Zoe Bender, California Institute of Integral Studies

Zoe Bender is an exceptional student, artist, and activist. Currently working as a mentee for POOR Magazine and organizing against gentrification and elder eviction in her mid-Market Street neighborhood, Zoe embodies the intelligence, humility, discipline and relentless engagement with ideas and social issues that are the hallmark of our best transformative leaders. Joe Subbiondo, President, California Institute of Integral Studies.