https://audreyma.carrd.co 2026-03-25 daily 1.0 https://audreyma.carrd.co/assets/images/image01.jpg https://audreyma.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery02/79075fec.jpg Awarded the President's Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) by the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the US Environmental Protection Agency for implementation of sorting and composting program, click for link to feature on EPA Website https://audreyma.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery02/43df4016.jpg Received the Certificate of Congressional Recognition from United States Congresswoman Judy Chu for implementation of sorting and composting program https://audreyma.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery02/dead5b02.jpg Awarded Scholastic Writing National Gold Medal for poem "Save Me a Plum," which explores themes of climate grief and collective action, in addition to 3 Gold Keys & 3 Honorable Mentions for other climate poetry, click for link to poem on Scholastic Gallery https://audreyma.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery02/5941b45f.jpg Featured in a global news outlet by United Nations Correspondent Ephrem Kossaify for sorting and composting initiative in celebration of United Nations Day for pioneering implementation of sorting and composting program, click for link to article https://audreyma.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery02/67baf501.jpg Featured by *Pasadena Star News* Public Editor Larry Wilson in article "Larry Wilson: Young people, keeping politics local, can be the change" as a youth leader in the clean energy movement in Pasadena, click for link to article https://audreyma.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery02/616ee05c.jpg No. 2 Orator in the Nation (NSDA, 2022), No. 1 in both Original Oratory and Declamation in California (CHSSA, 2022), Original Oratory Champion and 2nd Place in Declamation at Stanford Invitational https://audreyma.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery02/321e8f52.jpg Highest-Ranked Finalist Mock Trial Team Internationally at Empire Leagues + MockOn Tournament of Champions, 3-Time Champion of International Mock Trial Tournament, 2nd at Columbia Invitational, 3rd at Yale Invitational, won 8 Outstanding Competitor Awards https://audreyma.carrd.co/assets/images/image03.jpg https://audreyma.carrd.co/assets/images/image02.jpg https://audreyma.carrd.co/assets/images/image04.jpg https://audreyma.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/4961b535.jpg Founded Sortify, an online platform to help schools start and manage their own sorting and composting programs, which has expanded to 76 schools across three school districts, click for link to Sortify website https://audreyma.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/0d89c8f2.jpg Youngest Member of PASADENA100's Organizing Committee. 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