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20 UNDER 20:THE KIDS THAT ARE
CHANGING THE WORLD
UNDERSTANDING A NEW GENERATION
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Edgers of the year 2014
20 UNDER 20:2014 EDGER’S OF THE YEAR
A	
  little	
  over	
  a	
  year	
  ago	
  we	
  introduced	
  the	
  world	
  to	
  Generation	
  Edge,	
  the	
  
generation	
  after	
  Millennials	
  and	
  one	
  we	
  feel	
  is	
  unlike	
  any	
  other...
...this	
  generation	
  are	
  resilient,	
  self-­‐starting	
  reformers.	
  They’ve	
  got	
  a	
  view	
  of	
  the	
  
way	
  they	
  want	
  the	
  world	
  to	
  be	
  and	
  understand	
  that	
  they	
  are	
  going	
  to	
  have	
  to	
  be	
  
the	
  ones	
  to	
  change	
  it!
We	
  like	
  to	
  think	
  of	
  2014	
  as	
  the	
  year	
  of	
  Edge	
  and	
  the	
  talented,	
  tenacious,	
  tech-­‐
empowered	
  guys	
  and	
  girls	
  you’ll	
  see	
  over	
  the	
  next	
  20	
  pages	
  exemplify	
  what	
  
Edge	
  is	
  all	
  about,	
  they	
  are....quite	
  literally,	
  changing	
  the	
  world	
  as	
  we	
  know	
  it!
SHOW THE BOYS HOW IT’S DONE...Mo’ne Davis
Davis	
  shot	
  to	
  fame	
  this	
  year	
  after	
  becoming	
  the	
  3irst	
  girl	
  in	
  Little	
  League	
  history	
  to	
  pitch	
  a	
  
winning	
  game	
  for	
  the	
  Taney	
  Dragons,	
  a	
  shutout	
  at	
  that,	
  leading	
  them	
  to	
  a	
  4-­‐0	
  win	
  over	
  Nashville.	
  
With	
  her	
  3irst	
  Sports	
  Illustrated	
  -­‐	
  who	
  named	
  her	
  sports	
  kid	
  of	
  the	
  year	
  -­‐	
  cover	
  under	
  her	
  belt	
  
she’s	
  now	
  turning	
  her	
  attention	
  to	
  basketball	
  and	
  ful3illing	
  her	
  dream	
  of	
  becoming	
  one	
  of	
  
Geno	
  Auriemma’s	
  Huskies	
  at	
  the	
  University	
  of	
  Connecticut,	
  a	
  dream	
  she’ll	
  have	
  plenty	
  of	
  time	
  to	
  
work	
  towards	
  as	
  Mo’ne	
  is	
  due	
  to	
  graduate	
  from	
  Middle	
  School	
  next	
  year!
"I	
  never	
  thought	
  at	
  the	
  age	
  of	
  13	
  I'd	
  be	
  a	
  role	
  model.	
  I	
  always	
  wanted	
  to	
  be	
  a	
  role	
  
model,	
  but	
  being	
  a	
  baseball	
  role	
  model	
  is	
  really	
  cool."	
  
Mo’Ne Davis, speaking to ESPN
MOST LIKELY TO
COOK UP A STORM...Flynn McGarry
At	
  10	
  he	
  decided	
  he	
  wanted	
  to	
  cook,	
  by	
  11	
  1/2	
  he	
  was	
  running	
  his	
  widely	
  acclaimed	
  Eureka	
  
supper	
  club	
  out	
  of	
  his	
  parents	
  home.
Understanding	
  -­‐	
  as	
  Edgers	
  do	
  -­‐	
  that	
  honing	
  your	
  craft	
  is	
  crucial	
  to	
  success,	
  McGarry	
  -­‐	
  now	
  15	
  -­‐	
  
home	
  schools,	
  giving	
  him	
  time	
  to	
  spend	
  up	
  to	
  160	
  hours	
  a	
  month	
  plying	
  his	
  trade	
  in	
  prestigious	
  
kitchens	
  such	
  as	
  Eleven	
  Madison	
  Park,	
  Alinea	
  and	
  Alma.
Which	
  is	
  just	
  as	
  well,	
  as	
  the	
  shy	
  kid	
  from	
  South	
  California	
  plans	
  to	
  open	
  the	
  worlds	
  best	
  
restaurant	
  by	
  the	
  time	
  he	
  hits	
  19!
“Flynn’s	
  focus,	
  passion,	
  and	
  interest	
  in	
  cooking	
  are	
  rarely	
  found	
  in	
  any	
  cook—let	
  alone	
  
a	
  thirteen-­‐year-­‐old.”
Daniel Humm, chef, Eleven Madison Park
MOST LIKELY TO
STYLE IT OUT...Tavi Gevinson
Illinois	
  native	
  Gevinson	
  founded	
  her	
  3irst	
  blog	
  -­‐	
  Style	
  Rookie	
  -­‐	
  at	
  the	
  tender	
  age	
  of	
  11.	
  Soon	
  after	
  
it	
  was	
  attracting	
  over	
  30,000	
  readers	
  a	
  day	
  and	
  a	
  star	
  was	
  born.
Tavi	
  has	
  since	
  broadened	
  her	
  reach	
  through	
  Rookie	
  magazine,	
  which	
  she	
  founded	
  3	
  years	
  later	
  
in	
  2011	
  and	
  has	
  used	
  to	
  speak	
  to	
  wider	
  issues	
  affecting	
  teenage	
  girls	
  with	
  the	
  help	
  of	
  guest	
  
contributions	
  from	
  the	
  likes	
  of	
  Judd	
  Apatow	
  and	
  Lena	
  Dunham.
"…personal	
  style	
  is	
  an	
  opportunity	
  to	
  kind	
  of	
  create	
  your	
  own	
  fantasy.	
  And	
  that	
  can	
  be	
  -­‐	
  
and	
  this	
  word	
  is	
  so	
  overused	
  -­‐	
  but	
  empowering	
  in	
  a	
  way,	
  especially	
  when	
  you	
  feel	
  like	
  
you	
  have	
  a	
  certain	
  force	
  Gield	
  around	
  you	
  to	
  the	
  outside	
  world."	
  
Tavi Gevinson
MOST LIKELY TO
MOST LIKELY TO
TAKE CENTER STAGE...Quvenzhané Wallis
With	
  a	
  presence	
  and	
  con3idence	
  that	
  embodies	
  Edge	
  while	
  belying	
  her	
  tender	
  age,	
  Wallis	
  -­‐	
  too	
  
young	
  at	
  the	
  time	
  -­‐	
  had	
  to	
  lie	
  about	
  her	
  age	
  as	
  she	
  beat	
  out	
  over	
  4000	
  contenders	
  to	
  land	
  the	
  
role	
  of	
  Hushpuppy	
  in	
  critically	
  acclaimed	
  movie	
  “Beasts	
  of	
  the	
  Southern	
  Wild”,	
  her	
  3irst	
  ever	
  
acting	
  role.
A	
  role	
  that	
  would	
  land	
  her	
  the	
  youngest	
  ever	
  Best	
  Actress	
  nomination	
  at	
  the	
  2012	
  Academy	
  
Awards,	
  at	
  just	
  9	
  years	
  old,	
  and	
  one	
  that	
  provided	
  a	
  platform	
  for	
  subsequent	
  performances	
  in	
  
more	
  Academy	
  Award	
  winners	
  such	
  as	
  2013’s	
  “12	
  Years	
  a	
  Slave”	
  and	
  a	
  Golden	
  Globe	
  nominated	
  
performance	
  for	
  this	
  years	
  Annie.
“Nothing	
  else	
  matters	
  except	
  that	
  I	
  have	
  fun,	
  and	
  I'm	
  still	
  having	
  fun.”
Quvenzhané Wallis
BUILD A BETTER FUTURE...Shubham Banerjee
"I	
  just	
  wanted	
  to	
  help	
  the	
  visually	
  impaired.	
  I	
  had	
  a	
  Lego	
  Robotics	
  kit,	
  so	
  I	
  asked,	
  'Why	
  not	
  just	
  
try	
  that?”
Not	
  your	
  typical	
  Silicon	
  Valley	
  start	
  up	
  and	
  not	
  your	
  typical	
  teenager.	
  This	
  was	
  Banerjee’s	
  
response	
  when	
  he	
  realized	
  the	
  cost	
  of	
  Braille	
  machines	
  and	
  promptly	
  founded	
  Braigo	
  labs	
  to	
  
ensure	
  they	
  were	
  more	
  accessible	
  to	
  all.
It’s	
  a	
  cause	
  that	
  computer	
  giant	
  Intel	
  have	
  backed,	
  making	
  Banerjee	
  the	
  youngest	
  ever	
  recipient	
  
of	
  venture	
  capital	
  	
  and	
  helping	
  him	
  land	
  Time	
  Incs.	
  “Innovation	
  of	
  the	
  Year”	
  for	
  2014.	
  
"Shubham	
  Banerjee	
  is	
  among	
  a	
  couple	
  dozen	
  entrepreneurs	
  who	
  received	
  funding	
  
from	
  Intel	
  Capital	
  on	
  Tuesday,	
  but	
  he	
  is	
  probably	
  the	
  only	
  one	
  whose	
  father	
  had	
  to	
  
drive	
  him	
  there"	
  
Silicon Valley Business Journal
MOST LIKELY TO
RUN FOR PRESIDENT...Asean Johnson
Johnson	
  became	
  somewhat	
  of	
  an	
  internet	
  sensation	
  after	
  a	
  video	
  of	
  his	
  speech	
  protesting	
  school	
  
closures	
  in	
  Chicago	
  went	
  viral,	
  a	
  popularity	
  that	
  grew	
  even	
  further	
  after	
  his	
  rousing	
  display	
  
during	
  2013’s	
  Realize	
  the	
  Dream	
  march,	
  aged	
  just	
  9	
  years	
  old.
Some	
  tip	
  him	
  as	
  a	
  future	
  Mayor	
  of	
  Chicago	
  in	
  2025	
  -­‐	
  when	
  he	
  will	
  have	
  just	
  turned	
  21,	
  he	
  hopes	
  
to	
  become	
  a	
  politician	
  or	
  scientist	
  with	
  a	
  particular	
  interest	
  in	
  preserving	
  our	
  water	
  supplies	
  -­‐	
  
all	
  this	
  while	
  managing	
  his	
  honors	
  workload	
  in	
  5th	
  grade!
“I	
  am	
  marching	
  for	
  education,	
  justice	
  and	
  freedom.	
  All	
  over	
  the	
  country	
  public	
  
education	
  is	
  under	
  attack.	
  Every	
  school	
  deserves	
  equal	
  funding	
  and	
  resources.”
Asean Johnson
MOST LIKELY TO
SHAKE THE INDUSTRY...Lorde
Her	
  breakthrough	
  hit	
  “Royals”	
  off	
  the	
  widely	
  popular	
  Pure	
  Heroine	
  album	
  has	
  garnered	
  her	
  as	
  
much	
  attention	
  as	
  it	
  has	
  industry	
  accolades	
  -­‐	
  including	
  2	
  Grammies	
  in	
  2014.	
  But	
  it’s	
  the	
  way	
  
Lorde	
  has	
  gone	
  about	
  it	
  that	
  gives	
  her	
  a	
  distinct	
  Edge!
Seen	
  as	
  the	
  anti-­‐thesis	
  to	
  the	
  “dumbed	
  down”	
  or	
  over	
  sexualized	
  path	
  many	
  of	
  her	
  peers	
  
embody,	
  she’s	
  been	
  named	
  Billboards	
  new	
  queen	
  of	
  alternative	
  and	
  has	
  been	
  celebrated	
  for	
  
forging	
  her	
  own	
  path	
  on	
  the	
  way	
  to	
  global	
  success.
"But	
  the	
  popularity	
  of	
  Pure	
  Heroine	
  suggests	
  all	
  is	
  not	
  lost.	
  It	
  says	
  there's	
  still	
  an	
  
intellectual,	
  polished	
  and	
  important	
  place	
  for	
  pop,	
  that	
  doesn't	
  rely	
  on	
  open	
  letters,	
  
open	
  legs,	
  Twitter,	
  twerking	
  and	
  obscenely	
  desperate	
  electro	
  hooks”
Clash Magazine
MOST LIKELY TO
SHINE IN THE DARK...Ann Makosinski
When	
  Ann	
  Makosinski	
  found	
  out	
  that	
  her	
  pen	
  pal	
  in	
  the	
  Philippines	
  was	
  failing	
  school	
  as	
  she	
  had	
  
no	
  electricity,	
  and	
  therefore	
  light	
  at	
  home	
  to	
  help	
  her	
  study	
  -­‐	
  she	
  set	
  about	
  3inding	
  a	
  solution	
  to	
  a	
  
problem	
  that	
  affects	
  over	
  1	
  billion	
  people	
  worldwide.
Her	
  hand-­‐heat	
  powered	
  “Hollow	
  Torch”	
  has	
  been	
  hailed	
  as	
  a	
  stroke	
  of	
  genius	
  and	
  has	
  gone	
  a	
  
long	
  way	
  to	
  solving	
  this	
  problem	
  and	
  providing	
  a	
  giant	
  leap	
  forward	
  for	
  thermo-­‐electricity.
3	
  Ted	
  Talks	
  and	
  an	
  appearance	
  on	
  Jimmy	
  Fallon	
  later	
  sees	
  her	
  continuing	
  to	
  work	
  on	
  improving	
  
her	
  3lashlights	
  brightness	
  and	
  ef3iciency	
  and	
  looks	
  to	
  shine	
  a	
  light	
  on	
  everyone’s	
  world!
“I	
  was	
  always	
  taking	
  garbage	
  from	
  around	
  the	
  house,	
  taking	
  things	
  apart	
  and	
  putting	
  
them	
  together.	
  I	
  just	
  wanted	
  to	
  make	
  things	
  better.”
Ann Makosinski
MOST LIKELY TO
MOST LIKELY TO
FEED THE WORLD...Ciara Judge, Emer Hickey
and Sophie Healy-Thow
Inspired	
  by	
  stories	
  they	
  had	
  read	
  about	
  the	
  2011	
  famine	
  in	
  the	
  Horn	
  of	
  Africa,	
  these	
  three	
  county	
  
Cork	
  natives	
  looked	
  for	
  ways	
  they	
  could	
  try	
  and	
  help	
  to	
  improve	
  food	
  production	
  world	
  wide.
A	
  3	
  year	
  study,	
  using	
  and	
  studying	
  Diazotroph	
  -­‐	
  a	
  naturally	
  occurring	
  soil	
  based	
  bacteria	
  -­‐	
  
provided	
  them	
  great	
  success,	
  speeding	
  up	
  the	
  germination	
  process	
  and	
  has	
  the	
  potential	
  to	
  
increase	
  crop	
  yield	
  by	
  up	
  to	
  74%.
The	
  trio	
  took	
  home	
  the	
  grand	
  prize	
  at	
  this	
  years	
  Google	
  Science	
  Fair	
  and	
  in	
  the	
  process	
  have	
  
unearthed	
  3indings	
  that	
  will	
  aid	
  the	
  global	
  food	
  poverty	
  battle	
  immeasurably.
“The	
  girls	
  determined	
  that	
  the	
  bacteria	
  could	
  be	
  used	
  to	
  speed	
  up	
  the	
  the	
  germination	
  
process	
  of	
  certain	
  crops,	
  like	
  barley	
  and	
  oats,	
  by	
  50	
  percent,	
  potentially	
  helping	
  fulGill	
  
the	
  rising	
  demand	
  for	
  food	
  worldwide.	
  Oh—and	
  they’re	
  16	
  years	
  old.”
GoogleBlog, September 22nd 2014
MAKE A STAND...Joshua Wong
Wong	
  -­‐	
  along	
  with	
  schoolmate	
  and	
  friend	
  Ivan	
  Lam	
  -­‐	
  established	
  Scholarist	
  in	
  2011	
  to	
  protest	
  
against	
  “moral	
  and	
  national	
  education”	
  curriculum	
  proposed	
  in	
  his	
  native	
  Hong	
  Kong.	
  The	
  call	
  was	
  
heard	
  by	
  over	
  100,000	
  protestors	
  and	
  the	
  plans	
  were	
  promptly	
  withdrawn	
  while	
  Wong	
  received	
  
acclaim	
  and	
  notoriety	
  in	
  equal	
  parts	
  for	
  his	
  role.
Earlier	
  this	
  year,	
  he	
  was	
  detained	
  for	
  40	
  hours	
  for	
  his	
  role	
  in	
  the	
  student	
  protests	
  against	
  the	
  
NPCSC’s	
  decision	
  on	
  the	
  proposed	
  electoral	
  reform.
He	
  remains	
  the	
  face	
  of	
  this	
  political	
  activism,	
  all	
  the	
  while	
  insisting	
  that	
  the	
  real	
  heroes	
  
are	
  “every	
  Hong	
  Kong	
  citizen.”
“He’s	
  so	
  young	
  but	
  so	
  wise	
  that	
  you	
  can’t	
  help	
  but	
  have	
  a	
  lot	
  of	
  time	
  for	
  him	
  …	
  He	
  is	
  
every	
  mother’s	
  son	
  –	
  Gilial,	
  polite,	
  principled,	
  hard-­‐working.
Michael Vidler, Human Rights Lawyer
MOST LIKELY TO
BE HAPPY...Logan LaPlante
LaPlantes	
  2013	
  TedX	
  speech	
  at	
  the	
  University	
  of	
  Nevada	
  has	
  received	
  over	
  7.5	
  million	
  views	
  on	
  
YouTube	
  alone	
  and	
  speaks	
  to	
  his	
  idea	
  for	
  the	
  future	
  of	
  education....HackSchooling.
When	
  LaPlante	
  grows	
  up	
  he’s	
  focusing	
  on	
  something	
  simple...on	
  being	
  happy	
  -­‐	
  something	
  he	
  
feels	
  many	
  14	
  year	
  olds	
  -­‐	
  like	
  him	
  -­‐	
  aren’t	
  being	
  prepared	
  for.
The	
  3lexibility	
  and	
  creativity	
  his	
  “hacked”	
  education	
  and	
  schedule	
  has	
  afforded	
  him	
  have	
  seen	
  
him	
  pursue	
  competitive	
  skiing,	
  intern	
  and	
  later	
  design	
  for	
  Big	
  Truck	
  Brand	
  and	
  spread	
  the	
  
HackSchooling	
  approach	
  wherever	
  he	
  goes!
“They	
  (hackers)	
  are	
  innovators,	
  they	
  challenge	
  and	
  change	
  the	
  systems	
  to	
  make	
  them	
  
work	
  differently,	
  to	
  make	
  them	
  work	
  better”
Logan Laplante
MOST LIKELY TO
MAKE SOME NOISE...Unlocking The Truth
Malcolm	
  Brickhouse,	
  13,	
  Jarad	
  Dawkins,	
  12,	
  and	
  Alec	
  Atkins,	
  13	
  have	
  had	
  a	
  passion	
  for	
  Metal	
  
since	
  they	
  were	
  seven	
  years	
  old.
However,	
  growing	
  up	
  in	
  Flatbush,	
  Brooklyn.	
  Birthplace	
  to	
  established	
  rappers	
  such	
  as	
  Talib	
  
Kweli	
  and	
  Busta	
  Rhymes,	
  it	
  isn’t	
  the	
  most	
  obvious	
  rise	
  to	
  musical	
  notoriety.
Neither	
  is	
  leveraging	
  Times	
  Square	
  performances	
  -­‐	
  that	
  subsequently	
  went	
  viral	
  -­‐	
  into	
  becoming	
  
the	
  youngest	
  artists	
  ever	
  signed	
  to	
  Sony	
  in	
  a	
  $1.8	
  million	
  deal.
But	
  then	
  these	
  aren’t	
  your	
  average	
  teenagers	
  and	
  they’re	
  certainly	
  not	
  your	
  average	
  band!
“Music	
  is	
  music,	
  and	
  as	
  long	
  as	
  you	
  can	
  express	
  yourself	
  in	
  a	
  way	
  that	
  you	
  think	
  is	
  good	
  
for	
  people	
  to	
  hear	
  then	
  it’s	
  something	
  you	
  should	
  do.	
  I	
  wish	
  everybody	
  could	
  not	
  be	
  
afraid	
  to	
  do	
  the	
  things	
  they	
  want	
  to	
  do.”
Jarad Dawkins, Unlocking the Truth
MOST LIKELY TO
TO KEEP IT REAL...Julia Bluhm
Using	
  Change.org	
  as	
  a	
  platform	
  and	
  having	
  heard	
  too	
  many	
  of	
  her	
  peers	
  in	
  ballet	
  class	
  commenting	
  
on	
  their	
  own	
  weight,	
  enough	
  was	
  enough	
  for	
  Julia	
  Bluhm.	
  
Her	
  petition	
  “Seventeen	
  Magazine:	
  Give	
  Girls	
  Images	
  of	
  Real	
  Girls”	
  urged	
  the	
  magazine	
  to	
  re-­‐think	
  
the	
  imagery	
  it	
  was	
  purporting	
  and	
  think	
  on	
  the	
  consequences	
  of	
  their	
  actions.
As	
  a	
  result	
  of	
  the	
  80,000+	
  signatures	
  her	
  cause	
  attracted,	
  Seventeen	
  Magazine	
  pledged	
  to	
  “celebrate	
  
every	
  kind	
  of	
  beauty”	
  by	
  ensuring	
  they	
  use	
  only	
  real	
  images,	
  girls	
  and	
  models	
  within	
  their	
  pages	
  -­‐	
  a	
  
huge	
  step	
  forward	
  which	
  has	
  now	
  been	
  widely	
  adopted	
  by	
  other	
  major	
  publications.
As	
  for	
  Julia,	
  she	
  harbors	
  dreams	
  of	
  becoming	
  a	
  professional	
  ballet	
  dancer	
  but	
  continues	
  to	
  have	
  her	
  
voice	
  heard	
  as	
  a	
  contributor	
  to	
  the	
  SPARK	
  movement	
  and	
  blog!
"I've	
  always	
  just	
  known	
  how	
  Photoshop	
  can	
  have	
  a	
  big	
  effect	
  on	
  girls	
  and	
  their	
  body	
  
image	
  and	
  how	
  they	
  feel	
  about	
  themselves,"
Julia Bluhm, speaking to the Huffington Post
MOST LIKELY TO
INSPIRATIONAL...Malala Yousafazai
Born	
  into	
  a	
  family	
  that	
  ran	
  a	
  chain	
  of	
  schools	
  in	
  her	
  native	
  Swat	
  Valley	
  (Pakistan),	
  Malala	
  advocated	
  for	
  
education	
  and	
  for	
  women	
  from	
  an	
  early	
  age.	
  Aged	
  just	
  11	
  she	
  wrote	
  -­‐	
  under	
  pseudonym	
  -­‐	
  a	
  blog	
  for	
  the	
  BBC	
  
that	
  spoke	
  to	
  her	
  life	
  under	
  the	
  Taliban	
  regime.
After	
  Adam	
  Ellick	
  picked	
  up	
  her	
  story	
  and	
  made	
  a	
  documentary	
  for	
  the	
  New	
  York	
  Times	
  about	
  her	
  life	
  as	
  
the	
  Pakistani	
  military	
  intervened	
  in	
  the	
  area	
  Malala	
  quickly	
  became	
  a	
  face	
  for	
  the	
  movement,	
  giving	
  several	
  
interviews	
  and	
  picking	
  up	
  a	
  nomination	
  for	
  the	
  International	
  children's	
  peace	
  prize	
  from	
  Desmond	
  Tutu.
Then,	
  shockingly,	
  on	
  October	
  9th,	
  2012	
  a	
  Taliban	
  gunman	
  boarded	
  the	
  bus	
  Malala	
  travelled	
  to	
  school	
  on,	
  
asked	
  for	
  her	
  by	
  name	
  and	
  shot	
  3	
  times.	
  She	
  was	
  taken	
  to	
  England	
  for	
  life	
  saving	
  surgery	
  and	
  her	
  recovery	
  
resulted	
  in	
  a	
  massive	
  outpouring	
  of	
  support.	
  Despite	
  remaining	
  a	
  terrorist	
  target	
  she	
  remains	
  a	
  staunch	
  
activist,	
  penning	
  an	
  auto-­‐biography	
  I	
  Am	
  Malala	
  in	
  2013	
  and	
  becoming	
  the	
  youngest	
  ever	
  recipient	
  of	
  the	
  
Nobel	
  Peace	
  Prize	
  in	
  2014.
“A	
  brave	
  and	
  gentle	
  advocate	
  of	
  peace	
  who	
  through	
  the	
  simple	
  act	
  of	
  going	
  to	
  school	
  
became	
  a	
  global	
  teacher.”	
  
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
MOST
REWRITE THE RULES...Jazz Jennings
At	
  age	
  2,	
  Jazz	
  Jennings	
  began	
  voicing	
  her	
  feelings	
  that	
  “she	
  was	
  a	
  girl”,	
  by	
  5	
  she	
  had	
  become	
  the	
  
youngest	
  person	
  ever	
  to	
  be	
  diagnosed	
  with	
  gender	
  dysphoria	
  -­‐	
  a	
  signi3icant	
  unease	
  with	
  the	
  
characteristics	
  of	
  ones	
  gender	
  while	
  readily	
  identifying	
  with	
  the	
  opposite	
  gender	
  -­‐	
  while	
  it	
  
hasn’t	
  always	
  been	
  easy,	
  she	
  hasn’t	
  looked	
  back	
  since.
She’s	
  met	
  Bill	
  Clinton	
  been	
  interviewed	
  by	
  the	
  likes	
  of	
  Barbara	
  Walters	
  and	
  Katie	
  Couric	
  and	
  is	
  
considered	
  by	
  many	
  as	
  “The	
  New	
  Face	
  of	
  Transgender	
  Youth”.
Earlier	
  this	
  year	
  she	
  co-­‐wrote	
  her	
  3irst	
  book,	
  “I	
  am	
  Jazz”,	
  the	
  3irst	
  children’s	
  book	
  aimed	
  at	
  
helping	
  kids	
  understand	
  what	
  transgender	
  is	
  -­‐	
  as	
  she	
  says	
  within	
  the	
  pages	
  “..this	
  is	
  
transgender,	
  I	
  was	
  born	
  this	
  way”.
"I	
  am	
  happy.	
  I	
  am	
  having	
  fun.	
  I	
  am	
  proud!	
  I	
  am	
  Jazz!"
Jazz Jennings
MOST LIKELY TO
GO VIRAL...Nash Grier
No-­‐one	
  -­‐	
  perhaps	
  -­‐	
  better	
  exempli3ies	
  the	
  role	
  of	
  celebrity	
  in	
  the	
  digital	
  age	
  than	
  16	
  year	
  old	
  Nash	
  Grier
With	
  over	
  20	
  million	
  followers	
  across	
  various	
  social	
  media	
  platforms,	
  most	
  notably	
  Vine,	
  where	
  his	
  6	
  
second	
  clips	
  around	
  the	
  minutiae	
  of	
  high	
  school	
  fans	
  have	
  earned	
  him	
  throngs	
  of	
  loyal	
  fans	
  and	
  made	
  
him	
  the	
  most	
  followed	
  user!
That’s	
  not	
  to	
  say	
  his	
  rise	
  to	
  fame	
  has	
  been	
  without	
  controversy.	
  He’s	
  been	
  called	
  sexist,	
  racist	
  and	
  
homophobic	
  for	
  Vines	
  and	
  Tweets	
  he	
  has	
  since	
  purged	
  and	
  apologized	
  for
Whether	
  these	
  are	
  the	
  mis-­‐steps	
  of	
  an	
  adolescent	
  on	
  a	
  rise	
  to	
  super	
  stardom	
  or	
  a	
  crushing	
  fall	
  remain	
  
to	
  be	
  seen	
  -­‐	
  one	
  things	
  for	
  certain	
  Grier	
  is	
  here	
  and	
  he’s	
  leading	
  new	
  wave	
  of	
  digital	
  celebrities!
“For	
  	
  a	
  certain	
  class	
  of	
  adolescent,	
  if	
  you	
  tried	
  to	
  design	
  the	
  world’s	
  most	
  viral	
  human,	
  
you	
  couldn’t	
  do	
  better	
  than	
  Nash.”	
  
Bianca Nosker, Huffington Post
MOST LIKELY TO
RALLY THE TROOPS...Talia Leman
In	
  2005,	
  Talia	
  saw	
  news	
  coverage	
  around	
  Hurricane	
  Katrina	
  and	
  knew	
  she	
  wanted	
  to	
  help	
  -­‐	
  her	
  idea,	
  
TLC	
  (which	
  stands	
  for	
  trick	
  or	
  treating	
  for	
  the	
  levee	
  catastrophe)	
  was	
  to	
  mobilize	
  her	
  peers	
  around	
  
the	
  country	
  and	
  trick	
  or	
  treat	
  for	
  coins	
  instead	
  of	
  candy	
  to	
  help	
  those	
  affected	
  by	
  the	
  hurricane.
Her	
  efforts	
  snowballed	
  quickly	
  and	
  Talia	
  -­‐	
  in	
  her	
  role	
  as	
  Chief	
  Executive	
  Optimist	
  -­‐	
  quickly	
  found	
  
herself	
  at	
  the	
  helm	
  of	
  an	
  effort	
  that	
  raised	
  over	
  $10	
  million.
From	
  there	
  -­‐	
  with	
  the	
  help	
  of	
  her	
  family	
  -­‐	
  she	
  set	
  up	
  RandomKid.org,	
  a	
  website	
  designed	
  to	
  give	
  kids	
  
like	
  her	
  the	
  ideas,	
  resources	
  and	
  tools	
  to	
  give	
  back	
  and	
  make	
  a	
  difference.	
  Something	
  she	
  continues	
  
to	
  do,	
  working	
  with	
  over	
  12	
  million	
  youths	
  across	
  20	
  countries	
  since	
  RandomKids	
  inception!
"The	
  moment	
  when	
  the	
  random	
  youth	
  who	
  come	
  to	
  us	
  realize	
  that	
  we	
  are	
  here	
  to	
  work	
  
FOR	
  them.	
  That’s	
  what	
  makes	
  me	
  happiest"
Talia Leman
MOST LIKELY TO
GO FOR EXTRA CREDIT...Erik Finman
Taking	
  a	
  $1000	
  birthday	
  gift	
  from	
  his	
  grandma,	
  Erik	
  Finman	
  invested	
  it	
  in	
  a	
  -­‐	
  then	
  -­‐	
  obscure	
  digital	
  
currency	
  called	
  Bitcoin.
Less	
  than	
  2	
  years	
  later	
  and	
  Finmans	
  investment	
  had	
  matured,	
  signi3icantly,	
  to	
  the	
  tune	
  of	
  $100,000.
Not	
  one	
  to	
  rest	
  on	
  his	
  laurels,	
  Erik	
  fed	
  the	
  money	
  into	
  his	
  start	
  up	
  Botangle	
  which	
  aims	
  to	
  remove	
  any	
  
limitations	
  on	
  learning	
  experiences	
  whether,	
  as	
  Finman	
  comments	
  “they're	
  from	
  rural	
  Idaho,	
  New	
  
York	
  or	
  even	
  Africa."
He	
  now	
  employs	
  a	
  staff	
  of	
  20	
  and	
  caters	
  Botangle’s	
  offer	
  to	
  be	
  specialized,	
  one	
  on	
  one	
  and	
  open	
  to	
  all!
"What	
  a	
  lot	
  of	
  people	
  don’t	
  understand,	
  young	
  or	
  old,	
  is	
  that	
  you	
  can	
  create	
  anything	
  
you	
  want	
  with	
  no	
  barrier	
  to	
  entry	
  on	
  the	
  Internet."
Erik Finman
MOST LIKELY TO
CONNECTED...Nick D’Aloisio
Nick	
  D’Aloisio	
  epitomizes	
  the	
  self-­‐starting,	
  tech	
  empowered	
  Edge	
  generation	
  like	
  no	
  other.
He	
  founded	
  Summly	
  in	
  2011	
  -­‐	
  a	
  news	
  summary	
  app	
  which	
  condenses	
  news	
  articles	
  down	
  to	
  a	
  
paragraph,	
  perfect	
  for	
  the	
  140	
  characters	
  or	
  less	
  crowd.	
  
Widespread	
  success	
  and	
  a	
  $30	
  million	
  acquisition	
  from	
  Yahoo	
  followed	
  in	
  2013	
  and	
  so	
  D’Aloisio	
  
set	
  his	
  sights	
  on	
  the	
  next	
  evolution	
  of	
  Summly	
  -­‐	
  the	
  Yahoo	
  News	
  Digest	
  which	
  launched	
  in	
  Jan	
  
2014	
  and	
  won	
  critical	
  acclaim	
  and	
  an	
  Apple	
  Design	
  Award	
  later	
  that	
  year.
The	
  future	
  looks	
  bright	
  for	
  one	
  of	
  GQ’s	
  “Most	
  connected	
  men”	
  of	
  2014	
  as	
  he	
  continue	
  to	
  sit	
  at	
  the	
  
forefront	
  of	
  the	
  digital	
  revolution.
"There	
  are	
  so	
  many	
  resources	
  available	
  online	
  that	
  the	
  primary	
  goal	
  of	
  someone	
  
wanting	
  to	
  succeed	
  should	
  be	
  to	
  teach	
  themselves	
  all	
  of	
  the	
  necessary	
  skills"
Nick D’Aloisio
MOST
DRESS FOR SUCCESS...Isabella Rose Taylor
She	
  began	
  making	
  her	
  own	
  clothes	
  at	
  just	
  8	
  years	
  old	
  after	
  taking	
  a	
  sewing	
  class	
  in	
  her	
  home	
  city	
  of	
  
Austin,	
  Texas.
However,	
  it	
  was	
  the	
  runaway	
  success	
  at	
  her	
  3irst	
  trunk	
  show	
  -­‐	
  at	
  a	
  local	
  boutique	
  the	
  following	
  year	
  -­‐	
  
that	
  had	
  Isabella	
  and	
  her	
  parents	
  feeling	
  there	
  could	
  be	
  a	
  business	
  in	
  this.
	
  It	
  looks	
  like	
  they	
  were	
  right!	
  Isabella	
  became	
  the	
  youngest	
  person	
  to	
  have	
  her	
  creations	
  carried	
  by	
  
retail	
  giant	
  Nordstrom	
  in	
  2014,	
  and	
  ticked	
  another	
  dream	
  off	
  her	
  to-­‐do	
  list	
  but	
  debuting	
  her	
  Spring	
  
2015	
  collection	
  at	
  this	
  years	
  New	
  York	
  Fashion	
  Week,	
  months	
  after	
  turning	
  the	
  ripe	
  old	
  age	
  of	
  13.
"Blood	
  because	
  it	
  takes	
  a	
  lot	
  of	
  passion	
  and	
  sacriGice.	
  Sweat	
  because	
  of	
  the	
  time	
  and	
  
hard	
  work	
  you	
  must	
  do.	
  And	
  glitter	
  because	
  of	
  the	
  imagination	
  and	
  creativity.	
  There	
  
must	
  be	
  a	
  dream	
  behind	
  your	
  business."
Isabella Rose Taylor - on the ethos behind her business
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click on the images below to learn more about our featured Gen Edger’s
Asean Johnson:
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collection
RESOURCES
RESOURCES - Images
SLIDE 4 http://elitedaily.com/sports/mone-davis-little-league-phenom/704173/
SLIDE 5 http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-flynn-mcgarry-pop-up-at-fifty-seven-20140611-story.html
SLIDE 6 http://fangirlsarewe.com/2014/09/20/feminerd-tavi-gevinson/
SLIDE 7 http://fashionbombdaily.com/2014/06/29/fashion-bomb-news-breakdown-backstage-armani-junior-quvenzhane-wallis-shoot-prabal-gurung-collaborates-mac-met-launches-recalling-charles-james-feature/
SLIDE 8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braigo
SLIDE 9 http://talkrealsolutions.com/asean-johnson-from-boys-to-men2/
SLIDE 10 http://www.3news.co.nz/entertainment/lorde-announces-new-zealand-tour-2014081919
SLIDE 11 http://therebelution.com/blog/2013/07/ann-makosinski-age-15-invents-battery-free-led-flashlight/
SLIDE 12 http://writeparagraphs.blogspot.ca/2014/10/a-stroll-with-ciara-judge-emer-hickey.html
SLIDE 13 http://time.com/3608696/occupy-hong-kong-joshua-wong-mong-kok-obstruction/
SLIDE 14 http://metropotam.ro/La-zi/logan-laplante-pustiul-de-13-ani-care-a-vorbit-la-tedx-a-renuntat-la-scoala-si-care-vrea-sa-crestem--art6248506998/
SLIDE 15 http://free2luv.org/extraordinary-peep-of-the-week/extraordinary-peep-of-the-week-archive/unlocking_the_truth-2/
SLIDE 16 http://mobile.nytimes.com/images/100000001526856/2012/05/04/nyregion/seventeen-magazine-faulted-by-girl-14-for-doctoring-photos.html?_r=0
SLIDE 17 http://samirashackle.com/2012/10/30/malala-extremism-and-pakistans-response/
SLIDE 18 http://www.people.com/article/jazz-jennings-picture-book-transgender-kids
SLIDE 19 http://swaggernewyork.com/2014/07/08/vine-star-nash-grier-calls-gays-fags-says-theyre-responsible-for-hiv/
SLIDE 20 http://www.thewomenseye.com/2014/01/19/top-10-giving-new-meaning-to-girl-power/
SLIDE 21 http://blog.alanpowdrill.com/
SLIDE 22 http://reinventioncliq.com/interview-summlys-nick-daloisio/
SLIDE 23 http://www.businessinsider.com.au/isabella-rose-taylors-nordstrom-launch-2014-3
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Edgers of the year 2014

  • 1. GENERATION 20 UNDER 20:THE KIDS THAT ARE CHANGING THE WORLD UNDERSTANDING A NEW GENERATION WWW.THESOUNDHQ.COM
  • 3. 20 UNDER 20:2014 EDGER’S OF THE YEAR A  little  over  a  year  ago  we  introduced  the  world  to  Generation  Edge,  the   generation  after  Millennials  and  one  we  feel  is  unlike  any  other... ...this  generation  are  resilient,  self-­‐starting  reformers.  They’ve  got  a  view  of  the   way  they  want  the  world  to  be  and  understand  that  they  are  going  to  have  to  be   the  ones  to  change  it! We  like  to  think  of  2014  as  the  year  of  Edge  and  the  talented,  tenacious,  tech-­‐ empowered  guys  and  girls  you’ll  see  over  the  next  20  pages  exemplify  what   Edge  is  all  about,  they  are....quite  literally,  changing  the  world  as  we  know  it!
  • 4. SHOW THE BOYS HOW IT’S DONE...Mo’ne Davis Davis  shot  to  fame  this  year  after  becoming  the  3irst  girl  in  Little  League  history  to  pitch  a   winning  game  for  the  Taney  Dragons,  a  shutout  at  that,  leading  them  to  a  4-­‐0  win  over  Nashville.   With  her  3irst  Sports  Illustrated  -­‐  who  named  her  sports  kid  of  the  year  -­‐  cover  under  her  belt   she’s  now  turning  her  attention  to  basketball  and  ful3illing  her  dream  of  becoming  one  of   Geno  Auriemma’s  Huskies  at  the  University  of  Connecticut,  a  dream  she’ll  have  plenty  of  time  to   work  towards  as  Mo’ne  is  due  to  graduate  from  Middle  School  next  year! "I  never  thought  at  the  age  of  13  I'd  be  a  role  model.  I  always  wanted  to  be  a  role   model,  but  being  a  baseball  role  model  is  really  cool."   Mo’Ne Davis, speaking to ESPN MOST LIKELY TO
  • 5. COOK UP A STORM...Flynn McGarry At  10  he  decided  he  wanted  to  cook,  by  11  1/2  he  was  running  his  widely  acclaimed  Eureka   supper  club  out  of  his  parents  home. Understanding  -­‐  as  Edgers  do  -­‐  that  honing  your  craft  is  crucial  to  success,  McGarry  -­‐  now  15  -­‐   home  schools,  giving  him  time  to  spend  up  to  160  hours  a  month  plying  his  trade  in  prestigious   kitchens  such  as  Eleven  Madison  Park,  Alinea  and  Alma. Which  is  just  as  well,  as  the  shy  kid  from  South  California  plans  to  open  the  worlds  best   restaurant  by  the  time  he  hits  19! “Flynn’s  focus,  passion,  and  interest  in  cooking  are  rarely  found  in  any  cook—let  alone   a  thirteen-­‐year-­‐old.” Daniel Humm, chef, Eleven Madison Park MOST LIKELY TO
  • 6. STYLE IT OUT...Tavi Gevinson Illinois  native  Gevinson  founded  her  3irst  blog  -­‐  Style  Rookie  -­‐  at  the  tender  age  of  11.  Soon  after   it  was  attracting  over  30,000  readers  a  day  and  a  star  was  born. Tavi  has  since  broadened  her  reach  through  Rookie  magazine,  which  she  founded  3  years  later   in  2011  and  has  used  to  speak  to  wider  issues  affecting  teenage  girls  with  the  help  of  guest   contributions  from  the  likes  of  Judd  Apatow  and  Lena  Dunham. "…personal  style  is  an  opportunity  to  kind  of  create  your  own  fantasy.  And  that  can  be  -­‐   and  this  word  is  so  overused  -­‐  but  empowering  in  a  way,  especially  when  you  feel  like   you  have  a  certain  force  Gield  around  you  to  the  outside  world."   Tavi Gevinson MOST LIKELY TO
  • 7. MOST LIKELY TO TAKE CENTER STAGE...Quvenzhané Wallis With  a  presence  and  con3idence  that  embodies  Edge  while  belying  her  tender  age,  Wallis  -­‐  too   young  at  the  time  -­‐  had  to  lie  about  her  age  as  she  beat  out  over  4000  contenders  to  land  the   role  of  Hushpuppy  in  critically  acclaimed  movie  “Beasts  of  the  Southern  Wild”,  her  3irst  ever   acting  role. A  role  that  would  land  her  the  youngest  ever  Best  Actress  nomination  at  the  2012  Academy   Awards,  at  just  9  years  old,  and  one  that  provided  a  platform  for  subsequent  performances  in   more  Academy  Award  winners  such  as  2013’s  “12  Years  a  Slave”  and  a  Golden  Globe  nominated   performance  for  this  years  Annie. “Nothing  else  matters  except  that  I  have  fun,  and  I'm  still  having  fun.” Quvenzhané Wallis
  • 8. BUILD A BETTER FUTURE...Shubham Banerjee "I  just  wanted  to  help  the  visually  impaired.  I  had  a  Lego  Robotics  kit,  so  I  asked,  'Why  not  just   try  that?” Not  your  typical  Silicon  Valley  start  up  and  not  your  typical  teenager.  This  was  Banerjee’s   response  when  he  realized  the  cost  of  Braille  machines  and  promptly  founded  Braigo  labs  to   ensure  they  were  more  accessible  to  all. It’s  a  cause  that  computer  giant  Intel  have  backed,  making  Banerjee  the  youngest  ever  recipient   of  venture  capital    and  helping  him  land  Time  Incs.  “Innovation  of  the  Year”  for  2014.   "Shubham  Banerjee  is  among  a  couple  dozen  entrepreneurs  who  received  funding   from  Intel  Capital  on  Tuesday,  but  he  is  probably  the  only  one  whose  father  had  to   drive  him  there"   Silicon Valley Business Journal MOST LIKELY TO
  • 9. RUN FOR PRESIDENT...Asean Johnson Johnson  became  somewhat  of  an  internet  sensation  after  a  video  of  his  speech  protesting  school   closures  in  Chicago  went  viral,  a  popularity  that  grew  even  further  after  his  rousing  display   during  2013’s  Realize  the  Dream  march,  aged  just  9  years  old. Some  tip  him  as  a  future  Mayor  of  Chicago  in  2025  -­‐  when  he  will  have  just  turned  21,  he  hopes   to  become  a  politician  or  scientist  with  a  particular  interest  in  preserving  our  water  supplies  -­‐   all  this  while  managing  his  honors  workload  in  5th  grade! “I  am  marching  for  education,  justice  and  freedom.  All  over  the  country  public   education  is  under  attack.  Every  school  deserves  equal  funding  and  resources.” Asean Johnson MOST LIKELY TO
  • 10. SHAKE THE INDUSTRY...Lorde Her  breakthrough  hit  “Royals”  off  the  widely  popular  Pure  Heroine  album  has  garnered  her  as   much  attention  as  it  has  industry  accolades  -­‐  including  2  Grammies  in  2014.  But  it’s  the  way   Lorde  has  gone  about  it  that  gives  her  a  distinct  Edge! Seen  as  the  anti-­‐thesis  to  the  “dumbed  down”  or  over  sexualized  path  many  of  her  peers   embody,  she’s  been  named  Billboards  new  queen  of  alternative  and  has  been  celebrated  for   forging  her  own  path  on  the  way  to  global  success. "But  the  popularity  of  Pure  Heroine  suggests  all  is  not  lost.  It  says  there's  still  an   intellectual,  polished  and  important  place  for  pop,  that  doesn't  rely  on  open  letters,   open  legs,  Twitter,  twerking  and  obscenely  desperate  electro  hooks” Clash Magazine MOST LIKELY TO
  • 11. SHINE IN THE DARK...Ann Makosinski When  Ann  Makosinski  found  out  that  her  pen  pal  in  the  Philippines  was  failing  school  as  she  had   no  electricity,  and  therefore  light  at  home  to  help  her  study  -­‐  she  set  about  3inding  a  solution  to  a   problem  that  affects  over  1  billion  people  worldwide. Her  hand-­‐heat  powered  “Hollow  Torch”  has  been  hailed  as  a  stroke  of  genius  and  has  gone  a   long  way  to  solving  this  problem  and  providing  a  giant  leap  forward  for  thermo-­‐electricity. 3  Ted  Talks  and  an  appearance  on  Jimmy  Fallon  later  sees  her  continuing  to  work  on  improving   her  3lashlights  brightness  and  ef3iciency  and  looks  to  shine  a  light  on  everyone’s  world! “I  was  always  taking  garbage  from  around  the  house,  taking  things  apart  and  putting   them  together.  I  just  wanted  to  make  things  better.” Ann Makosinski MOST LIKELY TO
  • 12. MOST LIKELY TO FEED THE WORLD...Ciara Judge, Emer Hickey and Sophie Healy-Thow Inspired  by  stories  they  had  read  about  the  2011  famine  in  the  Horn  of  Africa,  these  three  county   Cork  natives  looked  for  ways  they  could  try  and  help  to  improve  food  production  world  wide. A  3  year  study,  using  and  studying  Diazotroph  -­‐  a  naturally  occurring  soil  based  bacteria  -­‐   provided  them  great  success,  speeding  up  the  germination  process  and  has  the  potential  to   increase  crop  yield  by  up  to  74%. The  trio  took  home  the  grand  prize  at  this  years  Google  Science  Fair  and  in  the  process  have   unearthed  3indings  that  will  aid  the  global  food  poverty  battle  immeasurably. “The  girls  determined  that  the  bacteria  could  be  used  to  speed  up  the  the  germination   process  of  certain  crops,  like  barley  and  oats,  by  50  percent,  potentially  helping  fulGill   the  rising  demand  for  food  worldwide.  Oh—and  they’re  16  years  old.” GoogleBlog, September 22nd 2014
  • 13. MAKE A STAND...Joshua Wong Wong  -­‐  along  with  schoolmate  and  friend  Ivan  Lam  -­‐  established  Scholarist  in  2011  to  protest   against  “moral  and  national  education”  curriculum  proposed  in  his  native  Hong  Kong.  The  call  was   heard  by  over  100,000  protestors  and  the  plans  were  promptly  withdrawn  while  Wong  received   acclaim  and  notoriety  in  equal  parts  for  his  role. Earlier  this  year,  he  was  detained  for  40  hours  for  his  role  in  the  student  protests  against  the   NPCSC’s  decision  on  the  proposed  electoral  reform. He  remains  the  face  of  this  political  activism,  all  the  while  insisting  that  the  real  heroes   are  “every  Hong  Kong  citizen.” “He’s  so  young  but  so  wise  that  you  can’t  help  but  have  a  lot  of  time  for  him  …  He  is   every  mother’s  son  –  Gilial,  polite,  principled,  hard-­‐working. Michael Vidler, Human Rights Lawyer MOST LIKELY TO
  • 14. BE HAPPY...Logan LaPlante LaPlantes  2013  TedX  speech  at  the  University  of  Nevada  has  received  over  7.5  million  views  on   YouTube  alone  and  speaks  to  his  idea  for  the  future  of  education....HackSchooling. When  LaPlante  grows  up  he’s  focusing  on  something  simple...on  being  happy  -­‐  something  he   feels  many  14  year  olds  -­‐  like  him  -­‐  aren’t  being  prepared  for. The  3lexibility  and  creativity  his  “hacked”  education  and  schedule  has  afforded  him  have  seen   him  pursue  competitive  skiing,  intern  and  later  design  for  Big  Truck  Brand  and  spread  the   HackSchooling  approach  wherever  he  goes! “They  (hackers)  are  innovators,  they  challenge  and  change  the  systems  to  make  them   work  differently,  to  make  them  work  better” Logan Laplante MOST LIKELY TO
  • 15. MAKE SOME NOISE...Unlocking The Truth Malcolm  Brickhouse,  13,  Jarad  Dawkins,  12,  and  Alec  Atkins,  13  have  had  a  passion  for  Metal   since  they  were  seven  years  old. However,  growing  up  in  Flatbush,  Brooklyn.  Birthplace  to  established  rappers  such  as  Talib   Kweli  and  Busta  Rhymes,  it  isn’t  the  most  obvious  rise  to  musical  notoriety. Neither  is  leveraging  Times  Square  performances  -­‐  that  subsequently  went  viral  -­‐  into  becoming   the  youngest  artists  ever  signed  to  Sony  in  a  $1.8  million  deal. But  then  these  aren’t  your  average  teenagers  and  they’re  certainly  not  your  average  band! “Music  is  music,  and  as  long  as  you  can  express  yourself  in  a  way  that  you  think  is  good   for  people  to  hear  then  it’s  something  you  should  do.  I  wish  everybody  could  not  be   afraid  to  do  the  things  they  want  to  do.” Jarad Dawkins, Unlocking the Truth MOST LIKELY TO
  • 16. TO KEEP IT REAL...Julia Bluhm Using  Change.org  as  a  platform  and  having  heard  too  many  of  her  peers  in  ballet  class  commenting   on  their  own  weight,  enough  was  enough  for  Julia  Bluhm.   Her  petition  “Seventeen  Magazine:  Give  Girls  Images  of  Real  Girls”  urged  the  magazine  to  re-­‐think   the  imagery  it  was  purporting  and  think  on  the  consequences  of  their  actions. As  a  result  of  the  80,000+  signatures  her  cause  attracted,  Seventeen  Magazine  pledged  to  “celebrate   every  kind  of  beauty”  by  ensuring  they  use  only  real  images,  girls  and  models  within  their  pages  -­‐  a   huge  step  forward  which  has  now  been  widely  adopted  by  other  major  publications. As  for  Julia,  she  harbors  dreams  of  becoming  a  professional  ballet  dancer  but  continues  to  have  her   voice  heard  as  a  contributor  to  the  SPARK  movement  and  blog! "I've  always  just  known  how  Photoshop  can  have  a  big  effect  on  girls  and  their  body   image  and  how  they  feel  about  themselves," Julia Bluhm, speaking to the Huffington Post MOST LIKELY TO
  • 17. INSPIRATIONAL...Malala Yousafazai Born  into  a  family  that  ran  a  chain  of  schools  in  her  native  Swat  Valley  (Pakistan),  Malala  advocated  for   education  and  for  women  from  an  early  age.  Aged  just  11  she  wrote  -­‐  under  pseudonym  -­‐  a  blog  for  the  BBC   that  spoke  to  her  life  under  the  Taliban  regime. After  Adam  Ellick  picked  up  her  story  and  made  a  documentary  for  the  New  York  Times  about  her  life  as   the  Pakistani  military  intervened  in  the  area  Malala  quickly  became  a  face  for  the  movement,  giving  several   interviews  and  picking  up  a  nomination  for  the  International  children's  peace  prize  from  Desmond  Tutu. Then,  shockingly,  on  October  9th,  2012  a  Taliban  gunman  boarded  the  bus  Malala  travelled  to  school  on,   asked  for  her  by  name  and  shot  3  times.  She  was  taken  to  England  for  life  saving  surgery  and  her  recovery   resulted  in  a  massive  outpouring  of  support.  Despite  remaining  a  terrorist  target  she  remains  a  staunch   activist,  penning  an  auto-­‐biography  I  Am  Malala  in  2013  and  becoming  the  youngest  ever  recipient  of  the   Nobel  Peace  Prize  in  2014. “A  brave  and  gentle  advocate  of  peace  who  through  the  simple  act  of  going  to  school   became  a  global  teacher.”   U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon MOST
  • 18. REWRITE THE RULES...Jazz Jennings At  age  2,  Jazz  Jennings  began  voicing  her  feelings  that  “she  was  a  girl”,  by  5  she  had  become  the   youngest  person  ever  to  be  diagnosed  with  gender  dysphoria  -­‐  a  signi3icant  unease  with  the   characteristics  of  ones  gender  while  readily  identifying  with  the  opposite  gender  -­‐  while  it   hasn’t  always  been  easy,  she  hasn’t  looked  back  since. She’s  met  Bill  Clinton  been  interviewed  by  the  likes  of  Barbara  Walters  and  Katie  Couric  and  is   considered  by  many  as  “The  New  Face  of  Transgender  Youth”. Earlier  this  year  she  co-­‐wrote  her  3irst  book,  “I  am  Jazz”,  the  3irst  children’s  book  aimed  at   helping  kids  understand  what  transgender  is  -­‐  as  she  says  within  the  pages  “..this  is   transgender,  I  was  born  this  way”. "I  am  happy.  I  am  having  fun.  I  am  proud!  I  am  Jazz!" Jazz Jennings MOST LIKELY TO
  • 19. GO VIRAL...Nash Grier No-­‐one  -­‐  perhaps  -­‐  better  exempli3ies  the  role  of  celebrity  in  the  digital  age  than  16  year  old  Nash  Grier With  over  20  million  followers  across  various  social  media  platforms,  most  notably  Vine,  where  his  6   second  clips  around  the  minutiae  of  high  school  fans  have  earned  him  throngs  of  loyal  fans  and  made   him  the  most  followed  user! That’s  not  to  say  his  rise  to  fame  has  been  without  controversy.  He’s  been  called  sexist,  racist  and   homophobic  for  Vines  and  Tweets  he  has  since  purged  and  apologized  for Whether  these  are  the  mis-­‐steps  of  an  adolescent  on  a  rise  to  super  stardom  or  a  crushing  fall  remain   to  be  seen  -­‐  one  things  for  certain  Grier  is  here  and  he’s  leading  new  wave  of  digital  celebrities! “For    a  certain  class  of  adolescent,  if  you  tried  to  design  the  world’s  most  viral  human,   you  couldn’t  do  better  than  Nash.”   Bianca Nosker, Huffington Post MOST LIKELY TO
  • 20. RALLY THE TROOPS...Talia Leman In  2005,  Talia  saw  news  coverage  around  Hurricane  Katrina  and  knew  she  wanted  to  help  -­‐  her  idea,   TLC  (which  stands  for  trick  or  treating  for  the  levee  catastrophe)  was  to  mobilize  her  peers  around   the  country  and  trick  or  treat  for  coins  instead  of  candy  to  help  those  affected  by  the  hurricane. Her  efforts  snowballed  quickly  and  Talia  -­‐  in  her  role  as  Chief  Executive  Optimist  -­‐  quickly  found   herself  at  the  helm  of  an  effort  that  raised  over  $10  million. From  there  -­‐  with  the  help  of  her  family  -­‐  she  set  up  RandomKid.org,  a  website  designed  to  give  kids   like  her  the  ideas,  resources  and  tools  to  give  back  and  make  a  difference.  Something  she  continues   to  do,  working  with  over  12  million  youths  across  20  countries  since  RandomKids  inception! "The  moment  when  the  random  youth  who  come  to  us  realize  that  we  are  here  to  work   FOR  them.  That’s  what  makes  me  happiest" Talia Leman MOST LIKELY TO
  • 21. GO FOR EXTRA CREDIT...Erik Finman Taking  a  $1000  birthday  gift  from  his  grandma,  Erik  Finman  invested  it  in  a  -­‐  then  -­‐  obscure  digital   currency  called  Bitcoin. Less  than  2  years  later  and  Finmans  investment  had  matured,  signi3icantly,  to  the  tune  of  $100,000. Not  one  to  rest  on  his  laurels,  Erik  fed  the  money  into  his  start  up  Botangle  which  aims  to  remove  any   limitations  on  learning  experiences  whether,  as  Finman  comments  “they're  from  rural  Idaho,  New   York  or  even  Africa." He  now  employs  a  staff  of  20  and  caters  Botangle’s  offer  to  be  specialized,  one  on  one  and  open  to  all! "What  a  lot  of  people  don’t  understand,  young  or  old,  is  that  you  can  create  anything   you  want  with  no  barrier  to  entry  on  the  Internet." Erik Finman MOST LIKELY TO
  • 22. CONNECTED...Nick D’Aloisio Nick  D’Aloisio  epitomizes  the  self-­‐starting,  tech  empowered  Edge  generation  like  no  other. He  founded  Summly  in  2011  -­‐  a  news  summary  app  which  condenses  news  articles  down  to  a   paragraph,  perfect  for  the  140  characters  or  less  crowd.   Widespread  success  and  a  $30  million  acquisition  from  Yahoo  followed  in  2013  and  so  D’Aloisio   set  his  sights  on  the  next  evolution  of  Summly  -­‐  the  Yahoo  News  Digest  which  launched  in  Jan   2014  and  won  critical  acclaim  and  an  Apple  Design  Award  later  that  year. The  future  looks  bright  for  one  of  GQ’s  “Most  connected  men”  of  2014  as  he  continue  to  sit  at  the   forefront  of  the  digital  revolution. "There  are  so  many  resources  available  online  that  the  primary  goal  of  someone   wanting  to  succeed  should  be  to  teach  themselves  all  of  the  necessary  skills" Nick D’Aloisio MOST
  • 23. DRESS FOR SUCCESS...Isabella Rose Taylor She  began  making  her  own  clothes  at  just  8  years  old  after  taking  a  sewing  class  in  her  home  city  of   Austin,  Texas. However,  it  was  the  runaway  success  at  her  3irst  trunk  show  -­‐  at  a  local  boutique  the  following  year  -­‐   that  had  Isabella  and  her  parents  feeling  there  could  be  a  business  in  this.  It  looks  like  they  were  right!  Isabella  became  the  youngest  person  to  have  her  creations  carried  by   retail  giant  Nordstrom  in  2014,  and  ticked  another  dream  off  her  to-­‐do  list  but  debuting  her  Spring   2015  collection  at  this  years  New  York  Fashion  Week,  months  after  turning  the  ripe  old  age  of  13. "Blood  because  it  takes  a  lot  of  passion  and  sacriGice.  Sweat  because  of  the  time  and   hard  work  you  must  do.  And  glitter  because  of  the  imagination  and  creativity.  There   must  be  a  dream  behind  your  business." Isabella Rose Taylor - on the ethos behind her business MOST LIKELY TO
  • 25. Mo’ne Davis: Watch ESPN Sports science break down the Davis fastball Flynn McGarry: See inside Flynn’s Eureka restaurant Tavi Gevinson: Check out the latest from Rookie Mag Quvenzhane Wallis: See Quvenzhane in Annie Shubham Banerjee: Learn more about Braigo Labs click on the images below to learn more about our featured Gen Edger’s Asean Johnson: See Asean in action Lorde: Listen to our favorite Lorde track Ann Makosinski: Hear Ann talk about how she inspires Ciara Judge, Emer Hickey & Sophie Healy-Thow: See how the girls found their solution Joshua Wong: Listen to Joshua speak
  • 26. Logan LaPlante: Check out Logans TedX talk Unlocking the truth: See the guys on the Colbert Report Julia Hear more from Julia and the SPARK movement Malala Yousafzaki: See Malala giving thanks Jazz Jennings: Hear things from Jazz’s perspective click on the images below to learn more about our Edgers Nash Grier: Take a look at Grier’s crazy popular Vine channel Talia Leman: Find out more about RandomKid Erik Finman: Check out the Botangle story Nick D’Aloisio: Get a little more information on Nick and Summly Isabella Rose-Taylor: Browse Isabella’s collection
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