #3 Good health and well being
"I would focus on environmental protection issues since these issues are one of the most prominent challenges the world faces today. To solve these problems, I would focus more on passing more environmentally-beneficial regulations and finding ways in my daily life to help contribute to supporting the environment."
Bruno Naddell
NYU Shanghai
Teaching Assistant
Elise Naddell
University of California Irvine
Teaching Assistant
Country: United States
Interests: Urban infrastructure, urban forestry, oceanic climate change, music, art, public speaking.
Favorite UN SDG: #11 Sustainable cities and communities
"I would like to focus on sustainable living: with a constantly growing population and dwindling resources, the world must adapt, and we must utilize different methods of living that can sustain more life. Humanity must reduce the amount of waste it generates with current living practices. I want to build upon nature-based solutions to create sustainable living using renewable energy sources and green infrastructural practices.
Alexander Qi
University of Pennsylvania
Administrative Assistant
(Interpreter)
Country: United States
Interests: Strategic planning, project management, harnessing the power of social entrepreneurship to address pressing global challenges.
Favorite UN SDG: #1 No poverty
"If I could make a difference in the world, I would like to focus on solving the issue of poverty. Poverty itself is an underlying issue for many of the current society's issues such as forced poverty through systemic racism and starvation causing about 3.1 million deaths among children every year."
Country: United States
Interests: Art, swimming, biomedical sciences, chemistry. Favorite UN SDG: #14 Life below water
"If I could make a difference in the world I would focus on reducing the impact of invasive species and pollution on the world's oceans."
Yarielis Rosario
Western Michigan University
Marketing Assistant
Angel Yuan
University of Sydney
Event Management Assistant
Teaching Assistant
(Interpreter)
Country: Australia
Interests: Travelling around the world and meeting new people from different cultures and learn about the history of different places.
Favorite UN SDG: #4 Quality education
"If I could make a difference in the world, I would help children all around the world gain access to education and support them to receive the basic fundamental human rights as I believe that all children deserve a chance to see the world and the learn about what the world has to offer."
Country: United States
Interests: Art, graphic design, programming
Favorite UN SDG: #11 Sustainable cities and communities "If I could make a difference in the world, I would improve living conditions in urban environments by focusing on clean air and efficient public transportation."
Brian Zou
TCNJ
Marketing Assistant
Student Delegates (in alphabetical order of countries)
Country: Australia
Interests: Sports including badminton, netball, soccer and touch football.
Favorite UN SDG: #4 Quality education
"There are many aspects of the world that needs to be addressed, however, I am most passionate about how innovation can assist businesses in minimising their environmental impact.
Belinda Yuan
University of New South Wales
Country: Botswana
Interests: Football, music, video games.
Favorite UN SDG: #2 Zero hunger
"If I could make a difference it would probably be to make people happy and bring joy into their lives. Everyone should be happy theres no time in life where one should be unhappy."
Naiko Lisenda
Camp Botswana STEM academy
Country: Cameroon
Interests: Communication, discovering other cultures and learn about entrepreneurship.
Favorite UN SDG: #3 Good health and well-being
"I would want to invest in issues of poverty, lack of education, malnutrition and climate change to improve the quality of life in the world in order to reduce inequality."
Tchuimi Tchuisseu Bréal Ciceron
Le Collège Bilingue
Country: Canada
Interests: Reading books, watching the news, organizing events
Favorite UN SDG: #4 Quality education
"If I can make a difference in the world, I would implement equal opportunities for men and women of all races and backgrounds."
Lalaicha Sow
Le Collège Bilingue de Dakar
Hongyi Yan
Hopkins School
Country: China
Interests: Drawing, singing (musical theater and songwriting), playing piano, writing, skiing, playing video games.
Favorite UN SDG: #17 Partnerships for the goals
"I’d like everyone to get a more equal and diversified education. I think we can begin to resolve a majority of our problems, including but are not limited to global warming, racism, homophobia, poverty through education whether on science, communities, or simply self-sustenance."
Country: Germany
Interests: Physical activities, reading, learning new things
Favorite UN SDG: #17 Partnerships for the goals
"I would like to change the general understanding of finances. A better general education about finances and how to use your money wisely would help many people out there, who are working to earn a living instead of achieving their full potential."
Tim Dustin Hansen
Lornsenschule
Country: Germany
Interests: Geography, culture, language, international relations, tennis, field hockey.
Favorite UN SDG: #16 Peace and justice, strong institutions
"Wealth distribution in my opinion is just not justifiable, an extremely small percentage of the world’s population holds the majority of total wealth and is able to just use it for their own consume. At the same time many people have to starve and have no access to education or health care. "
Country: Germany
Interests: Geopolitics, traveling, piano, e-guitar
Favorite UN SDG: #9 Industry, innovation, and infrastructure
"I do not believe in fairness, nor equality, but I do wish justice to be pursued. To make up my part in what I deem necessary, I plan to enroll at law school."
Laurenz Lerche
Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums
Antong Liu
Lornsenschule
Country: Germany
Interests: Learning about other countries, cultures, and languages.
Favorite UN SDG: #4 Quality education
"In many parts of our world, there is a major lack of education, such as wasting a huge amount of potential as well as opportunities. Missing education in my eyes seems to be a disease which plagues whole populations."
Alessa Rohland
Lornsenschule
Country: Lesotho
Interests: Volunteering, community services, traveling,
Favorite UN SDG: #3 Good health and well being
"I would Donate all sorts of clothes to charity. I believe it would make a great difference and put smiles on their faces. And to also reassure them that they are not alone in this cold world."
Nteboheleng Exinia Makara
Country: Senegal
Interests: Politics, management, public speaking, storytelling.
Favorite UN SDG: #16 Peace, justice, and strong institutions
"Making a difference in the world in my opinion starts with a holistic approach of understanding the problems we are facing. Therefore, I would like to focus on learning the most about the causes and effects of current problems and make links between them.
Country: Senegal
Interests: Computer science (creating applications, competitive coding, and robotics), finance/investing, and entrepreneurship.
Favorite UN SDG: #4 Quality education
"If I could make a difference in the world, I would help make education accessible to as many people as possible. I would like to focus on education because I genuinely think it's the most significant factor in driving prosperity, opportunities, and peace in the world."
Mohamed El Amine Doumbia
Le Collège Bilingue de Dakar
Abdoul Wahab Touré
Le Collège Bilingue de Dakar
Country: United States
Interests: Cheerleading and violin
Favorite UN SDG: #3 Good health and well-being
"I would want there to be equality for the distribution of food. Too many people don’t have enough and a lot of people have more than enough."
Aria Cesarone
Barrington High School
Country: United States
Interests: Playing electric guitar, painting, skateboarding, and photography.
Favorite UN SDG: #11 Build a sustainable city and community
"I would like to create a product or experience that would make a significant impact on people’s lives."
Lucia Cesarone
DePaul University
Country: United States
Interests: Engineering, soccer, cooking Asian dishes, and reading
Favorite UN SDG: #2 Zero hunger
"As my interests are engineering, reading, and cooking, I would like to incorporate this in either as a mechanical engineer or a professor, or an owner of an affordable-for-all cafe."
Mehmet Y. Uysal
Stevenson High School
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Country: Zimbabwe
Interests: Computer programming, hands-on projects, and crafts, debate, crocheting, knitting.
Favorite UN SDG: #1 No poverty
"Education is a powerful tool that empowers individuals, reduces inequality, and drives social and economic development. By ensuring equal educational opportunities globally, we can create a more inclusive and prosperous society for future generations.