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The American Advertising Federation (AAF) Announces 2023 Class of Most Promising Students

13/01/2023
Associations, Award Shows and Festivals
Washington, USA
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50 of the US' highest achieving diverse seniors selected to participate in one of the industry’s premier DE&I programmes

The American Advertising Federation (AAF) has announced the 2023 class of Most Promising Multicultural Students.  Approaching its 26th year, the Most Promising program is one of the premier initiatives promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the advertising industry. 

“The 2023 Most Promising inductees continue to raise the bar.  They are eager to enter our industry with a boldness and eagerness to affect change.” said Ayanna Jackson, EVP, Mosaic Center at AAF, adding, “We must develop spaces and opportunities that will allow them to create an industry that’s never been.”

Each year, students of racial or ethnic diversity from the AAF’s 140+ college chapters apply to the program.  This year’s judging panel included representatives from Ally Financial, Nissan Motor Corporation, Captura Group, Cummings Creative Group, Hearts & Science, Lake-Sumter State College, Promedica, Publicis Health, RPA, and The Trade Desk.  Leading agencies and companies, including 72andSunny, BBDO, Dentsu, Meta, FCB, IPG, McCann, Omnicom Group, UM Worldwide, The Trade Desk, Wieden+Kennedy and others, have been long-standing Most Promising supporters and consider the program a valuable resource in recruiting diverse, entry-level talent.

Students will participate in a four-day industry immersion program in New York that will include professional development and personal branding workshops, the Building Bridges for Our Future Awards Ceremony and Luncheon, and Recruiter’s Expo.  The Most Promising program gives advertising, media, communications, and tech companies the opportunity to tap into high-achieving talent of 50 diverse college students.

This year’s class has an average GPA of 3.7 and represents 28 schools and 18 states across the country, including California, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon, New York and Texas.

See below for a list of the 2023 Most Promising Multicultural Students Class:

Lesly Abarca-Valladares

South Dakota State University

Steven Howard Jr

Ithaca College

Brianna Aguilar

Brigham Young University

Trinity Hunter

The University of Alabama

Deandre Allen

St. Bonaventure University

Fatuma Jama

University of Minnesota

Isaiah Braithwaite

Roger Williams University

Rohini Khamamkar

Arizona State University

Ariana Britto

University of Florida

Sharanya Kumar

San Jose State University

Juan Camargo Quintero

University of Illinois

Carmen Larios

University of Illinois

Pricila Carmona

Olivet Nazarene University

Star Lawson

The Pennsylvania State University

Destiny Carter-Wleh

University of Minnesota

Linda Le

University of Houston

Isabella Castro

Lindenwood University

Kassandra Leyva

University of Illinois

Emma Chan

Pennsylvania State University

Marvin Lim

University of Oregon

Victoria Chan

Texas A&M University

Bri Lucero

Brigham Young University

Chenai Christian

The Pennsylvania State University

Beamlak Lulseged

University of Minnesota

Jacqueline Cimino

University of San Francisco

Carlos Luna

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Li de Jong

Ithaca College

Christopher Mercado

Brigham Young University

Jessi Delfino

The University of Texas

Sushree Samikhya Mohanty

University of Memphis

Amari Edwards

University of South Carolina

Evanna Momtaj

University of Missouri

Megan Fabriquer

University of San Francisco

Blake Morrow

University of Illinois

Erica Fierro

Texas State University

Hanya Noussier

Florida State University

Amari Foster

University of Missouri

Sara Omar

University of Minnesota

Julie Garcia

University of Illinois

Jenna Ramon

Texas State University

Elizabeth Gordon

University of Minnesota

Brianna Roach

Arizona State University

Asia Griffin

University of Illinois

Marvin Sosa

University of Illinois

Rafael Guedes Bonacin

Kent State University

John Starkweather

Brigham Young University

June Hernandez

The University of Texas

Jyonosuke Tanaka

Newhouse School of Public Communications

Carmelli Hess

University of Oregon

Luckett Vanguard

University of Minnesota

Said Steve Pacheco, President and CEO of the AAF, “Now, more than ever, the need to connect young talent to the advertising industry is a top priority for everyone.  The fact that the AAF can develop such a diverse group representing the best from across North America is consistent with our mission to develop the next generation of advertising leaders.”  

For further information, including how to get involved in the Most Promising Students program, visit https://aaf.org

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