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Climatize is a mobile app founded by Alba Forns that enables people to easily invest in climate projects (many of which support underrepresented communities) with as little as $5. So far, they've sourced $155 million worth of projects in their pipeline and have raised $735,000 from angel investors, government grants and venture capital. Forns and Wiseman have also landed a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy.

Alanna is the CEO and founder of HOPE (Helping Our Planet Earth), a youth-led non-profit organisation which she uses to make mental health support available to young people internationally through mental health education, peer support and youth leadership training.

Ahnaf and their friends founded 'Bhoroshasthol', a nonprofit organisation aimed at helping the underprivileged in Bangladesh. They have assisted over 30,000 people across 10 districts, providing meals, tube wells, vans, and sewing machines. 'Bhoroshasthol' has made a significant social impact, raising donations and providing aid during COVID-19, floods, and cold winters. Ahnaf's vision shifted from short-term fixes to long-term solutions, and they initiated the idea to establish the 'DRMC Social Service Club' to encourage student participation in community service. Despite facing challenges due to their young age, them and their team members are extremely devoted to their only objective of lessening the amount of suffering in the world.

-Impacted 1000+ entrepreneurs

-Supported entrepreneurs through opportunities like fellowships and hacker houses.

-Raised over $150,000 to help entrepreneurs gain access to opportunities and provide equal access.

-Founders from previous hacker houses (fully funded) went on to raise over $7.5 M collectively.

-all at the age of 17

At just 14 years old, Riyaa Sri Ramanathan founded the Alzheimer's Youth Outreach Campaign (AYOC), a global nonprofit working to transform Alzheimer's education from isolated awareness campaigns into a sustainable component of formal education. Through AYOC, she developed #BringInYouth4ALZ™, the world's first youth-developed Alzheimer's curriculum adopted by a Department of Education body. Rather than creating another awareness initiative, Riyaa built a research-informed educational model that equips schools to teach neuroscience, cognitive health, caregiving literacy, and dementia awareness long before families experience crisis. That shift, from reactive education to preventative education, is why she belongs on the Future Minds Under 35 list.

AYOC was founded after Riyaa watched her grandfather battle Alzheimer's disease and realized that despite dementia affecting millions of families worldwide, most people first learn about the disease only after someone they love is diagnosed. Research has shown that Alzheimer's-related brain changes can begin decades before symptoms appear, yet schools rarely teach students about brain health or cognitive aging. Rather than accepting this educational gap, Riyaa spent nearly two years designing an evidence-informed solution capable of addressing it at scale.

That solution became #BringInYouth4ALZ™, the flagship educational platform of AYOC and the world's first youth-developed Alzheimer's curriculum adopted by a Department of Education body. Developed through a research-to-implementation philosophy, the curriculum combines neuroscience education, dementia literacy, caregiving preparedness, educator resources, structured assessments, AI-supported implementation, multilingual accessibility, and offline deployment into a complete implementation framework that enables schools to deliver high-quality Alzheimer's education regardless of their size, funding, or technological capacity. Rather than offering standalone educational materials, it provides educators with everything needed to sustainably integrate cognitive health literacy into existing learning environments.

Scientific content was informed by population-level data from the National Center for Health Statistics and developed in alignment with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and United Nations Statistics Division frameworks. Educational architecture was strengthened through collaboration with the Alzheimer's Association and refined through guidance from educators, professors, researchers, and contributors affiliated with institutions including Cornell University and the National Institutes of Health. Every component was intentionally designed to move students beyond short-term awareness toward lasting scientific understanding, empathy, caregiving literacy, and civic engagement.

Today, through AYOC, this educational model serves more than 785,000 youth across 450 U.S. regions and 38 countries, with an estimated 4.8 million global reach through educational programming, partnerships, and public engagement.

The campaign's growth has been driven through public-sector collaboration rather than traditional startup funding. Campaign partners and collaborators include the New York State Department of Education, Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), Microsoft Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact, BOLD Community, We Make Change, the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Science Council, and numerous Alzheimer's, education, and scientific organizations working together to strengthen youth cognitive health education.

AYOC's international recognition reflects an exceptional level of institutional confidence for any initiative, let alone one founded by a teenager. UNESCO officially endorsed #BringInYouth4ALZ™ as a Project of the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (IDSSD 2024–2033), selecting it as one of only 39 initiatives worldwide during its Third Call for projects and the only youth-led project chosen for an official decade-long partnership. Through the Decade, UNESCO recognizes initiatives that leverage scientific knowledge to advance long-term social, economic, and environmental sustainability at scale. Riyaa was also selected among the top 1% of applicants worldwide as the youngest Knowledge Network Partner within the BOLD Community, an international innovation network established by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO) that connects and accelerates globally promising solutions aligned with public-sector innovation and economic development priorities. Her selection positioned AYOC alongside internationally recognized founders, researchers, and innovators addressing complex global challenges, further validating that a youth-developed educational system can earn the confidence of governments and leading international institutions.

These partnerships do not, by themselves, prove educational effectiveness. Rather, they demonstrate that experienced educators, policymakers, and international organizations independently recognize both the need for youth-focused Alzheimer's education and the strength of AYOC's approach. That confidence is reflected in external evaluations. The Deputy Director of Generation Unlimited at UNICEF described the initiative as "an incredible and noble program and curriculum advancing youth-led global awareness and social impact," while the U.S. Department of Education recognized it as "a new frontier in education." Together, these endorsements reinforce that the initiative is being recognized not only for its scientific credibility, but also for its potential to strengthen education and public health at a global scale.

Riyaa's leadership has additionally been recognized by the United Nations, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the New York State Senate. AYOC has also been featured twice by Forbes (5 months into product rollout) and was named to Change 100's "World's Top Impact Startups to Watch in 2026," where it was the only youth-led impact startup/program shortlisted. Riyaa was also named a Young Woman of the Year Finalist in the Women Changing the World Awards, selected as one of just 17 finalists from more than 1,500 nominations spanning 97 countries, and the youngest to be picked.

-Conducted 19+ onsite workshops reaching 1322+ children creating awareness on Mangrove Protection & Conservation among children aged 6-15.

-Workshops conducted at Schools in Dubai & India like Dubai Schools Al Barsha, AL Khjawaneej, Dubai Heights Academy, Childrens City - DUbai MUnicipalty and summer camps.

-They work with support from the Sustainability & environment teachers at the schools, who help organize these workshops. Logistics and all materials for the activities are funded by tem personally with help from thier parents.

-This is not for money raising. This is a COMMUNITY INITIATIVE.

-This teaches the children of what we can contribute as citizens to help combat the Climate change. How mangroves are the best Carbon sequesters and we must act to save and protect these mightly mangroves.

-A CASE STUDY

Children are interested and show interest in signing up for the Ambassador Program.

There is retention about the infirmation shared and engagement is higher n the workshops with self-motivation to learn new concepts and understand how mangroves help in coast protection and act as best Flood barriers.

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