Congratulations to our 2025 Youth of the year, Celena!
2025 Youth of year celebration
Each year, dozens of students participate in the BGCP Youth of the Year program and develop important skills for their futures. Youth of the Year is a leadership program that honors our extraordinary young people, and their achievements in leadership, service, academic excellence, and dedication to living a healthy lifestyle.
Meet All our youth of the year!
Celena
East Palo Alto Clubhouse
Nicholas
East Palo Alto Clubhouse
Samantha
East Palo Alto Clubhouse
Esther
Redwood City Clubhouse
Pablino
Redwood City Clubhouse
Sophia
Redwood City Clubhouse
Ja’meer
East Palo Alto Clubhouse
Regina
East Palo Alto Clubhouse
Talaya
East Palo Alto Clubhouse
Johana
Redwood City Clubhouse
Richard
Redwood City Clubhouse
Finals selection panelists
Andrew Bosworth
Chief Technology Officer, Meta
Emilie Choi
President & COO, Coinbase
Abigail Dahlkemper
Professional Athlete, Bay FC & US National Soccer Team
Ohemaa Nyanin
General Manager, Golden State Valkyries
Jennifer Tejada
CEO and Chair, PagerDuty
Neal Mohan
CEO, YouTube
Mark Rober
Former NASA engineer and YouTuber- 60M+ Subscribers
Local selection panelistS
Raj Agrawal
Martha Barragan
Lindsay Greene Ramsay
Odette Harris
Peter Hebert
Kelly Lacob
Camille Llanes-Fontanilla
Elmer Martinez Saballos
Diedra Nelson
Corporate partners
If you are interested in a corporate sponsorship, please contact Emily Mungul at emungul@bgcp.org. Thank you to our sponsors!
