YF Innovators Directory

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Meet our YF Innovators, nonprofit leaders, researchers, advocates, technologists, storytellers and creators shaping a healthier digital future for young people. The YF Innovator Directory brings together all of our YF Innovators, from challenge cohorts to YF Awardees, as we build toward 500 leaders by 2030.

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Tesia Zientek

Tesia Zientek

Organization
Advancing Indigenous Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
Oops!... AI Did it Again (2026)
ai
tech-and-digital-agency
social-connection-and-belonging
oklahoma

Tony Weaver

Tony Weaver

Organization
Weird Enough Productions
Lonely Hearts Club (2024)
youth-mental-health-and-wellbeing
play-games-and-creative-expression
social-connection-and-belonging
washington-d-c

Tracy Foster

Tracy Foster

Organization
Screen Sanity
Oops!... AI Did it Again (2026)
ai
youth-mental-health-and-wellbeing
tech-and-digital-agency
kansas

Trisha Prabhu

Trisha Prabhu

Organization
ReThink Citizens
Lonely Hearts Club (2024)
tech-and-digital-agency
youth-mental-health-and-wellbeing
washington-d-c

Valerie Grison-Alsop

Valerie Grison-Alsop

Organization
Give Us The Floor
Under Pressure (2025)
youth-mental-health-and-wellbeing
social-connection-and-belonging
new-mexico

Zamaan Qureshi

Zamaan Qureshi

Organization
Design It For Us
Under Pressure (2025)
tech-and-digital-agency
youth-mental-health-and-wellbeing
civic-engagement-policy-and-digital-rights
washington-d-c