Rise Fellow 2024

Sebastian Tan is a passionate and curious 16-year-old from the United States. He's been recognized by Yahoo Finance, Associated Press, Prudential Financial, and more. For his Rise project, he created OutsideConnection as a program and platform that provides jobs to individuals who have been previously incarcerated. OutsideConnection has helped more than 100 reentry organizations across the country develop their own job-placement plans and provided job access to more than 10,000 re-entrants through their partnerships with the largest employers in the world, like Amazon, McDonald's, Chipotle, and more. At school, Sebastian is the tennis captain and loves creating community amongst his peers. In the future, he aspires to spend his time solving some of the world’s largest problems: from poverty in unbanked communities to mass incarceration.