Abby Gundrum is a sophomore at York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois. She leads the Ecology Club there, in which she coordinates various recycling programs and helps to educate the student body on threats towards the environment. She is also involved in Garden Club, where they are currently removing invasive plant species and replacing them with their native counterparts. Another interest of hers is Spanish, and she will be studying in Seville, Spain this summer.