--- description: Introducing TIME's Girls of the Year list, featuring young leaders inspiring communities around the world. title: Girls of the Year 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ed6f5f2e8dce81c/6998c8d625f3ee3278644e62/GOTY-4.png?branch=production ---  # Girls of the Year 2025 Introducing TIME's Girls of the Year list, featuring young leaders inspiring communities around the world. [How We Chose the List](/7307993/girls-of-the-year-how-we-chose/) ## *  [Rutendo Shadaya](/collections/girls-of-the-year-2025/7301539/rutendo-shadaya/) Author byMiranda Jeyaretnam *  [Coco Yoshizawa](/collections/girls-of-the-year-2025/7301909/coco-yoshizawa/) Athlete bySean Gregory *  [​Valerie Chiu](/collections/girls-of-the-year-2025/7301910/valerie-chiu/) Innovator byChad de Guzman *  [Zoé Clauzure](/collections/girls-of-the-year-2025/7301988/zoe-clauzure/) Artist byAryn Baker *  [Clara Proksch](/collections/girls-of-the-year-2025/7301989/clara-proksch/) Innovator byAryn Baker *  [Ivanna Richards](/collections/girls-of-the-year-2025/7301990/ivanna-richards/) Athlete bySolcyré Burga *  [Kornelia Wieczorek](/collections/girls-of-the-year-2025/7301991/kornelia-wieczorek/) Innovator bySimmone Shah *  [Defne Özcan](/collections/girls-of-the-year-2025/7301992/defne-ozcan/) Adventurer byAryn Baker *  [Rebecca Young](/collections/girls-of-the-year-2025/7301993/rebecca-young/) Innovator byBilly Perrigo *  [Naomi S. DeBerry](/collections/girls-of-the-year-2025/7301994/naomi-deberry/) Advocate byMegan McCluskey *  [Meet the Girls Who are Building The Future](https://partners.time.com/partners/the-lego-group/she-built-that/?prx%5Ft=IvwJAY7NyAW-IPA&utm%5Fcampaign=222549&ntv%5Fui=ad0bfa5b-31cf-4054-96c2-7faba76f0803&ntv%5Fht=396QaAA/) byTIME Staff ## Project Credits * Lead Editor:Dayana Sarkisova * Editors:Andrea Delbanco, Allison Singer, Kelly Conniff, Merrill Fabry * Art and design:Chelsea Kardokus * Audience:Diana Elbasha, Kari Sonde * Digital:Juwayriah Wright * Photo:Katherine Pomerantz * Reporters:Aryn Baker, Sean Gregory, Simmone Shah, Billy Perrigo, Chad de Guzman, Solcyré Burga, Megan McCluskey, Miranda Jeyaretnam Girls of the Year 2025 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/girls-of-the-year-2025/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/girls-of-the-year-2025/"},"headline":"Girls of the Year 2025","description":"Introducing TIME's Girls of the Year list, featuring young leaders inspiring communities around the world.","url":"https://time.com/collections/girls-of-the-year-2025/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:09:20.538Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:09:20.158Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":11,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ed6f5f2e8dce81c/6998c8d625f3ee3278644e62/GOTY-4.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/girls-of-the-year-2025/","name":"Girls of the Year 2025"}}]}] ```