Celine Qin is a globally-recognized, award-winning youth changemaker, social impact founder, and activist. She is a first-generation college undergraduate at Stanford University and a proactive builder in social impact investing, social enterprise, fund development, and movement organizing and strategy. When she was just 13 years old, Celine founded The Reclamation Project, a nonprofit social justice organization spearheading youth-led movements for systems-change, equity, and liberation. Under her vision as Executive Director, The Reclamation Project has mobilized 270,000+ community members, built a coalition of 3,200+ youth mentees and 175+ civic and social partner organizations, and successfully directed 280+ events, projects, and programming since 2020. Honored by e.l.f Beauty's 22 Under 22 Awards List and as 1 of 20 top U.S. female founders selected as a fellow by Vital Voices Global Partnership, recognized alongside women leaders such as Amanda Gorman and multiple Nobel Peace Laureates, Celine empowers marginalized communities to reimagine society in their boldest truths. As a speaker to now 400,000+ youth and allies across 171+ countries worldwide, Celine has reached the stages of the United Nations, TEDx, and multiple globally-renowned universities. She has advised nearly $20 million dollars in grants and private and government funding partnerships to establish life-affirming resource networks in historically-underrepresented communities and for racial justice, immigrant/refugee youth empowerment, and multicultural social development at grassroots, national, and global scales, including directly procuring and reinvesting $600,000+ towards mutual aid and civic leadership programs for youth impacted by trauma, violence, and poverty. She is additionally the Founder of Youth Power Network, a social impact accelerator funding and empowering young founders in social enterprise and nonprofits, investing $20,000+ per year in historically-marginalized leaders through seed grants and paid fellowships/internships, while directing guest speaker events with top industry professionals and brand executives, startup founders and CEOs, and distinguished public service leaders for social good. With VC, impact investing, and venture philanthropy experience across TIME, Fortune, & Forbes-listing companies such as Autodesk, Energy Innovation Capital, and further private and public benefit enterprises, Celine’s high-impact leadership mirrors her unwavering mission of societal transformation through innovation and intention. Celine’s work has been recognized by Princeton University’s Prize in Race Relations, Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations, Taco Bell Foundation, members of the United States Congress, U.S. Departments of State and Treasury, California Department of Public Health, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, United Nations Economic and Social Council, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Her Campus, NPR’s Cap Radio, Porte Global, and the International Organization of Youth. She is additionally an Alexander Hamilton Scholar, Brandon Harrison Living Legacy Award Winner, and the youngest recipient of the California Youth Rising Trailblazer Award presented by The California Endowment.