2025 MLK Prodigies for Peace winners

Celebrants sing during the 2015 Greater Everett Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration.

Celebrants sing during the 2015 Greater Everett Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration.
Photo by Doug Ramsay

The winners of the annual Snohomish County Prodigies for Peace Essay and Art contests for children:

Essay Winners

Grades 3-5

1st: Rebeca Coman, Discovery Elementary

2nd(tie): Charlotte Dundon, Mill Creek Elementary

2nd (tie): Lazarhia Bullock, Emerson Elementary

3rd: Lulu Rodgers, View Ridge Elementary

3rd: Sara Oh, Mill Creek Elementary

Grade 5

1st: Ella Wang, Forest View Elementary

2nd: Heath Pennebaker, Forest View Elementary

3rd(tie): Austin Guan,     Mill Creek Elementary

3rd: Viyaan Kinariwala, Forest View Elementary

Grades 6-8

1st: Jiya Walia, Gateway Middle School

2nd(tie): Lin Liu, Gateway Middle School

2nd (tie): Vivaan Rajan,    Gateway Middle School

3rd: Atharv Gupta, Gateway Middle School

Art Winners

Grades K-2

1st (tie): Prisha Jain, Cedar Wood Elementary

1st (tie): Arjun Tallapragada, Woodwide Elementary

2nd : Aria Debnath, Cedar Wood Elementary

3rd (tie): Jhanvi Gupta,         Silver Firs Elementary

3rd  (tie): Ruhi Karmarker, Mill Creek Elementary

Grades 3-5

1st: Benji Kim, Mill Creek Elementary

2nd(tie): Shresta Shetty, Tambark Creek Elementary

2nd(tie): Harlow Taylor, Mill Creek Elementary

3rd(tie): Sara Oh, Mill Creek Elementary

3rd(tie): Damion Acain,     Garfield Elementary

Grades 6-8

1st: Shriya Pradeep, Gateway Middle School

2nd: Arynn Lee, Gateway Middle School

3rd: Anjali Kruthiventi, Gateway Middle School

Grades 9-12

1st: Lana Vixaysakd, Cavelero Mid-High

2nd: Kyrsten Hale,  Cavelero Mid-High

3rd(tie): Michelle Gaspar,  Cavelero Mid-High

3rd(tie): Sev Wahl, Cavelero Mid-High