Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore Presents Civic Leadership Awards to High School Students
PROVIDENCE, RI – On Monday, May 19, 2025, Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore honored the 130 high school students selected as 2025 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award winners at a State House ceremony. The award is given annually to high school students who have made outstanding contributions to their schools and communities over the past year.
"Every year, it's a great honor to celebrate students who are committed to public service and civic engagement," said Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore. "These young civic leaders deserve recognition for their accomplishments inside and outside of the classroom, as well as their efforts to make their communities a better place."
Schools from around Rhode Island nominated students who have excelled in areas such as public service, leadership, and academic achievement.
Photos of award winners are available here.
The ceremony was recorded by Capitol TV and can be viewed online here.
The students honored were:
Achievement First Providence High School
Alejandra Guissell Avila Estrada
Zachareus Desrosiers
Barrington Christian Academy
Polly Bosch
Lincoln Wright
Barrington High School
Anaaya Deshpande
Andres Gil
Beacon Charter High School for the Arts
Kiara Canterbury
Micah St. Onge
Bishop Hendricken High School
Shane Ciunci
Lincoln Tiernan
Blackstone Academy Charter School
Kadjatou Diallo
Jayilson Fernandes
Blackstone Valley Prep High School
Safiyatu Gassama
Angel Hernandez
Block Island School
Chase Hatfield
Maximus Walsh
Burrillville High School
Spencer Wayland
Arrow Yuszczak
Central Falls Senior High School
Edgar Ardon Flores
Sofia Lopez Callejas
Chariho Regional High School
Ryan Sheldon
Nicholas Wilusz
Charles E. Shea High School
Joseph Manu
Behnema Sirleaf
Coventry High School
Raegan Garcia
Ryan Pina
Cranston High School East
Oliver Cruz
Madelyn Hart
Cranston High School West
Sophia DiBenedetto
Promise Pitts
Cumberland High School
Brett Hawkins
Brody Vroegindewey
Dr. Jorge Alvarez High School
Yazan Alothman
Emma Garcia
East Greenwich High School
Emma Sheahan-Nguyen
Wen Xin Shi
East Providence High School
Pooja Ezhilmaran
Acadia Ullucci
E-Cubed Academy
August Kletzian
Melissa Paula
Exeter-West Greenwich Regional High School
Ayden Enos
Clare Titus
The Greene School
Adriel Falowo
Kyannie Fernandez
Hope High School
Julian Genao
Elmer Poz Benito
Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing & Visual Arts
Isabella Benavides
Melissa Paulin
Johnston Senior High School
Olivia Forgetta
Bennett McClish
La Salle Academy
Derek La Fazia
Carter Rankin
Lincoln School
Ruby Verkuijlen
Lincoln Senior High School
Helen Green
David Lucci
Middletown High School
Taylor Bridges
Chloe Tysor
The Metropolitan Regional Career Technical Center
Marcel Anderson
Osayro Urizar Vargas
Moses Brown School
Sophie Hesser
Josselyn Wolf
Mount Pleasant High School
Anthony Berroa
Testimony Thompson
Mount Saint Charles Academy
Emma Foxon
Aidan Quinn
Mt. Hope High School
Jessica Deal
Gavin Stegall
Narragansett High School
Hannah Abrams
Mia DeLuise
NEL/CPS Construction Career Academy
Alfredo Cuthburt
Anniyah Wright
North Kingstown Senior High School
Benjamin Butera
Fiona Wilk
North Providence High School
Isabelle Desanges
Gabriella Paulino Cabrera
North Smithfield High School
Emerson Deschene
Leah Goodwin
Paul Cuffee Upper School
Sofia Alabede
Mia Medeiros
Pilgrim High School
Laryssa Farrell
Sean Skinnard
Ponaganset High School
Mackenzie Bell
Omar Sasa
Portsmouth High School
Andrew Rodrigues
Hanalei Streuli
The Prout School
Madeline Monaco
Madeleine Pisano
Providence Country Day School
Cedric Ye
Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College Charter High School
Aillyn Ospina Bedoya
Lia Tavarez Sobalvarro
Rocky Hill Country Day School
Wilbur Conterio
Luke Lehouiller
Rogers High School
Hannah Conroy
Kira Parsons
School One
Ibrahim Mohammed
Sienna Wills
Scituate High School
Annette Hartley
Cameron Healey
Sheila Skip Nowell Leadership Academy
Jaziyah Lewis
Zi'Rell Rivers
Smithfield Senior High School
Kyla Alberg
Shane Trainor
South Kingstown High School
Samuel Cadman
Jay Thornber
St. Andrew's School
Yosmel Amparo-Moya
Violet Vandale
St. George's School
Reese Starling
St. Mary Academy - Bay View
Ariana Bobiak
Sophie Sullivan
St. Patrick Academy
Genesis Monzon Morales
Ashly Urbina
Saint Raphael Academy
Michael Duschang
Sara Lebeuf
Tiverton High School
Evan Duda
Norah Winslow
Toll Gate High School
Jaylene Le
Estherangelica Santana
Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts
Samia Perez
Wilde Rosales-Gousie
Trinity Christian Academy
Mateo Ghoshal Vargas
Michael Susi
Village Green Virtual Charter School
Zoey Dupuis
Nyzaiah Law
Warwick Area Career and Technical Center
Gianna Gioffreda
West Warwick Senior High School
Michael Andruchow
Lucas Martins
William E. Tolman Senior High School
Melissa Gomes-Ramos
Danicah Xavier
Woonsocket High School
Gabriella Alves
David Vega
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