2025 Winners




>> FINE ART >> FINE ART >> FINE ART

1 First Place
Eros Yurayeva, “Children of the Stars”
first place fine arts
West High School

2 Second Place
Elizabeth Le, “What Are You?”
fine arts second place
West High School

3 Third Place
Danica Strawn, “Fit Better Together”
fine arts third danica
North High School

***Honorable Mentions***

Amanda Gonzalez, “Going Back”
fine arts honorable
North High School

Dahyun Kwak, “Heart of Labyrinth”
fine arts honorable
Torrance High School

Vicky Lin, “Life Is Better in Color”
fine arts honorablle
West High School

>> SCULPTURE >> SCULPTURE >> SCULPTURE

1 First Place
Juhyeok Lim, “Shared Burdens”
sculpture first lim
Torrance High School

2 Second Place
Jenna Chung, “Within Fingertips Reach”
sculpture second place
South High School

>> PHOTOGRAPHY >> PHOTOGRAPHY >> PHOTOGRAPHY

1 First Place
Natsuki Nawachi, “Pillars of Unity”
photography first nawachi
West High School

2 Second Place
Maya Nawachi, “Colors of Connection”
photography second nawachi
West High School

>> COMPUTER ART >> COMPUTER ART >> COMPUTER ART

1 First Place
Garrett Mattie, “Shattered Mind”
computer first garrett
West High School

2 Second Place
Umi Umeda, “A Seat for Everyone”
computer second umida
South High School

3 Third Place
Angelica Talaver, “Lights Surround Me”
computer third talaver
North High School

>> ESSAY >> ESSAY >> ESSAY

1 First Place
Nicholas Reed, “Now You’re Speaking My Language”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Visions-of-Unity-9.docx
North High School

2 Second Place (tie)
Casandra Castillo, “Everyone But Not Anyone”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Visions-of-Unity-6.docx
North High School

2 Second Place (tie)
Yuma Maeda, “Words of Hate and Love”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Words-of-Hate-and-Love.docx
West High School

3 Third Place (tie)
Grace Choe, “Awkward Hands for Mighty Pillars”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Visions-of-Unity-2025-1-1.pdf
North High School

3 Third Place (tie)
Faith Labinpuno, “Fresh Off the Boat”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/visions-of-unity-1.docx
North High School

3 Third Place (tie)
Natalie Ashikawa, “Unity Through Fully Embracing Self”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Visions-of-Unity-Essay.docx
North High School

***HONORABLE MENTIONS***

Zuri Godwin, “A Reflection on Feeling Outcast”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/A-Reflection-on-Feeling-Outcast.docx
North High School

Jahden Robinson, “The Effects of Apathy vs. Compassion”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Visions-of-Unity-1.docx
North High School

>> SHORT STORY >> SHORT STORY >> SHORT STORY

1 First Place
Nami Garcia, “Time Doesn’t Wait for Understanding”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Time-Doesnt-Wait-for-Understanding.txt
North High School

2 Second Place
Maria Nadsady, “No Sabo”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/No-Sabo_.docx
Bishop Montgomery High School

3 Third Place
Diego Marin, “The Fight Never Ends”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Visions-of-Unity-1-1.docx
North High School

***HONORABLE MENTIONS***

Valerie Velasquez, “Una Letra de Amor para Mi Pais”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Visions-of-Unity-8.docx
North High School

Danica Comedes, “Speak”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Speak.docx
North High School

>> POETRY >> POETRY >> POETRY

1 First Place (tie)
Leyla Yoshida, “Grandma’s Kitchen”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/grandmas-kitchen.docx
North High School

1 First Place (tie)
Taegyoung Kim, “It Was a Fake Fruit”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Visions-of-Unity-Poem.docx
Torrance High School

2 Second Place
Aide Ramirez, “This Shouldn’t Be the Norm”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Vision-of-unity.docx
North High School

3 Third Place
Annabelle Lee, “An Eight-Minute Pause”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Annabelle-Lee-Visions-of-Unity.docx
North High School

***HONORABLE MENTIONS***

Tyler Tanaka, “Unbreakable in Unity”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Visions-of-Unity-4.docx
North High School

Sophia Gonzalez Moreno, “Then and Now: A Bridge Across Time”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/Visions-of-Unity-_-Sophia-Gonzalez-Moreno-25.docx
North High School

Jasmine Smith, “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
https://visionsofunity.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/25/We-didnt-Start-this-Fire.docx
North High School