Coco Shepard, from Nashville, Tennessee (any pronouns), is a junior in high school. After graduation, they hope to study English and education and become a teacher.

Coco enjoys creative writing, reading Shakespeare, and sailing, and is involved in Ultimate Frisbee and leads their school’s Ethics Bowl team. They are a Public Speaking Ambassador who joined Eye 2 Eye as a middle school mentee and then became a high school mentor to give back to their community and learn how to lead with kindness and confidence.