2025–2026
HLF Young Ambassadors

Savina Alagna

  • City: Bethpage
  • Grade: 10th
  • Person who Inspires Me: Grandmother

Jackson Bogardus

  • City: Riverside
  • Grade: 8th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My hockey coaches

Keelin Child

  • City: Summit
  • Grade: 10th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My grandma

Addison Dugan

  • City: East Rockaway
  • Grade: 8th
  • Person who Inspires Me: Nana

Jayden Elias

  • City: Manalapan
  • Grade: 11th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My mom

Jake Hershkowitz

  • City: Roslyn Heights
  • Grade: 8th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My brother

Jaden Leung

  • City: Ramsey
  • Grade: 11th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My parents, John Mayer, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Kurt Cobain

Brody Meserino

  • City: Carle Place
  • Grade: 10th
  • Person who Inspires Me: Mom

Aiden Park

  • City: Tenafly
  • Grade: 8th
  • Person who Inspires Me: Aaron Judge

Ashton Pinkernell

  • City: New Canaan
  • Grade: 11th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My brother, Chase

Aidan Schulenburg

  • City: Basking Ridge
  • Grade: 11th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My Parents

Addison Sukoff

  • City: Commack
  • Grade: 10th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My Papa

Eloise Warden

  • City: Greenwich
  • Grade: 11th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My Mother

HLFYA Mentors

Braden Bhalla '22

  • City: Riverwood
  • Grade: 8th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My Brother (Tyler)

Michael Christoph '21

  • City: Rumson, NJ
  • Grade: 11th
  • Person who Inspires Me: James Mattis

Olivia Dogan '21

  • City:  Tenafly, NJ
  • Grade: 8th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My parents

Julia Esposito '18

  • School: Hofstra University
  • Age: 19

Franco Goldman '24

  • City: Westfield
  • Grade: 8th
  • Person who Inspires Me: “The Bull” William Goldman

Abigail Heffernan '18

  • School: Immaculate Heart Academy
  • Age: 17

Ethan Hupp '24

  • City: Lake Grove
  • Grade: 9th
  • Person who Inspires Me: Dad and Mom

Natalie Kennedy '18

  • School: Immaculate High School
  • Age: 16

Colton Koehne '23

  • City: Lyndhurst
  • Grade: 9th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My dad, Eric Koehne

Raghav Ladda '21

Daniella Messina '21

Ryan Michels '18

  • School: Wayne Valley High School
  • Age: 16

Davis Oeltmann '21

  • City: Washington, DC
  • Grade: 9th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My Mother

Sophia Susino '21

  • City: Elmwood Park, NJ
  • Grade: 12th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My Parents

Chiarina Tartaglione '23

  • City: Staten Island
  • Grade: 9th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My mother

Kate Wallace '18

  • School: Middletown High School South
  • Age: 16

Alex Wallace '18

  • School: Middletown High School South
  • Age: 16

Matthew Zocks '22

  • City: Livingston
  • Grade: 8th
  • Person who Inspires Me: My Mom