Ahryanna McGuirk
Ahryanna McGuirk
Ahryanna McGuirk
Ahryanna is a second-year Jefferson Scholar at the University of Virginia from Hawai’i studying economics, government, and writing. She is a 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholar and a graduate of the U.S. Senate Youth Program. Ahryanna was awarded over $1 million in merit-based scholarships and was accepted to schools including Harvard, the U.S. Air Force Academy, Georgetown, and U.C. Berkeley. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, reading, and documenting her food adventures on her Instagram account, @ahryeats.
Emi Sakamoto
Emi is a sophomore at Stanford University from Culver City, California. She has been recognized by Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove through the United States Congress Certificate of Recognition and Senator Padilla through the United States Senate Youth Program scholarship. She was accepted to universities including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Georgetown, Berkeley, and UCLA. As the former Chief Justice of California's Model Legislature and Court and Co-Founder of LiberTeach, she hopes to pursue a J.D. following a double major in Political Science and Psychology. In her free time, she enjoys reading/writing poetry, playing the guitar, and exploring the outdoors.