Liz Buechele

Liz Buechele

TPP Grant Recipient Liz Buechele is the Founder and Executive Director of The Smile Project. In 2011, Liz Buechele started writing down what made her happy. One “Happiness is” at a time. This practice of daily joy grew into The Smile Project. She has...
Thomas Ponce

Thomas Ponce

TPP Grant Recipient Thomas Ponce is a young animal rights advocate and a citizen lobbyist  form Casselberry, FL. Thomas is the founder of  Lobby For Animals,  the Coordinator for Fin Free FL, and director of Harley’s Home www.HarleysHome.org. Thomas became a...
Tony Joy

Tony Joy

TPP Grant Recipient Tony Joy is a social entrepreneur and a creative by passion. She has 5 years of experience in the non-profit sector working majorly with adolescents, youths, children, women in underserved communities and marginalized groups. She is the founder of...
Simeon Oyando Ogonda

Simeon Oyando Ogonda

Simeon has 9 years experience in working with NGOs and early stage start-ups. He has, in various capacities; assisted organizations develop strategic plans, marketing strategies, training manuals, and conference moderation and facilitation. His work is driven by the...
Sophia Hanson

Sophia Hanson

TPP Grant Recipient Sophia Hanson is co-founder of the National Youth Foundation (NYF). A 2017 Pollination Grant recipient, NYF works with players from the NBA and NFL to promote kindness, inclusion and gender equity through student literary projects. NYF also created...