2023 Winners

FINE ARTS
1 First Place
Kyla Lee, “Open Your Eyes”
South High School

2 Second Place
Kayla Ha, “Around the World”
West High School

3 Third Place
Robert Burchett III, “Visobibliophobia”
Shery High School

***Honorable Mentions***
Cyrene Anne Ronquillo, “Together in Torrance”
West High School

Abigail Shim, “The Fight Continues”
West High School


SCULPTURE
1 First Place
Hyeonseong Jung, “Look Different, Made the Same”
Torrance High School

2 Second Place
Min Ju Park, “Rising Up from Prejudices”
South High School


PHOTOGRAPHY
1 First Place
Nikita Gandhi, “State of Mind”
South High School


MIXED MEDIA
1 First Place
Jiyeon Song, “Cracks in Unity”
Torrance High School

2 Second Place
Arianna Louie, “Intersection”
South High School


3 Third Place
Miranda Solis, “Merging with Chaos”
South High School



***Honorable Mentions***
Ion Jung, “I Wish for Equality”
Torrance High School


COMPUTER ART
1 First Place
Evie Quan, “A Cry for Freedom and Unity”
Sky Mountain Charter

2 Second Place
Annabelle Ditchman, “A Union of Kings”
West High School



ESSAY
1 First Place
Morgan Tan, “Food Without Borders”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Food-Without-Borders.txt
West High School

2 Second Place (tie)
Kelly Nguyen, “The Color Red”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Visions-of-Unity-2023-1.pdf
North High School

2 Second Place (tie)
Anais Ibanez, “Sobremesa, A Culture’s Guide to Unity”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Visions-of-Unity-Contest_-Union-in-Food-Anais-Ibanez-1.pdf
North High School

3 Third Place
Joshua Lee, “Bridges of Understanding”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Bridges-of-Understanding.txt
West High School

***Honorable Mentions***
Kehaulani Swearingen, “Obstacles of Politics”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Obstacles-of-Politics-1.txt
South High School

Jacqueline Rodriguez, “The Shades of Hispanic”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Visions-of-Unity.odt
North High School

Alaysia Mathieu, “The Origin Story of a Mad Black Woman”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/The-Origin-Story-of-a-Mad-Black-Woman-Google-Docs.pdf
North High School

Evan Ito, “The Cultural Tree”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/The-Cultural-Tree-1.pdf
North High School

Kylee Narasaki, “A Tastier Future”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Diversity.txt
North High School



SHORT STORY
1 First Place
Alexis Choi, “Geonppang and Sugar Stars”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Geonppang-and-Sugar-Stars-1.docx
South High School

2 Second Place (tie)
Alicia Low, “I Am”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Visions-of-Unity-2023.docx
North High School

2 Second Place (tie)
Addison Beckner, “Addison Beckner Presidential Speech of the Future”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Interracial-Integration.pdf
North High School

3 Third Place
Chenchu Madhumitha Yakasiri Saravanan, “Fit In”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Fit-in.pdf
South High School

***Honorable Mentions***
Julissa Celis, “The Call”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Julissa-Celis-Visions-Of-Unity-1.txt
North High School

Ramon Trinidad, “Everything the Same But One Thing Different”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Visions-of-Unity.txt
North High School


POETRY
1 First Place
Tina Raunaqe, “Conventions”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Tina_Raunaqe_VoU_Conventions.docx
North High School

2 Second Place
Michaela Dumlao, “Sea of Sand”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Visions-of-Unity-Google-Docs-1.pdf
West High School

3 Third Place
Catherine Wan, “Growing Up and Out and Again”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Growing-Up-and-Out-and-Again-1.txt
South High School

***Honorable Mentions***
Shela Esquivelzeta Sohn, “Golden”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Visions-of-Unity-Project.pdf
West High School

Giang Do, “Tên của”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Ten-cua.txt
North High School

Adonis Bundalian, “Gone and With Them a Piece of Me”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Gone-and-with-them-a-Piece-of-Me.txt
North High School

Christopher Leon, “A Little Recipe for Love”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Christopher-Leon-Visions-of-Unity-Contest.pages
North High School

Edan Musick, “Social Media Unites”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Edan-Musick-Poem.pdf
North High School

Alison Purkey, “The Road to Acceptance”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Dual-Enrollment-Visions-of-Unity-.txt
North High School

Josch Angco, “Humanity’s Fragments”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Visions-of-Unity-Josch-Angco.pdf
North High School

Camron Berga, “Blue Skies”
https://docs.google.com/file/d/1EwuDdgrYa8Tf3qi_tS927MFjY2tDRVx8/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msword
North High School

Journey Hall, “Our Pot of Gold”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Poem-2.pdf
North High School

Maqensie Arnold, “Attacked by Ignorance”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/23/Untitled-document-4.pdf
North High School