Meet the Bernardsville teen tackling global hunger and poverty since age 9

Most recently the now 16-year-old Bernards High School junior was named a 2025 NJBIZ Rising Star in the 40 Under 40 category.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

They Were ‘Born Poor’ in America. As Adults, They’re Fighting to Shake Child Poverty’s Lingering Impact.

Watch the prologue from "Born Poor" — a documentary made over 14 years that follows kids in three families who try to overcome poverty from childhood through the teen years to young adulthood.
PBS

Are kids the key to solving poverty?

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Reuters

Mentoring kids in poverty helps lower their health risks: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – African American adolescents growing up in conditions of worsening poverty are more likely than other kids to have risk factors for chronic illnesses - but strong emotional ...