Just last month, 14-year-old Avery Colvert watched thousands of buildings, including her school, in her hometown of Altadena, Calif., engulfed by flames. But “while many felt paralyzed by loss ...

Altadena Girls co-founders Avery Colvert and her mother Lauren Sandidge introduced Hilton at the event, also attended by City ...

Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for TIME Avery Colvert received her honor for founding Altadena Girls — "a late-night idea dreamt up only 46 long days ago when my neighborhood, school and ...