Each year, the World Youth Alliance Viktor Frankl Award is presented to exemplary WYA members who have made significant and vital contributions in upholding WYA’s mission to promote the dignity of the human person in their communities.
WYA Africa Awardee: Diana Wangai – Kenya
Diana Wangai serves as Ambassador for WYA Africa. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and Affairs by the Catholic University of Eastern Africa.
Over the past years, Diana has served as a Volunteer, Intern, and Advocacy Fellow for the WYA Africa office. Diana has contributed and coordinated training programs, events, regional initiatives, and partnerships that promote the dignity of the person from conception to natural death, the family and the intrinsic development of the human being. She has also supported and promoted the leadership growth, and the expansion of WYA Africa Chapters.
Through her work in international relations, Diana also affirms that authentic justice should be inseparable from the recognition of each person’s inherent worth.
Mayisha serves as the Coordinator of WYA Bangladesh. She is pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree in Biotechnology from the BRAC University.
After joining WYA in 2020, Mayisha completed the Certified Training Program (CTP), the Advocacy Academy, and has volunteered as a Trainer and Regional Intern for WYA Asia Pacific. In 2025, Mayisha attended the WYA International Solidarity Forum in New York as a delegate. She has also facilitated regional FEMM programs, contributed to leadership conferences and international camps, translated the WYA Charter into Bengali, and organized events to strengthen youth advocacy formation. In 2024, she was recognized as an Asia Pacific Outstanding Trainer.
Her work reflects a commitment to empowering young people across Asia to understand freedom directed toward excellence.
Mislav serves as the Coordinator of WYA Croatia. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing at the University of Zagreb.
Mislav joined WYA in 2019 after being introduced to the CTP by his brother. Since then, he has served as a WYA Croatia trainer, facilitator, and coordinator of initiatives such as the Bioethics & Human Rights Summer School and WYA Week. He has also represented WYA Croatia in five international exchanges, and two International Solidarity Forums.
Mislav’s work reflects a dedication to forming young people across Croatia to understand freedom as exercised with responsibility.
Ronald Ulloa serves as a WYA Latin America Fellow and a graduate of law from the University of Piura in Peru.
Since 2021, he has served as a trainer and active member of the WYA University of Piura Chapter. Ronald represented WYA at the 2022 General Assembly of the Organization of American States in Peru and continues to coordinate events and speak on international issues that impact young people.
Ronald’s legal background strengthens his commitment to ensuring that human rights remain rooted in a sound understanding of the human person.
Gael Nissi serves as Coordinator for the WYA Lebanon Chapter. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and Affairs by the Holy Spirit University of Karsik.
She first encountered WYA through a friend, and what began as an introduction soon became a lasting commitment. Among her contributions are volunteering to teach the Human Dignity Curriculum in Lebanon, facilitating several CTPs, organizing events and public talks, leading multiple information sessions, and actively participating in the translation of the CTP Manual into French. Her work has expanded access to WYA formation programs and strengthened youth engagement in her region.
Gael hopes that the training that WYA provides, in human dignity education, will instill in young people a sense of clarity, resilience, and purpose.
Peter is currently an Advocacy Fellow for the World Youth Alliance. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts from the Wyoming Catholic College.
Peter encountered WYA while attending a seminar in Europe, where he met a member who introduced him to the organization’s mission. That initial conversation opened the door to deeper involvement. Since then, Peter has completed the CTP, the Advocacy Academy Training of Trainers, attended the International Solidarity Forum, and grown in his commitment to defending human dignity in the public square. As an Advocacy Fellow with World Youth Alliance, Peter looks forward to representing WYA at the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the UN.
The 2026 Viktor Frankl Awardees embody the mission and vision of the World Youth Alliance: to build free and just societies through a culture that affirms the inalienable dignity of the person, defends the intrinsic right to life, nurtures the family, and fosters a social climate favorable to integral development, solidarity, and mutual respect.
WYA celebrates these young people as they continue to inspire and live these ideas in their communities.
