At only 23 years old, Jairek was awarded the Congressional Award Gold Medal from the United States Congress. By 25, he became an international phenom by developing a revolutionary approach to accelerating results for businesses in different industries. Today, the 30-year old is unlocking secrets for maximizing personal performance and success (and he’s just getting started).
JP Sears
JP Sears
JP Sears is a YouTuber, comedian, emotional healing coach, author, speaker, world traveler, and curious student of life. His work empowers people to live more meaningful lives. He is very active on his YouTube channel, where he encourages healing and growth through his humorous and entertaining informative videos, which have accumulated over 300 million views. Mr. Sears is also the host of his new podcast, The Awaken with JP Sears Show.
Sean Stephenson, DCH
Sean Stephenson
The 3 Foot Giant
Dr. Stephenson was predicted not to survive at birth because of a rare bone disorder, osteogenesis imperfecta, that stunted his growth and caused his bones to be extremely fragile.
Despite his challenges, he took a stand for a quality of life that has inspired millions of people around the world including Sir Richard Branson, President Clinton, and his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Dr. Stephenson appeared on everything from Oprah to Jimmy Kimmel, in addition to online videos with millions of views. The Biography Channel did an hour-long feature on his life called “Three Foot Giant.”
Dr. Stephenson's message was heard at live events in over 15 countries and 47 states over 21 years. His book, Get Off Your “But.” was released in ten different languages around the world.
In 2019, at the age of 40, Dr. Stephenson passed away after a serious concussion. His last words were "This didn't happen to me, but for me."
Despite his challenges, he took a stand for a quality of life that has inspired millions of people around the world including Sir Richard Branson, President Clinton, and his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Dr. Stephenson appeared on everything from Oprah to Jimmy Kimmel, in addition to online videos with millions of views. The Biography Channel did an hour-long feature on his life called “Three Foot Giant.”
Dr. Stephenson's message was heard at live events in over 15 countries and 47 states over 21 years. His book, Get Off Your “But.” was released in ten different languages around the world.
In 2019, at the age of 40, Dr. Stephenson passed away after a serious concussion. His last words were "This didn't happen to me, but for me."
Laura Dominguez-Tauer
Laura Dominguez-Tauer
Stem Cell Patient
Co-founder, Beyond the Chair
After an auto accident when she was 16 yrs. old that paralyzed her from the neck down, Laura received her own adult stem cells transplanted into her spine. She can now feel down to her toes, has regained some movement in her legs, and has the ability to stand and stay standing with a walker with little help. She can even contract her quadriceps and hamstring muscles when standing. She is determined to walk again. Her amazing story of perseverance, focus and medical science will inspire and ignite the imagination of anyone interested in the future of stem cell research.
Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
Author, My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained and published neuroanatomist who experienced a severe hemorrhage in the left hemisphere of her brain in 1996. On the afternoon of this rare form of stroke (AVM), she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. It took eight years for Dr. Jill to completely recover all of her functions and thinking ability. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey.
Isha Jain & Raina Jain
Isha Jain & Raina Jain
Grand Prize Winner, 2007 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology
Winner, 2010 Sanofi International BioGENeius Challenge
Isha performed her first experiment in the fourth grade, testing candy to figure out why some is chewy and some is hard. Since then, her accomplishments have only gotten sweeter: At 16 she won $100,000 for her research on bone growth in zebrafish, she co-authored six published scientific papers, and she helped direct Harvard’s National Symposium for the Advancement of Women in Science. “If only a small percentage of women are involved in science, we’re slowing the rate at which we’ll make new discoveries,” she says.
Raina became the youngest high-school student in the world to win an award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in 2008, just days after her 14th birthday. The Intel ISEF is the crown jewel of science competitions around the world. Raina’s study of how glass implants can help bones regenerate their cells earned her a fourth-place award in the Biosciences and Engineering category.
Raina became the youngest high-school student in the world to win an award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in 2008, just days after her 14th birthday. The Intel ISEF is the crown jewel of science competitions around the world. Raina’s study of how glass implants can help bones regenerate their cells earned her a fourth-place award in the Biosciences and Engineering category.
Paige Brown
Paige Brown
First Place Medal of Distinction in Global Good
2016 Intel Science Talent Search
Paige Brown is the first place medal of distinction winner in global good of the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search, for her research studying the water quality of six environmentally impaired local streams with high E. coli and phosphate contamination levels. She is currently developing a cost-effective filter largely made of calcium alginate strands to remove the phosphate from stormwater systems.
Paige is currently studying chemical engineering at Stanford University.
Paige is currently studying chemical engineering at Stanford University.
Janelle Tam
Janelle Tam
Winner, 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada
At 17-years-old, Janelle Tam has discovered that cellulose, a material found in trees that helps them stand up straight, is an antioxidant with potent anti-aging properties. Janelle’s study of minute particles in tree pulp known as nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) led to an “a-ha”! moment for the young innovator — she had unearthed a super-durable material that had the power to fight disease and prevent aging. This unbelievable discovery won Janelle the 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada, a national competition for young scientists.
Janelle is a recent graduate from Princeton University.
Janelle is a recent graduate from Princeton University.
Olivia Hallisey
Olivia Hallisey
Grand Prize Winner, 2015 Google Science Fair
Olivia Hallisey developed a novel diagnostic Ebola test, the “Ebola Assay Card” (EAC). She determined early diagnosis was critical to arresting the epidemic’s exponential growth. The EAC is inexpensive, rapid, and visual, indicating results through a color change, eliminating language barriers, and increasing ease of use. Most recently, she has developed the “Lyme Assay Card” (LAC) for saliva-based early diagnosis of Lyme disease. She is continuing research on this assay as a broad disease diagnostic with applicability for other ELISA assay-based diseases.
She is currently studying at Stanford University.
She is currently studying at Stanford University.
Jack Andraka
Jack Andraka
Grand Prize Winner, 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Breakthrough Inventor, Scientist, and Cancer Researcher
When Jack was 15-years-old he created a new diagnostic test for pancreatic cancer that is 28 times faster, 26,000 times less expensive and over 100 times more sensitive than the current diagnostic tests. And, in case that’s not impressive enough, the test also works for ovarian and lung cancer.
His diagnostic test earned him first prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the world’s largest pre-college science research competition.
Jack is currently studying at Stanford University.
His diagnostic test earned him first prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the world’s largest pre-college science research competition.
Jack is currently studying at Stanford University.