Lauren Wolfe is president of the College Democrats of America.

To a lot of law school students, the Democratic National Convention is something to tune into in between study sessions. But Lauren Wolfe will be front and center in Denver. As president of the College Democrats of America, she will be running her own convention within the convention.

About 600 college students from 250 schools are registered for the CDA National Convention, which aims, among other things, to teach students campaigning skills. Speakers like Howard Dean, the DNC chair and former Vermont governor, will be on hand to energize the young party leaders. They are also rallying around what Lauren says are their main concerns this election year: affordable college education, health insurance and the war in Iraq.

By virtue of her position with the CDA, she is also a superdelegate. As for one day running for president of the United States, she says, “I like politics, but it’s not something I’m going to jump in anytime soon.” Lauren is just focused on inspiring young Democrats this week and finding a job for after graduation when she gets back home to Michigan.

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Tanya Poteet, 18, volunteers with Operation Christmas Child.

Tanya Poteet says she will never forgot how she was abused and abandoned by her parents in Russia when she was eight years old. She grew up in an orphanage, separated from her brother and sister, hearing that she was worthless and would never be loved. The first time she felt like anyone cared about her was when she received a shoe box full of Christmas presents from a charity in the U.S. called Operation Christmas Child.

Now 18, Tanya lives in St. Louis with her biological siblings and their adopted family.  With more happiness and stability than she’s ever known, she still wanted to help Operation Christmas Child, the group that gave her so much.  The organization hand-delivers millions of decorated shoe boxes filled with letters, candy, school supplies and other necessities to needy kids in 90 countries.

Tanya just returned from Quito, Ecuador delivering shoe box gifts to kids in orphanages there. Contrary to the name, Operation Christmas Child believes that giving shouldn’t only be limited to Christmas time for the neediest youngsters in the world. Whether it was a pencil or socks from the dollar store, Tanya knows first hand how something small can mean so much.

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Arthur Ebeling, 23, is the CEO of Eastern Isles Teas and Tonics.

Arthur Ebeling wants to save the world one cup of tea at a time. It sounds cliché, but this 23-year-old wants to make a mark on entrepreneurship and the environment simultaneously. Like tea, his outlook is refreshing: “Young entrepreneurs are creating a new wave of business. We live in a truly global marketplace and that is a critical landscape for social change being partnered with business.”

Ebeling certainly knows his teas. He grew up making tea from spearmint he picked from his grandmother’s backyard. He even likes to explain the medicinal benefits of different leaves as outlined in the fabled Eastern Isles’ Lost Scrolls.

Ebeling started Eastern Isles Teas and Tonics as a college student two years ago (he’s graduating in the fall). It sells eight teas and donates one dollar from each sale to environmental causes. Ebeling is also working on a line of teas for kids to replace some soft drinks.

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Carlos Leon, 24, is a member of the U.S. Paralympics Track and Field team.

I thought it would be all business when Carlos Leon was training for the Beijing Olympics at the Lakeshore Foundation in Birmingham, Alabama. No talking. No laughing. I was wrong. At first I gave Carlos his space when he was lifting and doing cardio. But, Carlos is full of soul and spunk even while he’s doing his serious training. He even invited me to join in (although my weights were much lighter than his).

From a headshot or the right camera angle, you’d think Carlos is competing in discus at the Olympics. But, he’s the first to emphasize that he will be in the Paralympics. The 24-year-old Iraq veteran became a quadriplegic while he was diving in Hawaii, celebrating being back in the states.

His physical setback has not squandered his dreams. He’s focused enough to ban his parents from visiting him at the training facility where he now lives. But, he’s humble and fun enough to let a camera crew in to hang out with him days before he’s set to compete.

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