Mai McCarthy
Shorewood School District

Bayley McKeon
National Museum of Natural History

Ali McKersie
Smithsonian Office of the Under Secretary for Education

Kirsten McNally
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Laura Meléndez
Johnson & Johnson

Jared Morris
Smithsonian Office of the Under Secretary for Education

Katie Munn
Smithsonian Gardens

Aurianna Nacua
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

Maureen O'Connor
Smithsonian Institution

Silvana Oderisi
Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Maya Oliver
Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation

Jorge Perez-Ratcliffe
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Latino

Lauren Perry
Aerospace Corporation

Brigitte Pollio
Smithsonian

Sheeba Rashada
Smithsonian Office of the Under Secretary for Education

Jennifer Reifsteck
National Museum of Asian Art

Calla Rhodes
National Portrait Gallery

Hannah Riley
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Gabriela Ríos Villegas
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino

Irina Rubenstein
National Portrait Gallery

Amy Ruza
Rockwell Museum

Mehak S.
MA High School

Orlando Serrano
National Museum of American History

Brian Sheehy
North Andover High School

Phoebe Sherman
National Postal Museum

Jennifer Sieck
Anacostia Community Museum

Mariya Skurko-Chan
Office of the Under Secretary for Education

Gerald Smith Jr
Smithsonian Institution OUSE

Leon Smith
2026 National Teacher of the Year; 2025 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year

Kylene Stewart
New Jersey 4-H

Derek Thomas
Anacostia Community Museum

Amy Trenkle
Alice Deal MS

Grace VanderVliet
University of Michigan Museum of Art

Sam Vong
Smithsonian Institution

Ashley Wallen
DC Public Schools

Nicole Webster
National Museum of Natural History

Sherrell Williams
Smithsonian Office of the Under Secretary for Education

Carol Wilson
Smithsonian American Art Museum