Youth Leadership Executive Board
College LAUNCH Leadership Team
Program Assistants
Our College LAUNCH Program Assistants are current Wake Forest undergraduate students. They assist with facilitating and prepping for our events, mentoring our Youth Leadership Executive Board members, and reviewing and editing Scholar practice college application essays.
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Youth Leadership Executive Board
The Youth Leadership Executive Board (YLEB) is a team of College LAUNCH for Leadership alumni who are passionate about helping current Scholars by creating the best possible College LAUNCH for Leadership experience. The YLEB embodies the idea that College LAUNCH is more than a nine-month program, it is instead a lifelong community that supports Scholars and alumni as they develop into leaders in their schools, workplaces, families, and communities.
Sage Adams
(She/Her)
CLT LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Metrolina Christian Academy
Dhruv Aggarwal
(He/Him)
CLT LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Levine Middle College High School
Leah Arias
(She/Her)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Ronald W Reagan High School
Abi Bloomfield
(She/Her)
CLT LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Providence Day School
Kyle Cooper
(He/Him)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Walter Hines Page High School
Cameron Crawford
(They/Their)
CLT LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Lake Norman Charter
Alyssa Danial
(She/Her)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School
Thandi Downes
(She/Her)
CLT LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Cox Mill High School
Mekhi Faulkner
(He/Him)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Career Academy and Technical School
Nicholas Flowers
(He/Him)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Ronald W Reagan High School
Chase Harper
(He/Him)
CLT LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Corvian Community High School
Milania Hood
(She/Her)
CLT LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: William Amos Hough High School
Christopher Johnson
(He/Him)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Adkins Academic/Tech High School
Laila Jones
(She/Her)
CLT LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Bradford Preparatory School
Emerson Kiang-Wilson
(She/Her)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Adkins Academic/Tech High School
Malchiah Lewis
(He/Him)
CLT LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: AL Brown Senior High School
Madison Lewis
(She/Her)
CLT LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Lake Norman Charter School
Kennedy Livingston
(She/Her)
CLT LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Olympic High School
Dulce Lucas-Lopez
(She/Her)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Academy At Smith
Diego Mendoza
(He/Him)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School
Shivanisree Nanthakumar
(She/Her)
CLT LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Cox Mill High School
Elin Prifti
(She/Her)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Westchester Country Day School
Hadia Rashid
(She/Her)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Middle College at UNCG
Alexandra Rose Perez
(She/Her)
CLT LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Charlotte Christian School
Jason Sanchez
(He/Him)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: West Forsyth High School
Khelis Smith
(She/They)
CLT LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Mooresville Senior High School
Sophia Speaks
(She/Her)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Atkins Academic/Tech High School
Ashlyn Spolyar
(She/Her)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: West Forsyth High School
Athena Starogiannis
(She/Her)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Calvary Baptist Day School
Emily Thomas
(She/Her)
WS LAUNCH ’25-26
High School: Salem Academy
- Re Paw – UNC Chapel Hill
- Anna Huynh – NC State University
- Alexis Watson – UNC Charlotte
- Samuel Birdsong – NC A&T
- Carmen Davis – NC A&T
- Giana Seay – NC A&T
- Dara Dediare – UNC Chapel Hill
- Reese Denny – Wake Forest University
- Kemar Hinkson – East Carolina University
- Koen Jones – UNC Charlotte
- Leah Green – North Carolina Central University
- Reese Reyes – Appalachian State University
- Nachammai Annamalai (Nachu) – Princeton University
- Elise Bankston – Gap year
- Prathamesh Peruri (Pratham) – UNC Chapel Hill
- Ennifer Moyei – UNC Charlotte
- Arielle Andrade Ramirez – Notre Dame University
- Garrett Brown – East Carolina University
- Annalisa Lewis – Clemson University
- Kyndahl Barney – NC State University
- Akosua Mensah – Elon University
- Rhea Mamani – NC State University
- Taylor Lazenby – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Bobbie Forrest – NC A&T
- Ethan McCormick – Queens University
- Samanyu Manjunath – UNC Chapel Hill
- Alexis Blanco – Gap year
- Charissa Sowah – NC State University
- Clara Morrow – Wake Forest University
- Eva Vila – Fordham University
- Gabrielle Days – UNC Charlotte
- Hannah Bradley – Clemson University
- Hanna Selina-Hoff – UNC Chapel Hill
- Jia Patel – University of South Carolina
- Jordyne Lewis – Elon University
- Kennedi Thompson – Spelman College
- Lidya Kidane – Central Piedmont Community College
- Madison Hubbard – Wake Forest University
- Michael Shen – UNC Chapel Hill
- Nattellie Anderson – Early College High School
- Nick Gardner
- Vanesa Sandoval – NC State University
- Xavier Sparks – Loyola Marymount University
- Kwabena (AJ) Apau-Kese – NC A&T State University
- Karla Arroyo – UNC Greensboro
- Ronni Butts – NC Central University
- Maya Dabney – University of North Texas
- Jalen Franklin – NC State University
- Malia Mcbride – Sweet Briar College
- Danielle Moody – NC State University
- Nicholas Pungwa – Columbia University
- Havilyn Smith – NC A&T State University
- Annora Streible – UNC Charlotte
- Addison Truzy – UNC Chapel Hill
- Inaya Abubakari – UNC Chapel Hill
- Jaylen Adams – Columbia University
- Faith Cesar – Duke University
- Alexis Cromwell – UNC Chapel Hill
- Maya DeCoux – UNC Chapel Hill
- Eric Gutierrez – NC State University
- Aleah Kersey – UNC Chapel Hill
- Dallia Lindell – UNC Chapel Hill
- Lourdes Lopez – Wake Forest University
- David Ntim – Duke University
- Hari Potharaju- UNC Chapel Hill
- Jonathan Smith- UNC Charlotte
- Carmen Starks – UNC Chapel Hill
- Ryan Olivia Swilling – Wake Forest University
- Norris Williams – Clemson University
- Jacquelin Bishop – NC State University
- Micah Eustache – Wellesley College
- Zoie Irby – Wake Forest University
- Cayce James – East Carolina University
- Jaye James – NC A&T State University
- Anaiya Jones – Howard University
- Lyba Qureshi – UNC Charlotte
- Kyndal Perry – UNC Chapel Hill
- Isabella Riera Coronel- NC State University
- Jaylen Roope – UNC Chapel Hill
- Dalia Shawgi – Johns Hopkins
- Anesia Taylor – Wake Forest University
- Gabriel Villatoro – UNC Charlotte