Kate Lewis

Activist, Athlete, Brainstormer, Change Agent, Student

I am a senior at Buena High School, and the co-organizer of the TEDxBuenaHighSchool event.

I am a leadership student, and I am the ASB Vice President at my school. I have been involved with the California Association of Student Leaders for the past 4 years as an Ask Me Crew member. I am also passionate about politics and change.

In class one day, I came across a TEDx video. I had no idea what TEDx stood for, so I looked it up when I got home and found out I could set up my own little event. A few months later, I went to my school and told them I wanted to make this a reality, and make our school a little different. They loved the idea and we held an event.

I am good at public speaking, even though it makes me so nervous that my knees shake. The biggest speech I've ever given was at my 8th grade promotion in front of 1000 or so people, and most recently I presented research I conducted along with two other students at UCSB for the SERA Program.