Bio: Advika is a senior in Montgomery County who is very excited about her second year as Special Issues Director! She has been involved in student government since 3rd grade and finds her passion in service. After working in her regional student council as a task force coordinator and special issues department director, she is motivated by the capability of every student to start long-lasting conversations about change and hopes to guide others in doing so this year. Advika is especially excited by environmental action, having convinced the Montgomery County Board of Education to equitably install sustainable hydration stations in every county public school, and co-founded the student organization, Compostology, which has built a local movement for food waste rescue/diversion programs at schools. Outside of advocacy, Advika loves Hindustani and Western Classical styles of singing. She also enjoys poetry, learning about art, and playing as many board games as possible with her family!

Bio: Grace Minakowski is a junior at Huntingtown High School in Calvert County. She is active in SGA at the state, regional, and school level, serving previously as the CASC President and MASC Division 5 Liaison. Grace is also an appointed second-year member of the Maryland Youth Advisory Council where she advocates for youth policy and state legislation. Outside the student leadership realm, Grace is an active distance runner, head of choreography & performer for her school’s theatre department, and Treasurer of the HHS Tri-Honors Music Society. She loves coding, singing, reading, and dancing hard to Dua Lipa.