Matilda Schugsta

Matilda (Tilly) Schugsta is a student at West Chester East High School. She has a passion for environmental, economic, and animal justices, planning to continue her advocacy throughout her future career.

As a motivated and passionate student leader, Matilda (Tilly) Schugsta works within her daily life oversee and address the needs within her community, setting her plan to do so in the future along the way. Through initiatives within her school, such as founding an animal rescue and cruelty awareness club, to her actions taken within her community, such as being a founding partner in a mental health access initiative, she aspires to create meaningful and sustainable change. She continues to broaden her knowledge through her advanced high school curriculum and by meeting/working with business/policy leaders in her community. In her recent publication, Invisible Intentions: Addressing Gaps in Animal Cruelty Prevention, she intends to shed light on the state of animal cruelty gaps within federal policy to foster a sense of change.

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Invisible Intentions: Addressing Gaps in Animal Cruelty Prevention

Op-Ed Contest Spring 2026

Matilda Schugsta

Addressing the critical concerns over animal cruelty in the Animal Welfare Act of 1996 is nothing but imperative, yet the exclusions, laxity, and minimal standards of this law conceal its equitable resolution. "Invisible Intentions: Addressing Gaps in Animal Cruelty" traverse the pressing gaps and loopholes found within the act, and articulates the exigence as to why it must be revised.

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