Hearts Of Gold - Reflections from Gold Award Girl Scouts

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Evelyn developed a website, designed a curriculum, and held workshops for underprivileged girls to expose them to careers in STEM.

More from Evelyn:

My name is Evelyn Taliaferro and I am a current freshman at Princeton University majoring in electrical and computer engineering. I joined Girl Scout Troop 5357 in the first grade and was an active member of the troop until I graduated from Nansemond River High School in 2022. My Girl Scout journey culminated with my Gold Award Project, "EngineerKids!" where I developed a website, designed a curriculum, and held workshops for underprivileged girls to expose them to careers in STEM. My passion for engineering stemmed from my participation with my high school's engineering specialty program, Project Lead the Way. The summer after my junior year I attended the Virginia Summer Governor's School where I discovered my specific interest in electrical engineering. I'm passionate about exposing girls to careers in engineering and I currently work with young Girl Scouts as a member of the Society of Women Engineers at Princeton University.

Website link: https://www.engineerkids.org/

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Katie collected artwork from local kids to turn into a series of murals along walking/biking trail in Atlanta

More about Katie:

Katie Maier is a college freshman and Girl Scout Ambassador from Atlanta, Georgia. A member of Girl Scout Troop 11461 since first grade, she served as troop co-president throughout high school. Her Gold Award project, Picture Your Path, combined her passion for making visual arts with her love of the outdoors as she collected artwork from local kids to turn into a series of murals along walking/biking trail Path400. Outside of Girl Scouts, she has been involved in Model United Nation as the founder and leader of her school's chapter and as a state official, and she created an English language tutoring program between students at her high school and students at a secondary school in Tanzania. She plans to study international relations and studio art in college so that she can continue to grow as a servant leader and global citizen.

Project link: https://livablebuckhead.com/pictureyourpath/

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Anushka founded Young Chefs STL and created a cookbook full of healthy recipes that focused on using ingredients typically found at food pantries.

More about Anushka:

Anushka Rawat, a senior at Parkway South High School, serves as the Student Council business chair. She has held numerous leadership positions, including president of Mock Trial and HOSA–Future Health Professionals, and co-president of Speech and Debate. Additionally, Anushka is an active member of her school's lacrosse and swim team. As a Gold Award Girl Scout, she founded Young Chefs STL and created a cookbook full of healthy recipes that focused on using ingredients typically found at food pantries. Anushka hopes to double major in environmental studies and public policy, eventually pursuing a career in environmental policy with work towards strengthening food security. She would love to run for the Missouri Senate and possibly the U.S. Senate in future years.

Young Chefs STL website: http://www.youngchefsstl.org/

Link to cookbook: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DwuCBzQmYmx-bEQDf58ekpYw3Xqg98JU/view?usp=sharing

Young Chefs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youngchefsstl/?hl=en

Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anushka.rawat27/?hl=en

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Kennedy took a Girl Scout Troop experience and created a STEM program, with a special focus on minorities in STEM.

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Hello, my name is Kennedy Watkins. I am the founder of Gilded Teas, an organic loose-leaf tea company. My company's mission is to encourage minorities to join the STEM and agriculture fields. During high school,

I was a part of One Laptop Per Child my sophomore year and along with other girls, created lesson plans to teach elementary students how to code in Barbados as my May program. I wanted to continue to introduce more people to the STEM field. In my Junior year, I began working on my Gold Award, the highest award recognized by a Girl Scout. The project was influenced by my time in Barbados. I created my own lesson plans and I'm sharing them with teachers. Currently, I am a Computer Science major, and this past year I didn't see many females of color in my classes. I wanted to grow an audience for my message so that I could reach more people and grow more awareness. I want to use my company's platform to teach a new audience about this. Gilded Teas targets health-conscious tea drinkers who before learning of my company were unaware of the stem field from a minority perspective.

https://gildedteas.com/

https://www.instagram.com/gildedteasllc/

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Giovanna wrote a bilingual book for children experiencing radiation treatment explaining what the process is like.

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Giovanna Quevedo was inspired to write, "A Kid's Guide to Radiation Therapy," after her mother was diagnosed with cancer and prescribed radiation therapy as treatment. Her mother's experience made her wonder how pediatric patients cope with their cancer treatment. While researching educational materials about cancer, she failed to find age-appropriate resources for pediatric radiation patients and she wanted to change that. Over the course of two years, Giovanna researched, wrote, self-published, and donated her book. Today, her bilingual children's book is available through partnerships with twelve leading hospitals and cancer organizations across the globe which reach an estimated 45,000 people annually. Giovanna is a University Honors student and President's Scholar studying Nutritional Science and Chemistry with the goal of working in healthcare. After earning her Gold Award, she represented Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles as their inaugural Gold Award Scholarship recipient and in the 2022 Tournament of Roses Troop. She loves Girl Scout camp and works as a lifeguard and boating instructor for a camp in her council. Giovanna hopes her project will continue to reach children and families in need as they embark on their journey to healing.

https://akidsguide.wixsite.com/radiation

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Celebrating 100 Episodes of Hearts of Gold and Girl Scout Gold Award Projects

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Today we are celebrating our 100th episode of Hearts of Gold. Hear from prior guests and where they are now.

Kaitlyn Ludlam: Ep 26 Astrobot STEM https://pod.link/1406353288/episode/2c783afacbdba960beb102ff1bf2b271

https://www.astrobotstem.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitlyn-ludlam-bb5bba162/

https://twitter.com/astrobotkaitlyn?lang=en

https://www.facebook.com/AstroBotKaitlyn/

https://www.instagram.com/astrobot_kaitlyn/?hl=en

Julia Kay: Ep 5 Ban the Bag https://pod.link/1406353288/episode/3469f6f322f3451829a74c09b401ff43

Angelica Arias: Ep 58 Heart 2 Art https://pod.link/1406353288/episode/f8e5ac7a5fdd9b38913cb00822a79b0b

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaxSuaXuibQEQcIMD5N9-g

Instagram link: https://instagram.com/heart2artt?igshid=udm6rkrl01ef

Kelsey Chico: Ep 4 United for Haiti https://pod.link/1406353288/episode/0f1a454091fb3535c14326dcac21678c

Anna Shinohara: Ep 41 Hydrophonic Gardening and Healthy Recipes https://pod.link/1406353288/episode/76a5fd78624e6211b5e0387e92fed2bd

Link to Google Folder with food activities and information on hydroponic gardens: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bj_IpgW1NBjzVUkYfHWmGRwO5CzLH8e5?usp=sharinghttps://circulate.it/r/wf2cwfsVIjYTIXzA2F3EshuKUXYXgOtevBbYo_cDWF8FeAmPzREeIsEIF1DB9Ji4AuuuWlEc2SsHYcFkMd_R6nGtVFo/www.instagram.com/gift8lives/?hl=en)

Gitika Gorthi: Ep 69 Ignited Thinkers https://pod.link/1406353288/episode/230f4cba24ab055c493e4ca83cac8622

Website: www.ignitedthinkers.org

Twitter/LinkedIn/Instagram: @IgnitedThinkers and @GitikaGorthi

Noelle Buice: Ep 8 https://pod.link/1406353288/episode/0fe5ed4926d3d904b02f1db2c7c541db

http://ckcritters.org/

Shelby O'Neil: Ep 46 https://pod.link/1406353288/episode/5d0f63d5848d2ff73e8684da5b06b70c

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Twitter: @NoStrawNovember

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Orezi created a website with reviews submitted by students at Universities and Colleges on the environment and racial diversity.

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I have been a Girl Scout since Kindergarten, and since I finished my Gold Award project I will become a Lifetime Girl Scout. Whenever I think about community, I think about Girl Scouts not only because of my troop but also because of how much I have been taught to notice what is happening locally and engage. I was part of Girl Scouts' national advisory board also known as G-Team from early 2019 to late 2020 where I did work on the GSUSA website, mental health programming, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. I also worked as a Media Star for Girl Scouts of Colorado. I am currently going to school at Pomona College where I will major in psychology because I hope to be a research psychologist when I grow up.

Link: www.adifferentnarrative.com

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Kyra started a mental health club at her school and hosted a suicide prevention awareness walk to benefit her community.

More about Kyra:

Kyra Berry received her Gold Award in 2016 for starting an annual suicide prevention walk, which she chairs to this day, as well as a Stress Less club in high school. As the chairperson of the annual Burlington County Out of the Darkness Walk for suicide prevention, Kyra manages a team of volunteers to promote the event and secure sponsorships and participants. To date, the walk has raised over $262,000 and garners more than 400 walkers each year. Kyra is a recent graduate of Loyola University Maryland and has her Bachelor's in Public Relations and Advertising. Her favorite Girl Scout cookies are Lemonades, and she loves to play with her cat, Theo, and raise monarch butterflies in the summer.

http://www.afsp.org/burlingtonco

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Nell created an interpretive website including videos and an interactive game to increase awareness of Manzanar, a Japanese camp, and those that lived there.

More about Nell:

Nell Yukiye Murphy (18) is a 2022 Girl Scout Gold Award recipient for her project, Journey to Manzanar. Nell's grandfather, actor Jerry Fujikawa, was incarcerated at Manzanar, along with his family from 1942-1943. She has made several trips to the Eastern Sierra and Manzanar, including an indelible trip with her Los Angeles-based Girl Scout troop. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where she graduated this year from Ramon C Cortines School of Visual and Performing Art. She is currently a freshman at Carnegie Mellon University, School of Drama, where she is studying acting and carrying on a long family tradition of being a performer and storyteller.

Links:

https://sierraforever.org/journey-to-manzanar/

Recent article about the project: https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2022/10/24/nell-yukiye-murphy/

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In honor of No Straw November, we are replaying this episode from 2020.

Get your 2022 patch and other resources at No Straw November | Jr Ocean Guardians

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Shelby is a 2018 National Gold Award Girl Scout who started a non profit in order to reduce plastic waste in our oceans. She did this by connecting with Executives at large businesses to educate and encourage them to reduce plastic usage.

More from Shelby:

Shelby O'Neil is a National Geographic Young Explorer as well as the Founder of Jr Ocean Guardians and the No Straw November challenge. As a past National Gold Award Girl Scout, O'Neil worked with several companies in the aviation, health care, and beverage industries to reduce single-use plastic pollution. To date, over 40 million single-use plastic straws have been reduced annually from O'Neil's corporate relationships. O'Neil has also worked in policy resulting in a No Straw November statewide resolution and the passing of a "Straws Upon Request" bill in California. Hailing from the small town of San Juan Bautista, CA, O'Neil is an advocate for equal education - currently focusing on shifting the narrative on who can be a scientist in hopes the world of science gains diverse innovators. As an incoming sophomore, O'Neil attends the University of California Berkeley majoring in Global Environmental Politics.

www.jroceanguardians.org

Instagram: @jr.ocean.guardians and @oneil

Twitter: @NoStrawNovember

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/girl-scout-wrote-letters-to-companies-urging-them-to-ditch-plastic-and-they-did/ https://www.girlscoutsccc.org/content/dam/girlscouts-girlscoutsccc/documents/pageForms/2018_National_Gold_Award_Girl_Scout.pdf https://www.jroceanguardians.org/post/sesame-street-n-is-for-nature-film

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