Emma Gonzalez
Activist
Activist and advocate for gun control who survived the horrific February 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. She co-founded gun-control advocacy group Never Again MSD.
After the shooting, she went viral with a speech in which proclaimed "We call B.S." over and over. She focused on the lack of action by politicians who were funded by the NRA.
She served as the president of her high school's gay-straight alliance.
Her mom worked as a math tutor while her father was a cybersecurity attorney.
Fellow activist David Hogg documented her Project Aquila, a mission to send a weather balloon "to the edge of space."