Emily Peng
Peng is currently a junior at Aragon High School. She founded DyeversityInUs, a youth-led non-profit organization that strives to educate communities on the harms of stereotypes and empower youth to pursue underrepresented careers, and an IHL YAC 2024 Lead Advocate/DC Summit Representative. DyeversityInUs currently has 20+ chapters nationwide and has reached 1,000+ people with its speaker series events, social media page, comprehensive website, and Day4Diversity Pledge project. Peng and her team host speaker series events (7 themes, with each covering a different minority group’s stereotypes and microaggressions) to build empathy between middle school and high school students and mitigate the issue of discrimination in schools across the nation. She has been officially recognized by Daly City Mayor Manalo, her high school’s principal, and has been featured in several notable publications and podcasts, such as the Generation Change Podcast with Leo Finelli, the Changing Tides Podcast, and Alliance for a Healthier Generation. In her free time, she enjoys playing the cello, spending time with her family, and reading.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, or "Notorious RBG" as she has been coined by Shana Knizhnik, was an American icon of epic proportions. As remembered by the American Bar Association, "It is undeniable that the late Justice Ginsburg transformed the legal profession, the Supreme Court, and the fabric of American society through her tireless advocacy for gender equity. She was a brilliant legal scholar who left a mark on American jurisprudence both in her role on the Court and as an advocate." NSHSS hopes to honor the blazing legacy of "Notorious RBG" by awarding ten (10) applicants with $1,000 each for their efforts to embody the spirit of RBG within their own communities.