$1,000 Spotlight Award: Unsung Hero 2025, Grade 11
- Xinyue Ren
- The Courage to Stand In Solidarity, 2025
- Graphite, colored pencil, marker on paper
- 14 x 17 in
Teacher: Guohua Chi
School: BASIS Independent Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA, US
Excerpt from artist’s Impact Statement: "Ralph Lazo is my role model because he did not stand idle while others were oppressed, deciding that someone else would take care of it."
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