Grace
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Grace Masback, 18, aspires to give voice to the voiceless and holds the modest ambition of becoming the voice of Gen Z. Frustrated by the dearth of impactful platforms for teen journalists, she founded WANT, a news, sports, and entertainment website that aggregates the best in high school journalism from school newspapers and teen bloggers around the world (www.wantnewsforteens.com). In March, she’ll make her third visit to rural villages in Nicaragua, where she focuses on empowering girls, helping them realize the life-altering nature of getting an education, delaying marriage and childbirth, and gaining the skills necessary for a productive career. Back home in Portland, Oregon, she works with the Bus Project to register young people to vote and raise their level of civic engagement. She lives my the C.G. Jung admonition, “You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.”