Ben MacLean is a 14-year-old 8th grader at York Middle School in York, southern Maine. He represented Maine at the 2011 National Geographic Bee. He would like to travel to every continent. He plays baseball, basketball and football. What he likes about geography is learning about different cultures. ➡ Subscribe: …

Philip Huang is an 11-year-old 6th grader from South Lyon, northeast of Ann Arbor, representing Wayne County Home Educators, Farmington Hills. He enjoys reading, playing the piano and video games and playing football with his dad. The best place he’s been to is the Grand Canyon; he’d like to visit …

Ganesh Aruna is a 14-year-old 8th grader at Overland Trail Middle School in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City. He hopes to become a doctor and travel the world with “Doctors Without Borders,” helping people in need. He likes reading, biking, basketball and tennis. He wants to see the …

Conrad Oberhaus is a 12-year-old 6th grader at Daniel Wright Junior High School in Lincolnshire, a suburb of Chicago. He’s won state and national chess awards and presidential fitness awards. He enjoys running, hiking, flag football and fishing. He plans to study international relations and economics. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About …

John Mahoney is a 13-year-old 7th grader at Stillwell Junior High School in West Des Moines. He scored in the top 5% in the national American Math Contest. He enjoys hunting and sports, especially football. The best place he’s been is Cape Canaveral; he learned about the space program. ➡ …

Tanner Carlson is a 13-year-old 7th grader at Horizon Middle School in Bismarck. He represented North Dakota at the 2011 National Geographic Bee. He’s the regional History Bee winner and competed at nationals in April. He enjoys cycling and curling. He’d like to become a geography professor. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe …

Christian Boekhout is an 11-year-old 6th grader at Hot Springs Intermediate School in Hot Springs, southwest of Little Rock. He represented Arkansas at the 2011 National Geographic Bee. He plays the saxophone and likes creative crafts like paper-folding and drawing. He plays soccer and basketball. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National …

Adam Rusak is a 13-year-old 8th grader at Lakelands Park Middle School in Gaithersburg, near Washington, D.C. He’s interested in meteorology. He enjoys solving puzzles and crosswords and he collects coins from around the world. The best place he’s been is Iceland. He’d like to go to the tropics to …

Frank Kenny is a 14-year-old 8th grader at Charlotte Latin School in Charlotte. His Odyssey of the Mind team was a world finalist. He enjoys tennis and soccer. He’d like to be an airline pilot and see different places every week. The best place he’s been to is New Zealand, …

Anthony Stoner is a 14-year-old 8th grader at Jesuit High School in New Orleans. He represented Louisiana at the 2010 and 2011 National Geographic Bees. He enjoys physics. Possible career plans include a job at National Geographic, Google Earth or the State Department. He would like to visit Montenegro. ➡ …