A collage of the 12 Heumann-Armstrong Semi-Finalists
In addition to our six winners, we are also highlighting 12 semi-finalists for the Heumann-Armstrong Award this year. Each of our finalists is receiving a $100 gift card. Click on their photos to learn more about them!
Ari Katz, City University of New York
Ari is sitting in front of a brick wall and smiling at the camera. They have shoulder-length brown hair and they are wearing a white turtleneck and green overalls.
Ikshu Pandey, Johns Hopkins
A headshot of Ikshu Pandey.
Kaliegh Brendle, Villanova
A white woman with blonde hair and glasses smiles at the camera. She is wearing a hot pink shirt.
Becca Mattson, Butler
Becca, a disabled person with short black hair, is sitting in her power wheelchair outside on a sunny day. She is smiling at the camera in business clothes and holding the leash of her service dog, Felicity.
Divya Mehrish, Stanford
This is a black-and-white image of a young woman with dark hair and dark eyes, wearing a floral dress.
Kira Tiller, Battlefield High School
Kira Tiller is a white teenage girl with long, straight light brown hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a light blue satin dress with silver embroidery and spaghetti straps, with an opal necklace. There is greenery with white flowers in the background, and Kira is smiling.
Melissa Shang, Harvard
Melissa is a Chinese-American woman with black hair tied in a ponytail. She is wearing a denim blue dress and sitting in a power wheelchair. She is smiling. In her background is a white wall.
Liz Lopez, Claremont Graduate University
Liz wears a black shirt in a portrait style picture. She looks straight forward with a gentle smile.
Hann Bingham Brunner, Oklahoma State
A photo of Hann, a white non-binary person with short dark hair. They are wearing large tortoise-shell glasses, a gold nose ring, a heather gray shirt and a yellow bolo tie.
Katie Allee, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Katie, a 21-year-old white woman with long dark brown hair wearing a green and brown knit sweater stands smiling at the camera. There are snow covered mountains and pine treetops behind her.
Sarah Todd Hammer, Davidson
A photograph of Sarah Todd Hammer, a young white woman with long, blonde hair. She is wearing a blue and white striped dress and sitting outside on brick stairs as she smiles at the camera.
Sonya Rio-Glick, Harvard
Sonya, a white woman, sits in a black manual wheelchair in a redwood forest smiling at the camera calmly with her hands in her lap. Her dark shoulder length hair is flipped to one side and she wears a grey and black wrap over a silky purple dress and black leggings with black dress shoes.
