GGA
ABOUT
Our Story
We are Green Gen alliance, founded August 13, 2023 by five high school students from all across Houston. To support anti-pollution efforts, we run a battery collection service, where we gather dead batteries from our communities through our battery collection boxes and transport them to Houston recycling facilities. Through this system, we hope to reduce the spread of toxic chemicals into landfills and our communities.
The GGA Team
High School Students from Houston, Texas
Yuruo Shen
President & Founder
Yuruo Shen is a senior at Carnegie Vanguard High School. From picking up trash to starting an environmental club in middle school, she has always wanted to help protect the environment. Yuruo also enjoys reading manhwa, crocheting, practicing karate, and checking out new Tex-Mex restaurants. Of all the batteries, she is especially fond of the lithium-ion cell.
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Jenny Sun
Outreach Manager & Cofounder
Jenny Sun is the co-founder and outreach manager of Green Gen Alliance. She is currently a senior at Bellaire High School. Her passion for the environment started early—she gave her first presentation on climate change with Yuruo Shen in the 5th grade and hasn’t stopped advocating since. When she’s not working to green our planet, Jenny enjoys volunteering, playing the piano, and competing in pageants.
Nevit Dilmen, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Liyan Feng
Webmaster & Cofounder
Liyan Feng is a senior at Bellaire High school and is the co-founder and webmaster for Green Gen Alliance. In addition to environmental action, he also enjoys reading and solving challenging problems and puzzles. His favorite type of battery is the lemon battery.
Isabel Li
Secretary & Cofounder
Isabel Li is a co-founder and secretary of Green Gen Alliance. She is a senior at Carnegie Vanguard High School. She enjoys drawing and reading and is an avid birdwatcher. Isabel cares deeply about protecting nature and the environment. She runs Carnegie's Fungi Club and Fun Fungi Friday activities. Isabel is also a leader at AYLUS, Alliance of Youth Leaders of the United States, and hosts weekend trash clean-ups at Evelyn's Park. Her favorite battery is the button cell battery.
Valerie Yu
Treasurer & Cofounder
Valerie Yu is a co-founder and the treasurer of Green Gen Alliance. She is a senior at Carnegie Vanguard High School. From picking up trash with Yuruo in elementary to presenting the various problems and implications associated with greenwashing in high school, she seeks to reduce the battery waste in Houston with GGA. Her favorite batteries are the Texas Instruments calculator batteries.
