Shanay Thompson started Every Kid Fed to address childhood hunger after seeing the issues many of her at-risk student mentees faced from lack of nutrition. Her organization provides stocked pantries and boxed meals using a digital app to feed hungry students, especially during weekends and summer when school meals aren't available. Since launching a year ago, Thompson has singlehandedly managed to feed hundreds of students through two stocked pantries and aims to expand meal access further with her coding skills. She is motivated to end childhood hunger from both her experience mentoring at-risk youth and belief that many of their behavioral and academic problems stem from lack of proper nutrition.