Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful’s 2023-2024
Green Youth Advisory Council
With a vast number of its programs and events either involving local youth or geared to families, school green teams and civic groups like Girls & Boy Scouts of America, it makes all the sense in the world to look toward youth leaders for key insights on how to engage a new generation of environmental stewards. To that end, Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful (GC&B) – a Keep America Beautiful affiliate – is proud to have its own Green Youth Advisory Council to help evolve programs and engage other young people within the community. We are excited to announce our newest Class of 2023-2024 Green Youth Advisory Council members. Congratulations to these student ambassadors who will be leaders for youth service in their communities!
The newest members of Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful’s Green Youth Advisory Council are:
- Nicolle Bermudez, Senior – Dacula HS
- Rianne De Los Santos, Junior – Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology
- Violet Fung, Sophomore – Peachtree Ridge HS
- Minchan Lee, Sophomore – Mill Creek HS
- Yusuf Naviwala, Freshman – Parkview HS
- Krish Patel, Sophomore – Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology
- Dev Shah, Junior – North Gwinnett HS
- Eshani Sharma, Junior – Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology
- Allison Shin, Sophomore – Mill Creek HS
- Hanny Wu, Senior – Parkview HS
- Julia Yoon, Freshman – Buford HS
Plus the thirteen returning members:
- Ariella Ayenesazan, Senior – Peachtree Ridge HS
- Hailey Brown, Senior – Mill Creek HS
- Danielle Chun, Senior – Mill Creek HS
- Asha El, Sophomore – Norcross HS
- Alice Garcia, Senior – Berkmar HS
- Haven Hardy, Senior – Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology
- Esther Jung, Junior – Mill Creek HS
- Ella Lee, Senior – Mill Creek HS
- Mrinali Pathak, Sophomore – North Gwinnett HS
- Vinh Pham, Senior – Brookwood HS
- Serena Pradhan, Junior – Parkview HS
- Arshan Rafiq, Senior – Peachtree Ridge HS
- Shivali Singh, Junior – Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology
Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful’s High School Green Youth Advisory Council (Green YAC) is a unique hands-on opportunity for high school students from diverse backgrounds to participate in an environmental and sustainability service-learning and leadership development program. Participants will contribute to and inform Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful on projects that impact local and global environmental challenges while acting as ambassadors and leaders for youth service in their communities.
The Green Youth Advisory Council will provide the opportunity to:
- Develop leadership skills while engaging in creative work focused on litter prevention, beautification, community greening, waste reduction and recycling, food insecurity and more
- Collaborate with like-minded peers with unique perspectives from across the county
- Assist with design and implementation of environmental program initiatives for engaging youth in community service
- Act as an ambassador in their school and community through engaging youth and county leaders by promoting sustainability, environmental literacy, and civic engagement
- Earn service hours and a letter of recommendation for college, employment, etc.
- Seniors will be considered for two (2) $2,000 post-secondary scholarships through the GC&B Jim Steele Environmental Education Scholarship Fund.
Applications for the 2024-2025 academic year are now being accepted. Visit https://gwinnettcb.org/events/2024-2025-green-youth-advisory-council/ to learn more and apply!
