On December 14th, the AYLUS National Board and President Kevin Chen (12/3, 3 hrs; 12/11, 3 hrs; 12/14, 3 hrs; 12/18, 3 hrs) worked on the essay reviews, certificate preparation, and announced the 2022 National Essay Contest winners:
First Place: Amy Wu (Roslyn), Karen Yao (Greater Princeton)
Second Place: James Chen (Greater Princeton), Maggie Yan (Bergen), Fred Guo (Pearland), Grace Yan (East Cobb), Claire Jiang (Greater Princeton)
Third Place: Andrew Yao (Greater Princeton), Dawson Lin (Bergen), Bradley Fang (Cheshire), Erick Yan (Greater Princeton), George Chen (Greater Princeton), Emma Xi (Pearland), Sean Yan (East Cobb), Judy Zhang (North Jersey), David Cheng (Cheshire), Kathie Wang (Greater Princeton), Rachel Liao (North Jersey), William Sun (Pearland), Yan Fischer (Greater Princeton), Alyssa Huang (Syosset)
Honorable Mentions: Connor Jiang (Cheshire), Owen Sun (Cheshire), Raine Ma (Cheshire), Ryan Zheng (Cheshire), Sarah Feng (Cheshire), Valerie Zheng (Cheshire), Maggie Zhang (Columbus), Brian Wang (Delaware), Anna Weng (Greater Princeton), Brian Jiang (Greater Princeton), Catherine You (Greater Princeton), Cici Yang (Greater Princeton), Cynthia Shi (Greater Princeton), Daniel Shi (Greater Princeton), Dessie Yang (Greater Princeton), Eddy Tian (Greater Princeton), Emma Liu (Greater Princeton), Eric Li (Greater Princeton), Gloria Wang (Greater Princeton), Jeff Lin (Greater Princeton), Jennie Han (Greater Princeton), Jerry Chen (Greater Princeton), Katherine Zhu (Greater Princeton), Melanie You (Greater Princeton), Michael Tung (Greater Princeton), Mingze Emma Feng (Greater Princeton), Aiden Jia (North Jersey), Enxu Jiang (North Jersey), Aila Jiang (Pearland), Alex Song (Pearland), Alexander Healy (Pearland), Alexander Sun (Pearland), Andrew Du (Pearland), Aoyu Jin (Pearland), Chenyu Jin (Pearland), Greg Song (Pearland), Hannah Sang (Pearland), Haoqi Zhang (Pearland), Kara Li (Pearland), Katie Jin (Pearland), Kyle Healy (Pearland), Tiffany Lin (Roslyn), Zihan Wang (Roslyn), Zoe Xia (Roslyn), Helena Jiang (San Diego), Margaret Zhang (Syosset), Nicole Zhang (Syosset), Rachel Zhang (Syosset), Sophia Liu (Syosset), Jordan Lee (West Essex)
Nearly 100 AYLUS members across the country participated in the AYLUS National Essay Contest by sharing their experience while volunteering with AYLUS. The deadline was November 30th, 2022.
AYLUS National Honorary President Cassie Wang, Advisors, English teachers and counselors with 20+ years/ experience had the essays reviewed together and chose the finalists.
AYLUS made award certificates for all winners. First, Second, and Third Places also received cash awards ($200 for the First Place Winners, $50 for the Second Place Winners, $25 for the Third Place Winners).
The Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) proudly sponsored this contest with awards of $1000. The AYLUS TIMES will publish the winning essays starting in January 2023.
Congratulations to all winners! Keep up the good work!
