Ayush Ranjan — 1st Place, Virginia DECA State Leadership Conference 2026: Writing Journey with IYJ

We are excited to share a video of Ayush Ranjan presenting his writing journey with Inspire Youth Journal (IYJ) on the occasion of his article being selected as one of the twelve best articles of Edition of the Year 2025. Here’s his story link.

You can view his article and the full Edition of the Year 2025 here.

Ayush Ranjan is a junior at Oakton High School in Virginia, USA. Recently, he, along with our other Newspaper Writer, Dev Rai, earned first place at the Virginia DECA State Leadership Conference 2026 for the Financial Literacy Project.

We are proud of him and wish him continued success in his studies and beyond.