The 2024-25 Student Advisory Council cohort organized the Student Empowerment Summit. Watch the video above to learn more about what they learned through their involvement with the Student Advisory Council.

The 2023-2024 Superintendent's Student Advisory Council collaborated with renowned Los Angeles cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz to create an animated film focusing on social justice and equity in Los Angeles County schools.

From selecting the theme to crafting the storyboard, overseeing editing, recording voiceovers and even starring in the animation, students took charge of every aspect of this project. 

Aaron Shen

Temple City High School
Temple City Unified School District

Aditi Chawla

Diamond Bar High School
Walnut Valley Unified School District

Aiden Yoon

Burbank High School
Burbank Unified School District

Alia Prado

Hombres y Mujeres County Community School
LACOE

Allison Chen

Arcadia High School
Arcadia Unified School District

Amelia Huicochea

Ipoly High School
LACOE

Andrew Zepeda

Golden Valley High School
William S. Hart Union School District

Arianna Franklin

Bassett High School
Basset Unified School District

Arianna Pimenta

Agoura High School
Las Virgenes Unified School District

Aris He

Monrovia High School
Monrovia Unified School District

Ashley Estrada

Azusa High School
Azusa Unified School District

Ayla Dowdell

Redondo Union High School
Redondo Beach Unified School District

Baron Gerard Gopez

Granada Hills Charter
Charter School

Belinda Aguilar

Odyssey STEM Academy
Paramount Unified School District

Bethany Yim

Glen A Wilson
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District

Brandon Chou

Monrovia High School
Monrovia Unified School District

Briana Muro

West Covina High School
West Covina Unified School District

Brianna Aguilar

Odyssey STEM Academy
Paramount Unified School District

Camila Lozano

Animo Charter School Compton
Compton Unified School District

Carolina Marinovich

La Cañada High School
La Cañada Unified School District

Catherina Cheung

Rosemead High School
El Monte Union High School District

Churchill Patrick

Leuzinger High School
Centinela Valley Union High School District

Colin Lee

South Torrance High School
Torrance Unified School District

Daniel Lucha

Burbank High School
Burbank Unified School District

Daniella Acosta

Claremont High School
Claremont Unified School District

Destinee Merino

Compton High School
Compton Unified School District

Dharyle K. Smith

Girls Academic Leadership Academy
Los Angeles Unified School District

Dylan Vuong

Schurr High School
Montebello Unified School District

Eduardo Rodriguez

Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
LACOE

Emilie Jang

Cerritos High School
ABC Unified School District

Emily Huang

San Gabriel High School
Alhambra Unified School District

Emma Arroyo

Alhambra High School
Alhambra Unified School District

Emmanuel H. Jose

SOAR Palmdale
Antelope Valley High School District

Erica Sharma

Rowland High School
Rowland Unified School District

Errol Dassie

Thurgood Marshall Secondary School
Pasadena Unified School District

Esmeralda Gonzalez

Theodore Roosevelt High School
Los Angeles Unified School District

Ethan Lay

Temple City High School
Temple City Unified School District

Fatima Sotelo Huerta

Downey High School
Downey Unified School District

Felix Reyes

Walnut High School
Walnut Valley Unified School District

Georgia Pluger

Charter Oak High School
Charter Oak Unified School District

Gerardo Diaz Gil

Norwalk High School
Norwalk La Mirada Unified School District

Giovanni Marcial Matias

Math and Science College Preparatory
STEM Prep Schools

Grace Chang

Beverly Hills High School
Beverly Hills Unified School District

Henry De Alba

Mira Costa High School
Manhattan Beach Unified School District

Hillary Leng

Monrovia High School
Monrovia Unified School District

Iliana Farris

Washington Preparatory High School
Los Angeles Unified School District

Isabella Botero Maronyan

Glendale High School
Glendale Unified School District

Jayson Li

IPoly High School
LACOE

Jelwa Qari

Gabrielino High School
San Gabriel Unified School District

Jeremy Choi-Kallen

Crescenta Valley High School
Glendale Unified School District

Kaden Ryan Corzine

Littlerock High School
Antelope Valley High School District

Karina Yue

California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley
Duarte Unified School District

Katherine Wong

Gretchen Whitney High School
ABC Unified School District

Keanu Pourafzal

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District

Kiana Andrea Shelton

El Segundo High School
El Segundo Unified School District

Liam Painter

South Pasadena High School
South Pasadena Unified School District

Lianna Aguilar

Odyssey STEM Academy
Paramount Unified School District

Lily Gutierrez

Los Altos High School
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District

London Niemiec

La Cañada High School
La Cañada Unified School District

Luis De La Cruz

Schurr High School
Montebello Unified School District

Luis Grijalva Garcia

Rise Kohyang High School
Bright Star School

Madison Eva Castro

IPoly High School
LACOE

Marco Noel Mas

Granada Hills Charter
Charter School

Marian Dela Cruz

Thurgood Marshall High School
Pasadena Unified School District

Mariely Quezada

Alliance Collins Family College Ready High School
Alliance College Ready Public Schools

Matthew Song

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District

Maya Bell

Glendora High School
Glendora Unified School District

Melody Ramirez

Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy
Green Dot Public Schools

Natalia J Ortega

La Serna
Whittier Union High School District

Nathan Kha

South Hills School
Covina Valley Unified School District

Nathanael Oh

San Marino High School
San Marino Unified School District

Olivia Jimenez

Claremont High School
Claremont Unified School District

Patrick Cruse

City Honors International Preparatory High School
Inglewood Unified School District

Riley Moore

Glendora High School
Glendora Unified School District

Roberth Yesid Lopez Romero

City Honors International Preparatory High School
Inglewood Unified School District

Semilore Bolarinwa

Hawthorne Math and Science Academy
Hawthorne School District

Sofia Perez

Magnolia Science Academy
Magnolia Public Schools

Sophia Acosta

Aspire Ollin University Preparatory Academy
Aspire Public Charter Schools

Suma Relan

New West Charter High School
Los Angeles Unified School District

Xavier Quiroz

Bonita High School
Bonita Unified School District

Yixin (Chloe) Xu

Bonita High School
Bonita Unified School District

Zachi Ozoude

Sato Academy of Math and Science
Long Beach Unified School District

Zobiah Shaikh

Culver City High School
Culver City Unified School District