Introducing the 19 Local Gold Medalists who will compete in 22 categories

at the 2025 National NAACP ACT-SO Competition in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Congratulations to ALL!!!

Culinary Arts

Lyanna Jackson - Chalmette High School

Poetry Performance

Amira Konate - Benjamin Franklin High School

Dramatics

Matthew Williams - New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts 

Dance Ballet

KyMora Smith - John F. Kennedy Senior High School

Dance Traditional

Imani Mosley - Warren Easton High School

Dance Contemporary

Konstance Epps - New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts

Dance Modern

Joi Dupard - New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts

Instrumental Music Classical

Noble Hart - HART Academy and New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, Ellis Marsalis Center for Music

Instrumental Music Contemporary

Christopher-Lawson Palmer - New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts

Music Composition

Ra'Son Johnson - The Rooted School, New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts

Vocal Music Contemporary

Bethany Livers - New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts

Vocal Music Classical

Tyree Arso - Eleanor McMain Secondary School,

New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, University of New Orleans Upward Bound

Original Essay

Ahja Hawkins - New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts

Poetry Written

Amira Konate - Benjamin Franklin High School

Playwriting

Bethany Livers - New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts

Short Story

Leif-Samuel Dawson - New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School

Photography

Ivy Mosely - New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts

Drawing

Riley Brown - New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts

Painting

Trinity Smith - New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts

Sculpture

Abijah-Wood Dawson - New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School

STEM

Architecture

Trinity Smith - New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts

Chemistry

Khloe Wilson - Patrick F. Taylor Academy