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Lily Valentina Niederhofer

2026: 2nd PLACE
Lily Valentina Niederhofer, an 11-year-old swimmer and ocean advocate, raised over $12,000 through an open-water Atlantic swim and successfully lobbied U.S. and European lawmakers to ban industrial octopus farming.

Esad Çakır

2025: FINALIST
Esad Çakır, 13, from Istanbul, Turkey, created the "Ocean Literacy" project, a school-wide initiative to make ocean science accessible to students from kindergarten through middle school and inspire them to become problem-solvers for our oceans.