Group photo of the Prudential Winners with the challenge logo

MEET THE GRAND PRIZE WINNERS 

Congratulations to our FIVE Prudential Emerging Visionaries Grand Prize Winners: Nikita Agrawal, Okezue Bell, Aaryan Doshi, Catherine Mellett Felix and Jordyn Wright. Each will receive an additional award of $10,000! You can read more about the Grand Prize Winners in the press release here.

Additionally, Kean Dao was chosen for the Employee Choice Award and will be receiving an additional $5,000. Meet all 25 Prudential Emerging Visionaries and check out our 2023 look book below.

Read the look book

Graphic illustration of Prudential Emerging Visionaries winner Mark Leschinsky and international award recipient Marika Kikuchi
Graphic illustration of Prudential Emerging Visionaries winner Sydnie Collins

MEET THE WINNERS

Congratulations to the 2023 Prudential Emerging Visionaries! These 25 exceptional young people from across the country are being recognized for creating meaningful change in their communities and beyond from teaching young people how to turn their passions into businesses to expanding access to mental health resources. You can read more about Prudential Emerging Visionaries in the press release here.

Meet the 2023 winners!

 

Information and Support

Have another question about Prudential Emerging Visionaries or want to learn more about next year's program?

1. Reach out to us at emergingvisionaries@ashoka.org.

2. Join our text list here.

3. Sign up for our newsletter for updates about Prudential Emerging Visionaries and other challenges here.

Graphic illustration of Prudential Emerging Visionaries winner Jordyn Wright
Graphic illustration of Prudential Emerging Visionaries winners Okezue Bell, Lucas Faro, and Kean Dao

About Prudential Emerging Visionaries

 

Prudential Emerging Visionaries is a national recognition program that awards young people for their innovative solutions to financial and societal challenges in their communities. An Emerging Visionary is a changemaker – a young person with a bold vision for impact and a project to make it happen.

Here’s how it works: Through November 3, 2022, we accepted applications from young leaders ages 14-18 across the country who are challenging the status quo and bringing fresh perspectives to solving financial and societal challenges. Winners qualified to receive up to $15,000 in awards, an all-expenses-paid trip to Prudential’s headquarters with a parent or guardian, as well as ongoing coaching and skills development to grow their projects. Meet all 25 Prudential Emerging Visionaries here and read more about the five Grand Prize Winners here.

Prudential Emerging Visionaries is a collaboration between Prudential and Ashoka, a leading organization in the social impact sector. Together, we aim to activate young people as changemakers, accelerating a world where everyone realizes their power to make change.

Read all submissions here

Eligibility, Awards & More!

For further information on the timeline, eligibility, criteria, and more from last year's program, click the links below:

Looking for inspiration? Check out the story of Emerging Visionaries alumni Issac, founder of "Students Teaching Finance," an initiative that promotes financial inclusion in his rural community. Or get inspired by Kayli Joy, whose organization "Girl Well" provides self-care kits to teenage girls facing displacement, transition, or homelessness. 

Graphic illustration of Prudential Emerging Visionaries winner Catherine Mellett Felix