Congratulations to the 2025 Jengyee Prize Winners
We are pleased to announce that Angela Kim has been awarded First Place and Kristie Moore Second Place in the 2025 Jengyee Prize – Leadership for a Better World. Established in 2010, the Jengyee Prize honors UC Berkeley undergraduates who exemplify exceptional leadership, service, and a deep commitment to creating a more just and sustainable world. Angela and Kristie have demonstrated extraordinary vision, compassion, and impact through their work in climate justice, public health, and international empowerment.
About this year’s First Place winner: Angela Kim
Angela Kim’s leadership exemplifies integrity, empathy, and a steadfast commitment to health equity and environmental justice. Angela’s work is deeply community-centered, shaped by her belief that true progress in addressing health disparities comes from listening first, co-creating solutions with the people directly affected, and ensuring no one is left behind.
Angela founded the Natural Disaster Recovery Program, designing a disaster preparedness curriculum that reached over 10,000 youth. The program also raised $50,000 to support recovery efforts for more than 25,000 families affected by climate disasters. Through her environmental restoration endeavors, Angela transformed neglected spaces into thriving green areas by planting over 500 trees. She also organized climate strikes that mobilized 1,550 residents, successfully stopping unsafe infrastructure projects and reducing environmental health hazards. Moreover, Angela led the creation of community gardens that improved food security, climate adaptation capacity, and cultivated environmental stewardship for more than 50,000 individuals in underserved populations.
Angela’s advocacy extends to the global stage. She collaborates with the United Nations (UN) on climate initiatives, including presenting at the recent UN conference. In addition, she leads the National Hydrogen Blending Resistance Coalition, serves on the Public Health Advisory Council for Los Angeles and Orange County, delivers lectures across medical schools, and authors public health resolutions. Shaped by her lived experiences and cross-cultural perspectives, she is driven to bridge science, policy, and community action to address the root causes of health inequities. Above all, Angela leads with her heart. She is dedicated to building resilient health systems that uphold human dignity and protect the well-being of individuals worldwide.
About this year’s Second Place winner: Kristie Moore
Kristie Moore’s leadership is driven by a passion for peacebuilding, human rights, and empowering young women across borders. As a Global Studies major with a focus on Peace and Conflict Studies, Kristie has built bridges between communities through education, advocacy, and international collaboration.
She is the Founder and Executive Director of Female Leaders of the Americas (FLOTA), a youth-led nonprofit that has served over 700 girls from 20 countries. FLOTA’s free 10-week summer program teaches leadership, international relations, and cultural understanding, fostering lasting friendships around the world.
Kristie’s commitment to global justice extends to her research and fieldwork. Her research on ethnic violence and border conflict has been presented at major academic conferences and supported by multiple grants. She received a SURF grant to conduct research in Kyrgyzstan on interethnic relations and minority policy, and her findings informed a policy paper on conflict prevention. As a student researcher for UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Investigations Lab, she helped develop 200+ victim profiles of Iranian government abuses, culminating in a report presented to the UN Fact Finding Mission. Kristie’s current research investigates sexual violence against women during the 2010 Osh Violence, seeking to examine gender issues in Kyrgyzstan and foreground victim testimonies.
She also founded the Central Asia Media Literacy Project with a $10,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State. This journalism, human rights, and media literacy program served 250 youth across five countries in Central Asia. Kristie also co-founded a language program for underserved students in Los Angeles in collaboration with the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Kristie’s work is grounded in empathy, resilience, and a deep love for her community. Inspired by her family’s immigrant journey from Mexico and Czechoslovakia, she hopes to pursue a PhD and a career in mass atrocity prevention and conflict resolution, advocating for safety, dignity, and opportunity for all.
About the Award
The Jengyee Prize is given in memory of Jengyee Liang, who earned a B.S. in 2005 from the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) Department in the College of Engineering, and who tragically passed away on November 10, 2008. Jengyee is remembered for her leadership, kindness, and commitment to building a better world.