Distinguished Finalist

Tara Suri, 18, of Scarsdale, New York, a senior at Edgemont Junior/Senior High School, created "Turn Your World Around," a program dedicated to encouraging teen volunteerism and helping disadvantaged children and youth around the world. The program has raised more than $46,000 to build a dormitory at an orphanage in India, fund an arts program for daughters of sex-trafficking victims, purchase laptop computers for children, and tackle other projects.