SABRINA GUO

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EDUCATION
Yale University, New Haven, CT Expected Graduation May 2027
Randy M. Mastro Scholar and freshman to major in political science
Fellowships: Lux et Veritas Leadership Program Fellow, Buckley Institute Fellow, Yale Entrepreneurial Society Fellow
Clubs/Orgs: Yale UNICEF (VP), Yale Scholars of Finance (VP of Professional Development), Yale Partners in Health
Engage (External Affairs Liaison), Beacon (Assistant Editor), Yale Historical Review (Editor), Yale Amnesty
International (Secretary), Yale Policy Institute (Hate Crime Prevention Project), Yale Legal Aid Association (Victim
Rights Center of CT: Pro-Bono Attorney Outreach Project), Yale Women’s Leadership Initiative (Symposium
Committee), Yale Literary Magazine (Reader/Writer), Students and Alumni of Yale (STAY, Student Leadership Forums),
Yale Student Association for Small Claims Assistance
Honors/Awards: 2024 Long Island Press Power List, 2023 Diana Award, Schneps Media 2023 Power Women Long
Island

Syosset High School, Syosset, NY 2019–2023

Honors/Awards: U.S Presidential, GE-Reagan Foundation, Coca-Cola, USPAACC Foundation, Regeneron STS, and
World Science Scholar; Cameron Impact Scholarship finalist, Distinguished Young Woman of New York (1 st runner-up),
New York State Youth Poet Laureate (runner-up), Princeton Prize in Race Relations, Long Island Business News 30
Under 30, Long Island Press Power List, Ronald Reagan Leadership Medal, Teen Vogue 21 Under 21 (nominee), CNN
Heroes (nominee), National Honor Society Scholarship, National Merit Scholarship finalist, Newsday’s Long Island
Extraordinary Seniors

ADVOCACY, PUBLIC SERVICE, AND NONPROFIT EXPERIENCE

Legislative Activism, Climate and Justice Work, Activist, Long Island, NY and beyond 2020–present
● Represented the USA to speak out against climate injustice in the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26),
featured by Johnson & Johnson and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health at the 2022 Climate Week NYC
in conjunction with the UN General Assembly, and invited to the 2022 White House/EPA Youth Town Hall on
Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice
● Met with Senator Charles Schumer to discuss AAPI hate crimes, climate change, equal pay, and representation of
women and minority group’s history in the US and New York State education curricula
● Nassau County Legislature:1) joined Legislator Joshua Lafazan in submitting a letter to the US District Court
calling for a federal investigation into Congressman George Santos; 2) proposed and drafted a successful bill to
memorialize Marie Colvin; 3) proposed and draft a bill to create a Nassau County Youth Poet Laureate Program
● Co-organized March For Our Lives (Long Island) and anti-hate rallies, spoke as a panelist in roundtables hosted
by elected officials combating hate and discrimination, gun violence, and challenges to women's reproductive
health rights, and hosted a Black History Month Celebration with the Pearse African American Museum

Girl Pride International, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Oyster Bay, NY 2018–present
● Led a girls empowerment 501c3 nonprofit with 350 members from 5 continents and collectively volunteered
15,000 hours, raised $70,500 and benefited 5,000 marginalized girls worldwide; instituted an Ambassadors
Scholarship Program, that provided full tuition scholarships and material assistance to 100+ impoverished
students, constructed the Girl Pride Samburu Classroom and maternity houses, spearheaded “Fighting Hunger for
Education” campaigns, and mitigated school dropout rate, child marriage, and food insecurity in Samburu, Kenya
● Recognized by the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award from President Biden, President George H.W. Bush
Daily Point of Light Award, honored as a “Nassau County female trailblazer” by Executive Blakeman, invited to
speak at the Harvard Global Women’s Empowerment Expo, spotlighted at the UN Climate Change Conference
(COP26), and featured in a cover story by Cove Living magazine and 30 other international, national, and local
media organizations such as Disney, NBC News, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, Point of Light, News12,
Newsday1, Newsday2, and NY1

Long Island Laboring Against COVID–19, Founder and Executive Director, Oyster Bay, NY 2020–present
 ● Led a COVID-relief and anti-hate organization (now a division of Girl Pride International) with 150 members and
volunteers to raise $105,000 with a GoFundMe, and joined by 50 elected officials and community organizations,
to provide 300,000 PPE, 1,200 meals, 8,000 pounds of food, and $15,000 in funds to 100+ at risk communities,
focusing on POC areas in Long Island, NYC, New Orleans, Ethiopia, Honduras, and Kenya, impacting 65,000
frontline workers, seniors, veterans, and the homeless and disabled
● ThankYou & WeCare Initiative distributed 300+ multimedia artworks and dedication films to hospitals, nursing
homes, government offices, fire stations, museums, libraries, and on our website
● Winner of the New York State PTA Youth Humanitarian Award and selected as the keynote speaker in the NYS
PTA Youth Summit; recognized by the US Senate and the House of Representatives, and awarded the NYS
Senate Commendation Award and the Senate Youth Leadership Recognition Award; named Long Island Herald’s
2021 Person of the Year, and earned additional 40 organizational and 35 individual awards for leadership and
service

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute, Student Advisory Council, Simi Valley 2024–present
● Developing and expanding ReaganEDU programs for the student leadership academy and youth summits

Crossing Borders, Founder and President, Syosset, NY 2018–present

● Led an international pen-pal program connecting US students with Syrian refugee girls in Jordan, migrant
children in New Orleans, indigenous girls in Peru, and girls at the Angelina Jolie Primary School in the Kakuma
refugee camp, in partnership with Another Kind of Girl Collective and the Stone Soup Refugee Project; featured
in Johns Hopkins Study of Exceptional Talent Pre-college Newsletter

Syosset District Women’s Leadership Committee/G.I.R.L. Talk, Event Manager, Syosset, NY 2018–2023
● Managed “Power Brunch,” and coordinated speakers series that expanded district’s mentorship program to 30+
organizations; received commendation from Michelle Obama and invitation to her book tour, and published
“Syosset G.I.R.L Talk Empowering Next Generation Women Leaders”

Stone Soup Refugee Project, Brand Ambassador to Asia and Consultant, San Jose, CA 2019–present
● Contributed to the founding of the Stone Soup Refugee Project and facilitated outreach and collaborations

Syosset District Diversity and Inclusivity Task Force, Lead Student Representative, Syosset, NY 2018–2023
● Proposed and implemented diversity/equity/inclusion awareness programs for students and faculty in partnership
with national community organizations

WRITING AND PUBLICATIONS

Published Author, Poet, Journalist, and Novelist 2016–present
● Writing Judge for Scholastic Art and Writing Awards (2023–present)
● Poetry chapbook Catalogue of Ripening published by the Children’s Art Foundation–Stone Soup (2022) with
endorsement from Ellen Bass (Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets); 2 nd place in the 2023 Purple
Dragonfly Book Award Contest (Youth Author Nonfiction), finalist in the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book
Awards (Young Authors Under 25 Category)
● Novel Broken Strings to be released by MacKenzie Press as a finalist in the Secret Kids International Book
Publishing Contest
● Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: 6 national gold and 3 silver medals in journalism, critical essay, personal
essay/memoir, poetry, and expanded art; Civic Expression Award with winning work featured by the Alliance for
Young Artists & Writers and published in The Best Teen Writing by Scholastic Inc.
● 2022 Adroit Prizes for Poetry (semifinalist), 2022 Bennington College Young Writers Awards (finalist), 2022
River of Words Contest (grand prize winner), 2021 Poems to Solve the Climate Crisis Challenge (youngest global
winner), 2020 Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award (commended winner), 2020 Hippocrates Young Poets Prize
for Poetry and Medicine (finalist), 2020 Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Award (1st place), 2020 Poetry
Society of Virginia Jenkins Prize & Student Poetry Prize (1st place)
 ● 40+ additional 1st, 2nd, 3rd place, finalist, and semifinalist recognitions in writing, poetry, and journalism
competitions, and nomination to the 2021 Pushcart Prize in Poetry; published 50+ works in literary journals,
magazines, and anthologies such as the Harvard Advocate, Counterclock, Raleigh Review, West Trestle Review,
and the Yale Literary Magazine

Syosset Jericho Tribune & Syosset Advance, Staff/Contributing Writer, Long Island, NY 2019–2021
● Bylined nine articles and named a national/state winner in Reviews, Features, and Blog categories of the 2021 and
2020 National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest

KEN (literary art magazine of Syosset High School), Editor–in–Chief and President 2020–2023
● American Scholastic Press Award (1st place 2022, 2021) and NCTE REALM Prize ( Excellence Award 2022,
2021)

Under the Sun Magazine (creative nonfiction), Submission Reader, TN 2021

The Pulse (Syosset High School newspaper), Editorial Board and Columnist 2019-2020

RESEARCH, SCIENCE, AND MATH

Syosset High School Research Program, Advanced Social Science Track 2019–2023
● Investigated Differences in Emergency Contraceptive Use Among Young Women in the US from 2006 to 2019
under Prof. Aliya Kuerban of Molloy University: presented study and published abstract in the 6 th Global Public
Health Conference; study pending publication in the Journal of Health Communication; 2023 Regeneron Science
Talent Search (STS) Scholar
● Investigated Efficacy of Telemedicine in Reducing Neonatal Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic: presented
study and published paper in the 8th International Conference on Public Health, and indexed in Google Scholar,
Plumex, and Crossref
● Investigated Efficacy of Mask Use in Reducing SARS-CoV2 Infection Rates: presented study and published
abstract in the 8th International Conference on Public Health; paper published in Johns Hopkins University’s Pre-
Collegiate Global Health Review; overall 4th place in the 2021 Journal of Young Explorer Meta/New York
Computational Science Engineering and Humanities Fair and selected from 750+ projects spanning 13 categories
● Conducted literature review Differing Effects of Public Health Policies and Governmental Messaging on COVID–
19 Responses from the U.S., Sweden, Canada, and Taiwan: finalist in the 2021 JYEM/NY-CSEF Publishing the
Project competition

Other Presentations, Conferences, Publications, and Distinction 2021–present

● A winner of the 2022 Harvard Community Pitch Competition, presented by Harvard Global Health and
Leadership Conference/Harvard Global Health Institute
● Published “The Case for Early Integration of Teen Romantic Relationship Discussion into Health Curriculum” in
the Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review of Johns Hopkins University
● 2022 World Science Scholars, and 2022 and 2021 AIME qualifier
● Presented at the Johns Hopkins Global Health Leaders Conference, Harvard Chan C–Change Youth Summit on
Climate, Equity, and Health, and the Harvard Science Research Conference

SKILLS, INTERESTS, AND WORK EXPERIENCE

● Computer Skills: Microsoft Office products; Language Skills: proficient in Spanish and fluent in Mandarin Chinese
● Award-winning/published author, journalist, researcher & writing judge for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
● Yale Admissions Office: Ambassador/Prefrosh Advisor; private English/writing/SAT instructor and publication
mentor; internationally performing classical/electric violinist and print/runway model