LITTLE ROCK, Ark.––U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) recently launched the ninth year of his Congressional Youth Cabinet at the Old State House Museum in Little Rock. This year, 80 accomplished participants were selected from public, private, charter and homeschools across The Natural State for their demonstrated community leadership and involvement, representing some of Arkansas’s best and brightest students.
“I was pleased to welcome the next generation of our state’s leaders to this year’s Congressional Youth Cabinet where they will explore legislative solutions to issues that interest them and meet peers who share their enthusiasm for civic engagement and the democratic process,” said Boozman. “Their excitement for this initiative is encouraging and I know they will collaborate eagerly while working to identify their policy priorities, conduct impressive research and present their findings and ideas later this school year.”
Boozman and his office designed the Congressional Youth Cabinet as a nonpartisan, civics-based program to offer students a first-hand experience with the democratic process and the opportunity to understand how public policy impacts them, their families and their communities. The students will attend meetings throughout the school year and work in teams to select and then research national issues that they will present policy recommendations on to the senator and his staff the following spring.
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The following students were selected to participate in the Congressional Youth Cabinet for the 2025-2026 school year:
1st Congressional District
Aaliyah James – Cabot High SchoolAleksander Westbrook – Cabot High SchoolAlexis Gonzalez – Marion High SchoolAshland Rae Bailey – Cabot High SchoolAubrey Tidwell – Westside Consolidated School DistrictAvery Johnson – Cross County High SchoolCale Carbaugh – Paragould High SchoolChristopher Broadwell – Cabot High SchoolDawson Green – Bergman High SchoolMary Jansen – Pocahontas High School | Jonathan Stracener – Cabot High School Jose Acosta – Cabot High School Olivia Keeter – Valley Springs High SchoolTaylor Nichols – Walnut Ridge High SchoolTrinity Isbell – Nettleton High School Tyler Carver – Valley View High School W. Slater Anderson – Lonoke High School Zoei Carter – Cabot High School Ariadna Gonzalez – Marion High SchoolDonna Mckenzie – Cross County High School
2nd Congressional District
Adiel Zohar – Little Rock Christian AcademyAaliyah Fairmon – North Little Rock High SchoolAddison Varisco – Mount Saint Mary AcademyAlice Zawada – Episcopal Collegiate SchoolAmelia Feldman – LISA Academy North Middle-High SchoolAreej Shuja – Pulaski AcademyBennet Chen – Little Rock Central High SchoolBethany Patino – LISA Academy West High SchoolGarrett Duncan – Cutter Morning Star High SchoolIsabelle Titus – Maumelle Charter High School | Hannah Farah – LISA Academy West High SchoolJenna Pierce – Maumelle Charter High SchoolKayla Lovell – Glen Rose High SchoolKiera Janneke – St. Joseph High SchoolLaney Hambrick-Phillips – Beebe High SchoolLondon Patterson – Little Rock Christian AcademyMallory Smith – West Side High School (Cleburne County)Oran Wright – Quitman High SchoolWalter Wenger – North Little Rock High SchoolAmber Hartsfield – Wonderview High School
3rd Congressional District
Ann Feutcha – Bentonville West High SchoolArjun Achanta – Bentonville High SchoolCaden Cox – Har-Ber High SchoolDevin Vilayvanh – Northside High SchoolElizabeth Siwiec – Rogers Heritage High SchoolIreland Malone – Bentonville High SchoolKatelyn Lovelady – Haas Hall Academy RogersLukas Klaus – Fayetteville High SchoolViolet Stacey – Thaden SchoolValerie Fernandez-Perez – Green Forest High School | Lydia Brown – Brown HomeschoolMeerab Kahloon – Siloam Springs High SchoolPaige Faldon – Southside High SchoolPit Caudle – West Fork High SchoolRebekah Hale – Northside High SchoolRowynn Fahey – Don Tyson School of InnovationSofia Montes – Thaden SchoolSrileka Karthikeyan – Bentonville High SchoolAllie Kaelin – Lavaca High SchoolJesus Vasquez – Northside High School
4th Congressional District
Adelynn Woolsey – Ozark High SchoolBelle Groomes – Poyen High SchoolDavid Robertson – Fountain Lake High SchoolDonovan Hurtarte – Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the ArtsEthan Shaffett – Fountain Lake High SchoolEva Nell Windle – Lakeside High SchoolFaith Grim – Gospel Light Christian SchoolHayden Hudson – Jasper High SchoolJayden Pennington – West Side Christian SchoolKyan Lane Baynes – Dover High SchoolZander Schoultz – Lakeside High School | Lillian Baker – Sheridan High SchoolMarleigh Futrell – Lake Hamilton High SchoolMeadow Sanders – Fountain Lake High SchoolMia Hamilton – Dover High SchoolMikale McBroom – De Queen High SchoolNathalie Lagula – Lakeside High SchoolParis Goodman – Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the ArtsRowan Bordelon – Lakeside High SchoolTucker Shaw – Ozark High School
