Dia Hemanth is a Senior at Los Altos High School in Los Altos, CA. She loves giving back to her community. She founded a nonprofit called Cents for Teens to build financial literacy among teens. Through workshops, camps, online courses and social media, Cents for Teens has educated over 1200 teens in personal finance topics including budgeting, investing, taxes and more. In 2024, Dia ran the first Cents for Teens 3 in person summer camp on financial literacy at the Los Altos Community Center and it was a huge success. She also runs a community called HighLite where she connects high school students with college students for mentorship while raising funds for nonprofits that fund education. She organized the HighLite College Conference in 2023 where she brought together 344 high school students to learn from college freshmen and raised $3185.42 for Jusoor, an international NGO that funds educational programs for Syrian refugee youth. These funds allowed Jusoor to fund educational programs for 300 high school refugee youth. Dia is the Fundraising Commissioner at Los Altos High School where she runs fundraisers to raise funds that allow the Associated Student Body (ASB) to hold events to increase engagement and belonging in the student body at large. In her Junior year she raised $1000 to bring the ASB budget from red to black. She was also asked to step in as Junior Class Treasurer mid year to manage the $60k budget for the Class of 2025. She serves as a team lead for the Shower and Laundry program at a local homeless resource center called Hope's Corner which provides showers, clothes, supplies and meals for the unhoused community in and around Mountain View, CA. She also works with a sister nonprofit called The United Effort to connect unhoused patrons with public assistance benefits like state funded housing and free cell phones. Overall Dia has volunteered over 500 hours at various nonprofits and has received several awards for her community service including the Congressional Award Gold Medal, The Girl Scout Gold Award, Presidential Volunteer Service Award Gold (2x). She is also a finalist for the 2025 Cameron Impact Scholarship which is a four year full tuition impact based undergraduate scholarship. Dia is interested in studying and doing research at the intersection of Business and Economics and wants to become a Social Entrepreneur. In her free time, Dia likes to bake bread and make stamp collages bringing new meaning to her grandpa's old stamp collection.