At age 9, Neha Gupta sold her toys to buy books for orphans in India, an endeavor that evolved into a nonprofit -- Empower Orphans. The organization has since helped thousands worldwide. In 2014, Gupta became the first American to win the International Children's Peace Prize.
In her first year of medical school at the Penn State College of Medicine, Gupta created State of Youth, a nonprofit with the mission of motivating young people to engage in global change initiatives.