Marianna Palka
The U.S. Drama category is one of the most prestigious at Sundance. At 26, Marianna Palka is the youngest filmmaker with “Good Dick,” a modern-day fairy tale of a boy who fails in love with
Lauren Melodia
Have you seen an eggplant before? What about an acorn squash? I have, and you may have, too. But Lauren Melodia has found a lot of people who haven’t.
In an effort to help her community
Isha Jain
Isha Jain thinks math and science are cool.
In the fifth grade, she started a math camp. By sixth grade, Jain was breezing through college-level work and trigonometry classes. When she was in the eighth grade, she aced
Teen AIDS Ambassadors
Santa Monica, California, is far from Tanzania. But a group of high schoolers there makes the distance seem closer. The Crossroads Teen AIDS Ambassadors are the youngest certified educator-activists in the country working toward the
Rissi Palmer
She sounds like a country singer. She’s got the soul of a country singer and the moves to match. But some say Rissi Palmer doesn’t look a country singer.
To that, the 26-year-old Palmer responds, “I’m what
