PSR/Sacramento congratulates the winner of our 2021 High School Scholarship Essay Contest, which was open to all high school seniors in Sacramento and surrounding counties. The prompt for our 2021 contest was the following excerpt from the Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech given on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) by Executive Director Beatrice Fihn on December 10, 2017:
Kaila Donato
Stockton Early College Academy
Stockton, California
Chet Hewitt
Christian Brothers High School
Sacramento, California
Matthew Adams
El Dorado High School
Placerville, California
Jenna Pimenta
Saint Francis High School
Sacramento, California
Emma Hofmann
Folsom High School
Folsom, California
Deric Kitsuda
Natomas Charter School
Sacramento, California
Trisha Nagin
Inderkum High School
Sacramento, California
Advait Thaploo
Mira Loma High School
Sacramento, California
Sierra Vasquez
Amador High School
Sutter Creek, California
(Student’s name and high school withheld at student’s request)
Aaliyah McElroy
Folsom High School
Folsom, California
Nicole Purda
Laguna Creek High School
Elk Grove, California