For International Youth Day 2026, we asked young people around the world to write a letter to their future selves as a reminder to keep believing in the power of philanthropy to empower young people, even as time, institutional pressures, and changing priorities may make it easy to forget. We learned to value our family, the people who stood beside us from the beginning, and we came to understand that true success is not only found in what you achieve, but in what you share. Cristian Petatillo May, part of the collective U Najil Maaya Xook, a group of adolescents and young people who promote Maya language literacy among children and young people.