HALEY JEFFERS
$5500 Recipient
rancho campana High School
harvard university
Throughout high school, Haley student has held leadership roles and received awards for participation in Mock Trial, Debate, and Academic Decathlon. She was a semifinalist for the International Technovation Competition, a TEDx Talk speaker, a Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership school representative, a California Association of Student Councils delegate, a team leader for Hackathon by the Sea, a member of the KIWANIS club, and even more. In response to her own family crisis, she founded a nonprofit called Students Take on Cancer, which has raised money for the Cancer Center of Ventura. Through her nonprofit, she has served as a speaker to share her personal experience and the work of her organization. Haley is also the founder and CEO of a start-up company called Spritely, an app that focuses on cancer patients and their journey using big data and artificial intelligence. In eighth grade, she received the $10,000 grand prize at Start Up Weekend, competing against adult entrepreneurs. Haley attends Rancho Campana High School and will attend Harvard University in the fall.