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$1,000 Spotlight Award: Unsung Hero 2025, Grade 11

The Courage to Stand In Solidarity, 2025

Graphite, colored pencil, marker on paper

14 x 17 in

Teacher: Guohua Chi
School: BASIS Independent Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA, US

Excerpt from artist’s Impact Statement: "Ralph Lazo is my role model because he did not stand idle while others were oppressed, deciding that someone else would take care of it."

Read the artist's Impact Statement.

Learn more about Unsung Hero: Ralph Lazo

Collections: Art Gallery, ARTEFFECT: Visualizing Impact at MCAAD, Monitor Display LMFF, Ralph Lazo

ARTEFFECT, founded by Lowell Milken, invites educators and students to explore the inspiring stories of Unsung Heroes―and their invaluable lessons as role models―through the visual arts. Learn more: www.arteffectlmc.org