2023 winner
Aaron Li
United States
Aaron is passionate about technological innovation, sustainability, entrepreneurship, social justice, educational equality, and songwriting. He co-founded a global, multilingual non-profit that offers free tech courses and workshops for students. He is also committed to establishing an entrepreneur incubator to empower young innovators to bring their ideas to life. Aaron has won 28 awards in prestigious international and national competitions for his work across multiple disciplines. For his Rise project, he created “RecyLink”—a mobile app that creates a more efficient recycling community by linking students, schools, recycling centers, and local governments through AI and cloud technology.