Theme: Purpose Through Impact

This TEDx Youth Event delves into the impact young speakers can wield within their community. Please see website for more information on speakers.

Whitman Library, Miami Country Day School
601 NE 107th Street
Miami, Florida, 33161
United States

A Del Guercio-Moran

Student at MCDS

Angelina is a first-generation American in her family and has battled with the divide and bubbles that our society has constantly created. She has a passion for equal representation and providing awareness at our school.

A Nuñez Bastos

Student at MCDS

Born in Mexico to Cuban and Costa Rican parents, Amanda seeks to make a difference on the world around her by helping those around her realize they must celebrate all the different identities that live within.

Bella Brod

Student at MCDS

Bella has always had a passion for working with children and a yearning to learn about psychology, but it wasn't until she took a course with UCLA and volunteered as a teacher assistant in a kindergarten class, that she knew she could combine the two into -what would become- a rabbit hole of knowledge, curiosity, and passion!

Caroline Jiang

Student at MCDS

From a young age, Caroline has been tinkering with legos, robots, and other toys. These experiences helped develop her passion for STEM and led to her joining the robotics club and develop the EI^2 honor society. She hopes to share the joys of innovation, analytical thinking, and problem solving with others.

Danielle Apfelbaum

Danielle has interned as a lower school teaching assistant for three years in Miami Country Day Lower School. Additionally, Danielle serves as the President of Generation SOS. She has a passion for literature and social activism.

Ella Gilderman

Ella started teaching lower schoolers as part of the Lower School X Term internship, and this experience ignited her love for teaching social-emotional learning. She has been dedicated to developing a comprehensive curriculum ever since. Not content with just reaching students within the lower school, she expanded this essential learning to the middle and high school levels. By designing engaging hands-on activities, she has empowered students to apply their social-emotional skills in real-world scenarios.

M Escobar

Student at MCDS

Ever since coming to Miami in 2018 at the age of twelve, Miguel Escobar has been trying to combat assimilation in his community through a mix of his two greatest passions: storytelling and music.

Scout Hudson

Student at MCDS

Scout is a prospective biomedical engineering student. She founded the Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Invention Honor Society and the High School Robotics Team at MCDS. She currently serves as the Co-Captain for Robotics, Student Leader of EI Squared, and President of Model United Nations. Recently she spoke at the Florida Council for Independent Schools as the first and only student to take part.

Zoe Terry

Zoe serves as the founder of Zoe's Dolls and has been working on Zoe's Dolls for almost 12 years, ever since she was bullied for the color of her skin and the texture of her hair. Since then, she's worked to build an organization that has promoted positive Black body images by giving away thousands of Black dolls through chapters around the country and abroad.