Washington Week : 2026 Student Delegate Essays
Each year after Washington Week the USSYP student delegates are asked to submit an essay reflecting upon their experience. Excerpts from selected essays are then published in the annual USSYP Yearbook for distribution to all senators, speakers and students. Unedited essays from all students who submitted them are available here.
AK – Erik Vincent
AK – Andy Zhang
AL – Kinleigh Freeman
AL – Kaelci Theuri
AR – Manvitha Narasimhan
AR – Eric Tang
AZ – Arielle Kutz
CA – Cindy Chen
CO – Luka Nieto
CT – Rania Das
DC – Nyla Dinkins
DE – Sadie Polk
FL – Omy Patel
GA – Amira Dhople
GA – Mason Slaughter
HI – Lotus Yasuda
IA – Sriya Munjuluri
ID – Lola Barron
ID – Caleb Torgenson
IL – Makaylah Barnes Adams
KS – Garrett Li
KY – Patrick Graboviy
KY – Ethan Morgan
MA – Arianne Medina
MA – Lucas Yang
MD – O’Marie Barnes
MD – Jeremy Wong
ME – WanTing Hou
ME – Katarina Ousback
MI – Rowan Kozminski
MI – Charlisa Penzak
MN – Ayoub Farah
MN – Feven Tesfaye
MO – Rahman Adekunle
MS – Nial Chen
MS – Crosby Parker
MT – Makenna Monroe
MT – Cecelia Spencer
NC – Caroline Conner
NC – Jonas Pak-Lin
ND- Bridger Rivinius
ND – Alexis Thompson
NE – Jackson Wondercheck
NH – Shelby McDonald
NJ – Grace Kim
NJ – Neeka Vojdani
NM – Margaret Collins
NV – Ethan Cohen
NY – Diego Cabanillas
NY – Ella Morel
OH – Grant Hubley
OH- Emmanual Williams
OK – Lakshmi Birasam
OK – Kross Brown
OR – Isabella Baldisseri
OR – Zev Wacks
PA – Sagar Raghavan
RI – Jay Thornber
RI – Katherine Yang
SC – Camdyn Evans
SC – Anna Kelly
SD – Chloe Bowers
SD – Hayley Cunningham
TN – Binyam Dunne
TX – Catalina Gutierrez
VA – Kyla Leggette
VA – Ella Yarhouse
VT – Daniel Mann
VT- Quincy Sabick
WA – Selayna Rudolph
WI – Nina Bhattacharjee
WI – Anna Gallardo-Ibarra
WV – Juliann Harlan
WY – Marlo Ellis
