North Texas High School Student Who Started App to Protect Seniors From Cybercrime, Named TIME's Kid of the Year

North Texas high school student who started app to protect seniors from cybercrime, named TIME's Kid of the Year

Frisco student Tejasvi Manoj earned TIME's Kid of the Year honor for creating Shield Seniors, an app to protect seniors from cybercrime.

Tejasvi Manoj, 17, Named 2025 TIME Kid Of The Year

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY – At 17, Tejasvi Manoj of Frisco, Texas, has been noticed far beyond her hometown. Named Time Kid of the Year for 2025, she has spent the last year helping senior citizens navigate the digital world safely, after a personal wake-up call in February 2024 when her grandfather fell victim to an online scam. Then a 16-year-old junior, Manoj dove into research on scams targeting older Americans and quickly realized j…

TIME magazine names Indian American 2025 Kid of the Year

TIME Kid of the Year shows Tejasvi Manoj on Front Page. Photograph by Zerb Mellish for TIME  TIME and TIME for Kids revealed the 2025 Kid of the Year, on September 9, 2025, “recognizing one exceptional young person making the world a brighter place.” The choice this year is “17-year-old digital defender Tejasvi Manoj from Frisco, Texas.” Manoj is recognized for her service work teaching digital literacy to protect seniors from cybercrime. “I sta…