meet the board

Lorenzo Beltran is a senior at Bellarmine Preparatory School in Washington. Hoping to promote sustainable practices, he co-founded Bounce Back Recycle together during his sophomore year. Outside of BBR, Lorenzo has received an advanced certification for open water diving and has advocated and lobbied for healthcare and environmental equity policies, competed at international Model UN conferences across North America and Asia with All-American MUN, and conducted climate research at NASA and GLOBE Mission EARTH. In his free time, he loves trying out new recipes when baking and curating Spotify playlists (his favourite artists include The Marias and Tyler the Creator)!

Folasayo (Sayo) Adeoye is a senior at Bolingbrook High School, Illinois. She developed Bounce Back Recycle after years of playing tennis. Sayo is currently co-authoring a neuroscience paper with Northwestern professors. A three-time published poet, Sayo is also publishing her philosophy manifesto Sayopinions, encouraging others to navigate life through logic and empathy; an approach that also fuels her commitment to enviromental sustainabilty. She advocates for trans rights and global equity, is Head of Research at Childhood Matters (a mental health organizaton in California), and has earned awards at international Model UN conferences. Outside of school, she enjoys art and music, ranging from Bad Bunny to Mitski.

Orion Walker-Ortiz is a senior at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois. With the goal of understanding environmental challenges and lasting solutions, Orion co-founded Bounce Back Recycle with two of his friends during his sophomore year. After completing a 2-year long marketing internship at Chicago Neighborhood Properties, and studying political theory at the University of Chicago during the Summer of 2025, he hopes to use the skills he's learned in creating equitable environmental policy through effective marketing and lobbying. Beyond work, he enjoys listening to music (mostly Madison Beer & Tyla), going to brunch with his friends, and binge watching episodes of Netflix's "Suits."