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AAF’s Most Promising Multicultural Students Named for 2023
Advertising leaders select 50 of the nation’s highest achieving diverse seniors to participate in one of the industry’s premier DE&I programs.
WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 10, 2023—The American Advertising Federation (AAF) hosted leading industry professionals to select the 2023 class of Most Promising Multicultural Students. Approaching its 26th year, the Most Promising program is one of the organization’s premier initiatives promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the advertising industry.
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 from across the country.
“The 2023 Most Promising inductees continue to raise the bar,” said Ayanna Jackson, the AAF’s EVP, Mosaic Center. “They are eager to enter our industry with a boldness and eagerness to affect change. 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.
“The AAF is very proud to introduce our Most Promising Multicultural Students Class of 2023. This amazing group of students have met all criteria and vetting processes by an outstanding experienced and respected Council of Judges,” said Steve Pacheco, 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.”
This year’s incredible 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.
2023 Most Promising Multicultural Students Class
Lesly Abarca-Valladares
South Dakota State University
Brianna Aguilar
Brigham Young University
Deandre Allen
St. Bonaventure University
Isaiah Braithwaite
Roger Williams University
Ariana Britto
University of Florida
Juan Camargo Quintero
University of Illinois
Pricila Carmona
Olivet Nazarene University
Destiny Carter-Wleh
University of Minnesota
Isabella Castro
Lindenwood University
Emma Chan
Pennsylvania State University
Victoria Chan
Texas A&M University
Chenai Christian
The Pennsylvania State University
Jacqueline Cimino
University of San Francisco
Li de Jong
Ithaca College
Jessi Delfino
The University of Texas
Amari Edwards
University of South Carolina
Megan Fabriquer
University of San Francisco
Erica Fierro
Texas State University
Amari Foster
University of Missouri
Julie Garcia
University of Illinois
Elizabeth Gordon
University of Minnesota
Asia Griffin
University of Illinois
Rafael Guedes Bonacin
Kent State University
June Hernandez
The University of Texas
Carmelli Hess
University of Oregon
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Steven Howard Jr.
Ithaca College
Trinity Hunter
The University of Alabama
Fatuma Jama
University of Minnesota
Rohini Khamamkar
Arizona State University
Sharanya Kumar
San Jose State University
Carmen Larios
University of Illinois
Star Lawson
The Pennsylvania State University
Linda Le
University of Houston
Kassandra Leyva
University of Illinois
Marvin Lim
University of Oregon
Bri Lucero
Brigham Young University
Beamlak Lulseged
University of Minnesota
Carlos Luna
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Christopher Mercado
Brigham Young University
Sushree Samikhya Mohanty
University of Memphis
Evanna Momtaj
University of Missouri
Blake Morrow
University of Illinois
Hanya Noussier
Florida State University
Sara Omar
University of Minnesota
Jenna Ramon
Texas State University
Brianna Roach
Arizona State University
Marvin Sosa
University of Illinois
John Starkweather
Brigham Young University
Jyonosuke Tanaka
Newhouse School of Public Communications
Luckett Vanguard
University of Minnesota
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