Avani Yaltho '26 Wins NPR's Student Podcast Challenge!

Sequoia Carrillo and Janet W. Lee
Senior, Avani Yaltho submitted a heartfelt podcast about her family roots and won NPR's 2025 Student Podcast Challenge!

Avani Yaltho's podcast, The Things We Buried, begins with the trill of a wooden flute. The haunting sound propels the listener on a trip into the past, set in motion by her first line:
"My grandmother says mango trees used to belong to everyone."

Read the full NPR article and listen to her podcast here
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