Max Hyman

Maxwell Hyman is a high school senior and the founder of Teens for Peace in the Middle East (TPME), a peace-building platform for Israeli, Palestinian, and American teens. TPME hosts international conversations featuring teens and professionals and uses innovative educational materials to educate young people about conflict and conflict-resolution from a youth-centric perspective. Maxwell has interviewed dozens of Israeli and Palestinian teenagers about their experiences, using this original research and his Teens for Peace podcast. Previously, he interned for the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP) in policy and communications, focusing on the role of sports in peace-building. Max is also the captain of his Congressional Debate, Model United Nations, and Varsity Golf teams. He plans to attend university as an Economics and International Relations major, hoping to eventually work at the intersection of government and the private sector.