Sammy Baek

Sammy Baek is a junior at Naperville North High School in Naperville, Illinois. He is a 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Silver Medalist for his prose piece, "Hoist the Red Banner High." Having loved history from a young age, he is also a finalist at the 2019-20 Chicago Metro History Fair Senior Division, as well as at the 2019 Martin Luther King Oratory Contest. He is currently a two-year member of his school's Model UN club, and was the Outstanding Delegate, representing Bolivia, in the Organization of American States at the Carl Sandberg MUN X tournament. He runs the Plvs Vltra Blog that presents his take on history and political affairs.