2022 Winners

Video of March 28, 2022 Visions of Unity Awards Gala where students discuss their winning art entries and read their winning literary entries.


MIXED MEDIA
1st place
Leah Newton, “The Art of Self Discovery” South H.S.


2nd place
Ellie Oh, “They Don’t Care About Us” Torrance H.S.



FINE ART
1st place
Erin Ro, “Faces of Torrance” Torrance H.S.


2nd place
Minju Park, “The Faces of America” South H.S.


3rd place
Czarmaine Lara, “The World in the Lotuses Eye” Torrance H.S.


Honorable Mention
Andrew Cho, “Jenga of Unity” Torrance H.S.


Honorable Mention
Kayla Dadivas, “Solidarity in Sound” West H.S.



SCULPTURE
1st place
Geovanny Macias Castillo, “Weaving Love Throughout the World” Shery H.S.


2nd place
Kenneth Jackson, “Universal Accord” Shery H.S.


PHOTOGRAPHY
1st place
Laila Gibbs, “Beautiful in Their Unique Way” South H.S.


2nd place
Ethan Allen, “The First Step” South H.S.


3rd place
Kyo Takasuka, “Shine in Unity” Torrance H.S.



DIGITAL ART
1st place
Annabelle Ditchman, “A Universe in Unison” West H.S.


2nd place
Venus Hok, “Shards of Unity” Shery H.S.


3rd place
Leyna Kobayashi, “Generational Diversity Promotes Inclusion” West H.S.



ESSAY
1st place
Samuel Chun, “It Starts with Me” North H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/Samuel-Chun-Visions-of-Unity-2.txt

2nd place (tie)
Ashley Kim, “Inheritance” West H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/Inheritance-1.txt

2nd place (tie)
Dara Tokeshi, “If You Have a Problem With It, You’re the Problem” North H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/visions-of-unity.pdf

3rd place (tie)
Camron Berga, “Stiching Our Map” North H.S.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/1dKCDVBssSyTQ3-5ijDp8vexAbLikd4CL/edit?filetype=msword

3rd place (tie)
Caitlin Lane, “Tolerance. Why Should You Care?” North H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/Tolerance.txt

3rd place (tie)
Isabel Menendez, “3/3 of the Truth” North H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/Visions-of-Unity-22.pdf

Honorable Mention
Srisaibhaavana Anna, “Lost But Not Alone” West H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/visions-of-unity-1-1.txt

Honorable Mention
Isabella Armenta, “Embracing Yourself” North H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/Untitled-dovisions-of-unity-2.pdf

Honorable Mention
Alexandra Escobar, “The History of My Language” North H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/the-history-of-my-language.docx

Honorable Mention
Sophia Quintana, “A Second Chance” West H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/Visions-of-Unity-2022.txt

Honorable Mention
Sierra Smith, “On Behalf of Both My Halves” North H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/On-Behalf-of-Both-My-Halves.txt


SHORT STORY
1st place (tie)
Audrey Kim, “Hongdae’s Hidden Art Gallery” South H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/Hongdaes-Hidden-Art-Gallery-1.pdf

1st place (tie)
Arianna Louie, “Epiphany” South H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/church.pdf

2nd place
Nikita Gandhi, “The Stories in Our Society” South H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/The-Stories-in-Our-Society.docx

3rd place (tie)
Alyson Johnson, “The Hatred” North H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/The-Hatred-by-Alyson-Johnson.txt

3rd place (tie)
Jasmine Smith, “One Decision” North H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/Copy-of-One-Decision-1.pdf

Honorable Mention
Alyssa Benitez, “This Shouldn’t Be Normal” North H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/This-Shouldnt-be-Normal.txt

Honorable Mention
Chloe Fujii, “Petal People” Torrance H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/Petal-People.txt

Honorable Mention
Yuria Ine, “2 Weeks” North H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/Vision-of-Unity.txt


POETRY
1st place
Aliyah Ulloa, “Equality Needs a Voice” North H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/visions-of-unity-3.pdf

2nd place
Alyssa Rivas, “A Blurry Melody” North H.S.
https://i2.wp.com/visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/E3B11C5D-B381-45B4-B21B-3333883FD513.jpeg?fit=828%2C1040&ssl=1

3rd place
Jasmine Nguyen, “Being a Nguyen” North H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/Being-A-Nguyen.doc

Honorable Mention
Anika Agarwal, “You Never Know When” West H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/You-never-Know-When-Visions-of-unity-2.txt

Honorable Mention
Skylar Kim, “My Second of Everything” West H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/Vision-of-Unity-Poetry-Entry-2022.txt

Honorable Mention
Chukwufumnanya Ofili
, “Just Another Normal Day” North H.S.
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/Visions-Of-Unity.pdf

Honorable Mention
Audrey Sanders, “Logos, Pathos, and Ethos – A Poem” West H.S.
https://i0.wp.com/visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/22/Screenshot-2022-01-24-12.31.25-PM.png?fit=764%2C412&ssl=1