Work & Advocacy

Highlights of Trisha's award-winning work and global advocacy to realize a safer, kinder internet—powered by youth

2026

ReThink Citizens celebrates its partnerships with organizations nationwide to distribute its digital wellness educational resources to tens of thousands of youth

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Trisha speaks at the first-ever Global Digital Rights Forum on the power of youth voice

2026
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Dr. Tarika Barrett, the CEO of Girls Who Code, and Trisha celebrate the second ReThink Citizens Youth Coalition Showcase

2026
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Trisha is selected to join Hopelab and The OpEd Project's Public Voices Fellowship

2026
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Trisha is featured in the documentary Your Attention Please, which premieres at SXSW 2026

2026
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Trisha joins the Congressional App Challenge's Executive Leadership Board

2026
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The ReThink Citizens Youth Squad heads to Vanderbilt University to present at Unmuted: Amplify Youth Summit

2025
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ReThink Citizens hosts its first-ever Youth Coalition Showcase in Chicago, Illinois

2025
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2025

Trisha joins The Carson J. Bride Effect as a Board Advisor

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2025

Trisha joins the Sustainable Media Center as a NextGen Advisor

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ReThink Citizens is named a Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund grantee for the second time, with Trisha joining the RTYPF Steering Committee as a Young Leader Advisor

2024
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Trisha is selected as an inaugural Young Futures Innovator, and ReThink Citizens receives a $100,000 grant from Young Futures

2024
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Trisha is honored as an inaugural Young Innovator in Behavioral Health Awardee

2023
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ReThink is named the first place-winner of the CTIA Wireless Foundation's 2023 "Catalyst" grants program

2023
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ReThink Citizens is named a Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund grantee, with support from funders like Prince Harry and Meghan's Archewell Foundation

2023
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With the generous support of the Elevate Prize Foundation, ReThink and the Adyan Foundation partner to bring the ReThink technology, anti-hate and digital literacy education, and anti-hate advocacy to youth in Lebanon

2023-2024
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2023

Trisha launches ReThink Citizens, a youth-led nonprofit with the mission of educating and empowering young people to create the digital world that they deserve

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Trisha joins the Issue One's Council for Responsible Social Media

2023
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2022-2023

Trisha and ReThink collaborate with the Cheshire Constabulary Cyber Crime Team to bring the ReThink message to 80,000 residents in Cheshire, England

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2022

Trisha's debut book, "ReThink the Internet," published by Philomel Books (an imprint Penguin Random House), is released! The book is named an ILLINOIS READS pick in 2023

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ReThink and ConnectSafely launch 'Ask Trish,' a by-youth, for-youth online safety digital column

2021
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Trisha teams up with ConnectSafely to advocate for a better internet on Safer Internet Day 2021

2021
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Trisha is named a Social Innovation and Change Initiative Cheng Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School

2020
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Trisha donates the cash prize she receives as a WebMD Health Hero towards a Green Screen Room at her hometown's Naperville Public Library

2018
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The US State Department's ShareAmerica initiative brings the ReThink message to 134 nations worldwide

2018
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Trisha's TED talk in India is featured in Bollywood star Mr. Shah Rukh Khan's TED talk playlist

2017
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Trisha delivers a TED talk in India; in partnership with Star TV, the talk reaches 96 million Indian viewers

2017
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Trisha is elected the first female Youth Governor of Illinois in 28 years

2017
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Trisha is honored with WebMD's Health Hero Prodigy Award

2016
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Boosterthon partners with ReThink to bring its anti-hate message to 1.3 million students nationwide

2016
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President Obama invites Trisha to be a U.S. delegate to the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University

2016
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Trisha and ReThink are featured on ABC's hit TV show, Shark Tank

2016
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Trisha and ReThink take home MIT Inspire's 1st Place Aristotle Award

2016
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The State of Michigan features ReThink as a preferred anti-cyberbullying solution in statewide educational programs

2016
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Trisha and ReThink are featured on The Steve Harvey Show

2016
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Google Play selects ReThink as one of its top 5 most innovative apps

2016
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Trisha delivers a keynote at Girls Who Code's 5th Anniversary gala

2016
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Scholastic brings the ReThink message to classrooms nationwide

2015
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Trisha delivers a keynote at La Ciudad de las Ideas in Puebla, Mexico

2015
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Trisha delivers a keynote at the International Bullying Prevention Association conference

2015
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Rep. Bill Foster announces that Trisha/ReThink are a winner of the 2015 Congressional App Challenge

2015
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The release of the ReThink app is featured on Good Morning America

2015
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Trisha is a featured speaker at We Day Illinois

2015
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Trisha shares her vision for ReThinking hate at TEDxGateway in Mumbai

2015
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Trisha is named a We Are Family Foundation Global Teen Leader

2015
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Trisha exhibits ReThink at the White House Science Fair, by invitation of President Obama

2015
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Trisha and ReThink are featured in Coca Cola's Super Bowl 2015 #makeithappy Campaign

2015
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Cyberbullying.gov spotlights Trisha's invention of ReThink

2014
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Trisha brings the ReThink movement to TEDxTeen in London

2014
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Trisha invents the concept for ReThink and is named a Google Science Fair Global Finalist

2014
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After learning about the silent pandemic of online hate, Trisha is inspired to take action

2013
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