Blue Kennedy is a current student at the Urban School of San Francisco. Blue is a changemaker who is passionate about education equity and experiential learning. Inspired by their time working with MARS (Making Affordable Robotics for Students), Blue and a friend are forming a nonprofit called RAACE Karts ("Racing And Applied Creative Engineering"). RAACE Karts works to get high school students together to build and race go-karts in teams. They want to expose students to mechanical engineering and the creativity that comes with it, as well as the collaborative and problem-solving experience that comes with building and racing a vehicle as a team. Blue is committed to by addressing educational inequity, fostering creativity, promoting collaboration, and inspiring the next generation of problem solvers and innovators. 

Lily Glickman graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Environmental Studies with an emphasis on Public Health. Lily plans to continue her studies and work as a marriage and family therapist. She makes an impact in all aspects of her community involvement, both on her fellow students and on her larger community in her work at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. 

Past Changemaker Award winners include:

• 2023: Gabriella Chen (Class of 2020)
• 2022: Gracie Veiga (Class of 2017), Katharine Biggar (2019)
• 2021: Sarah Muzhaqi (Class of 2019)
• 2020: Nora Hylton (Class of 2016)