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2023 FHD State Winners

Webpage last updated: May 10, 2023

The following students received category awards at the 2023 Florida History Day state competition.

Junior Historical Paper

1st Place

Vincent Minnillo
Frontiers in Jazz: The Bebop Revolution
Howard Middle School (Marion)
Teacher: Pamela Earnest

2nd Place

Lily Hagan
Animal Welfare Act: Frontiers Are Being Extended Ensuring Animals’ Protection, Wellbeing and Health
Charles S. Rushe Middle School (Pasco)
Teachers: Cheryl Skaggs, Megan Dill

3rd Place

Andrew Fenton
Henry Ford’s Assembly Line Frontier That Started a Manufacturing Revolution
Sarasota Middle School (Sarasota)
Teacher: Jennifer Jaso

Senior Historical Paper

1st Place

Sarah Tanveer
Bangladesh’s Battle to Sovereignty: The Frontier of Bengali Independence from the Liberation War of 1971
Pensacola High School (Escambia)
Teachers: James Ramey, Cherie Arnette

2nd Place

Lily Clarke
Standing Firm: How Wangari Maathai’s Ecofeminist Movement Challenged the Roots of Kenya’s Patriarchy
Creekside High School (St. Johns)
Teacher: Laura Bagby

3rd Place

Sidney Allen
The Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania: The First Successful Advocate for Women in Medicine
Leon High School (Leon)
Teacher: Jeannine Meis

Junior Individual Documentary

1st Place

Jacob Juan
No Bacteria, No Disease, No Problem, Saving Lives in Hospitals with Sterilization: The Ideas of Joseph Lister
Williams Middle Magnet School (Hillsborough)
Teacher: Monica Dutzar

2nd Place

Ritika Balwalli
Cochlear Implants: An Idea Worth Hearing
Sanford Middle School (Seminole)
Teacher: Michael Travis

3rd Place

Victoria Huber
Submerge: Journey to Challenger Deep
Lake Highland Preparatory School (Orange)
Teacher: Emily Funston

Junior Group Documentary

1st Place     

Kyra Movva, Eesha Shah
The Hello Girls: America’s Forgotten Soldiers
American Heritage Schools, Broward County Campus (Broward)
Teacher: Krisynda Cicos

2nd Place

Joshua Goodman, David Uy
Louis Armstrong: New Frontiers in Music
Milwee Middle School (Seminole)
Teacher: Jessica Day

3rd Place

Rylie Armanious, Taliah Murtha, Frankie Parkes, Lillian Sequeira
Words From Within: Nellie Bly’s Frontiers in Advocacy
Dunedin Highland Middle School (Pinellas)
Teachers: Teresa Bergstrom, Tamara Bendely

Senior Individual Documentary

1st Place

Allan An
A Frontier Within a Frontier: Cultural Compromise in San Francisco’s Chinatown
Frank W. Springstead High School (Hernando)
Teacher: Suzanne Bates-Miranda

2nd Place

Emily Dorman
A Sunny Day on Sesame Street
Orlando Science Middle High Charter School (Orange)
Teacher: Robert Kennedy

3rd Place

Gavin DeYoung
Bountiful Bits and Bytes: The Personal Computing Frontier and How It Changed Our Lives
Cornerstone Charter Academy (Orange)
Teacher: Will Turner

Senior Group Documentary

1st Place

Sabrina LaVopa, Priya Schramm
Extending a Hand and a Ladder: The Life and Legacy of the Daughters of Bilitis
Creekside High School (St. Johns)
Teacher: Laura Bagby

2nd Place

Lauren Basara, Hailey Westfall
Jazz: A Frontier of Rhythm and Representation
Seminole High School (Pinellas)
Teacher: Josh Roberson

3rd Place

Amelie Gamboa, Aanya Shah
Handwashing: The Beginning of Many Breakthroughs in Medical Sanitation
Seminole High School (Seminole)
Teacher: Adam Carpenter

Junior Individual Performance

1st Place

Elsee Cribbs
The Frontier of Medicine: How the Groundbreaking Theories, Discoveries, and Techniques Used During the Civil War Changed the World
Bonita Springs Middle Center for the Arts (Lee)
Teacher: Charndra Carias

2nd Place

Abraham Jordan
The Bug That Beats the Heart
Hobbs Middle School (Santa Rosa)
Teacher: Stephanie Mainer

3rd Place

Mary Dorgan
Advancing Anesthesia
Okaloosa STEMM Academy (Okaloosa)
Teachers: Rosemarie Morris, Andrew Adams, Timothy Flynn

Junior Group Performance

1st Place

Emma Bucholtz, Karina Lisenkova, Veda Penumuchu
Victors and Frontiers in the Space Race
Williams Middle Magnet School (Hillsborough)
Teachers: Monica Dutzar, Jon Droog

2nd Place

Teagan Carroll, Dylan Foster, Aditi Pai, Akash Pai
The Canary’s Cry: Frontiers Within Impoverished Life
Dunedin Highland Middle School (Pinellas)
Teachers: Teresa Bergstrom, Tamara Bendely

3rd Place

Isaac Eden, Alyanna Loyola, Rheanne Madiam, Christopher Salyers
Loving v. Virginia: The Right to Marry
Howard Middle School (Marion)
Teacher: Pamela Earnest

Senior Individual Performance

1st Place

Jaya Parsa
Hedy Lamarr: A Frontier in Hollywood and Technology
Fort Myers High School (Lee)
Teacher: Debra Dailidonis

2nd Place

Brendan Black
A Beautiful Day for a Neighbor: Fred Rogers Changing the Nation Through Television
Seminole High School (Pinellas)
Teacher: Josh Roberson

3rd Place

Ashley Zhang
Brise de Quatre: How Four Women Broke the Barre for Diversity in the Ballet Industry
Strawberry Crest High School (Hillsborough)
Teacher: Jodie Peace

Senior Group Performance

1st Place

Vivika Arora, Ayona Bagui
Mothers of Pop Culture: The Women Who Changed the Industry and Beyond
Strawberry Crest High School (Hillsborough)
Teacher: Jodie Peace

2nd Place

Durva Shingote, Vritti Udasi, Haswathi Varadharajan
The Unseen Truth: Solving Crime Through DNA Testing
Strawberry Crest High School (Hillsborough)
Teacher: Jodie Peace

3rd Place

Jack Bradley, Carter Durgin, Aaron Montchal, Micah Pierce
Mustard Gas: From Chemical Warfare to Chemotherapy
Seminole High School (Pinellas)
Teachers: Kathryn Pierce, Josh Roberson

Junior Individual Exhibit

1st Place

Ava LeCuyer
“Eppur si muove” – “And yet, it moves”
Okaloosa STEMM Academy (Okaloosa)
Teachers: Andrew Adams, Timothy Flynn, Rosemarie Morris

2nd Place

Maximus Callis
Kodak: Capturing Memories
American Heritage Schools, Broward County Campus (Broward)
Teacher: Krisynda Cicos

3rd Place

Yelyzaveta Kovalenko
Voices from the Holodomor
Breakfast Point Academy (Bay)
Teacher: Christine Sermons

Junior Group Exhibit

 1st Place

Brooklyn Bentley, Brenna Delezen
The Big Get: Frontier for Women in Broadcast Journalism
Hobbs Middle School (Santa Rosa)
Teacher: Stephanie Mainer

 2nd Place

Ella Berzins, Lucia Paz, Noah Roessler,Tyler Wilson 
Breaking the Boundary: Buck O’Neil
Sarasota Middle School (Sarasota)
Teacher: Jennifer Jaso

 3rd Place

Rebekah Kuvshinov, Dilara Oun
Israeli Pioneers: Greening the Desert
Joseph L. Carwise Middle School (Pinellas)
Teacher: Sevasti Makryllos

Senior Individual Exhibit

1st Place

Ana Jeong
Frontier in Korean History: Sejong the Great
Seminole High School (Seminole)
Teacher: Adam Carpenter

2nd Place

Sachin Desilva
HMS Dreadnought and the Technological Frontier at Sea
Bay High School (Bay)
Teacher: Steven Sain

3rd Place

Simrit Kohli
Click, Release and Capture: How Photography Influenced History with Just One Picture at a Time
Strawberry Crest High School (Hillsborough)
Teacher: Jodie Peace

Senior Group Exhibit

1st Place

Emma Cheatham, Savannah Mejia
Eleanor Roosevelt as First Lady: More than a Hostess
Leon High School (Leon)
Teacher: Jeannine Meis

2nd Place

Sarah Kirk, Cathleen Kivett Smith
Placing a Pioneer on Her Frontier: Establishing Emma Willard’s Legacy
Ridgeview High School (Clay)
Teacher: Cynthia Cheatwood

3rd Place

Hannah Hoff, Emilia Castro, Deborah Martir
Corsets to Camis
Real Life Christian Academy (Lake)
Teacher: Steve Lebron

Junior Individual Website

1st Place

Evangeline Antaki
The Tampon Revolution: How the Advancement of Tampons Influenced the World
East Lake Middle School Academy of Engineering (Pinellas)
Teacher: Oren Schlierer

2nd Place

Miyoko Underwood Inouye
Home of Swing, Leader of Integration: The Savoy Ballroom
Cornerstone Learning Community (Leon)
Teacher: Bryan Williams

3rd Place

Lyla Guardado
Cesar Chavez: A Humble Man Who Changed the World
Chiles Middle School (Seminole)
Teacher: Sarah Stone

Junior Group Website

1st Place

Emile Totah, Musa Totah
All Aboard: The Frontier of Railroads in America
Dunedin Highland Middle School (Pinellas)
Teachers: Teresa Bergstrom, Tamara Bendely

2nd Place

Hasini Arshanapalli, Bhoomi Shah, Rhea Varma
Frontiers in Christianity: The Spread of Ideas During the Protestant Reformation
Williams Middle Magnet School (Hillsborough)
Teacher: Monica Dutzar

3rd Place

Nathan Agranovsky, Jaythrey Brijesh, Aneesh Gupta, Ashwin Meduri
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.: Crossing Frontiers Against the Odds
Sanford Middle School (Seminole)
Teacher: Michael Travis

Senior Individual Website

1st Place

Jack Treick
John Sunday: How a Pensacola Businessman Pioneered African American Representation in Business and Government
East Hill Christian School (Escambia)
Teacher: Phillip Emond

2nd Place

Litsa Ortiz
Seeing Through Medical History: X-Rays
Fort Pierce Westwood Academy: The West Prep Magnet (St. Lucie)
Teacher: Tara Clark

3rd Place

Velan Thanasekar
When Insulin Breathes Life: The Story of the Revolutionary Discovery and Development of Insulin
James Rickards High School (Leon)
Teacher: Jennifer Sullivan

Senior Group Website

1st Place

Diya Dipu Nair, Charles Oberlander, Tiffany Siev
The Great Smallpox Vaccine: Surpassing Formidable Frontiers Through Immunization
Largo High School (Pinellas)
Teacher: David Koehler

2nd Place

Carsyn Clanton, Reiss Goldman
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Truths Behind Testing
East Hill Christian School (Escambia)
Teacher: Phillip Emond

3rd Place

Erik Struga, Austin Vo, Alexandra Xilas, Katherine Zervoudakis
Frontiers in Sitting Down to Take a Stand Against Segregation: The 1960 Greensboro Sit-in Movement
Palm Harbor University High School (Pinellas)
Teacher: Jason Tsardoulias