Meet the 2025 young women recognized for leadership skills and commitment to public causes

Zonta International is pleased to introduce the 2025 Zonta Young Women in Leadership Awardees. These 37 women—from 25 countries—have demonstrated their commitment to volunteerism, volunteer leadership achievements and dedication to empowering women worldwide.

Recipients

District 1, Anabelle Cattabriga, USA
District 2, Paniz Arbabi, Canada
District 3, Eve Parrott, USA
District 4, Valeria Gonzalez-Sukhai, Canada
District 5,Kamryn Camp , USA
District 6, Angeline Morgado Romero, Venezuela
District 7, Annabelle Siebs, USA
District 8, Myriam Poirier, Canada
District 9, Ruhani Deswal, USA
District 10, Laylee Taghizadeh, USA
District 11, Sophie Chang, USA
District 12, Natalie Cappelletti, USA
District 13, Adrija Aleksiunaite, Lithuania
District 14, Alisa Belenkaya, Russia and Ireland
District15, Nevaeh Pine, Canada
District 16, Prajna Chaudhry, New Zealand
District 17, Cheuk Yu Leung, Hong Kong
District 17, Parima Noinadee, Thailand
District 18, Elham Hamza, Ghana
District 19, Bruna Rodriguez, Brazil
District 20, Ainomaija Mäenpää, Finland
District 21, Grace Kouki, Sweden
District 22, Susanna Allegra Serena, Australia
District 23, Maya Farmer, Australia
District 24, Alyssa Jeffries, Australia
District 25, Giovanna Parajuli, Nepal
District 26, Nene Umetsu, Japan
District 27, Hadise Jafari, Afghanistan
District 27, Ikram Makhloufi, Germany
District 28, Élisa Gaudette, Canada
District 28, Sophie Janes, Switzerland
District 29, Angel Akpovi, United Kingdom
District 29, Felicia Bulat, Romania
District 30, Adèle Fages-Cambon, France
District 30, Kremera Ivanova, Bulgaria
District 31, Katelyn Chen, Republic of China, Taiwan
District 32, Sihyeon Lee, South Korea

6 June 2023