Leonardo Silva

Leonardo Silva is a 2026 Bezos Scholar from Lewisville, Texas, and a student Scholar at Harmony Science Academy–Carrollton. He focuses on improving academic outcomes for multilingual students through tutoring and mentorship, founded his school’s ESL Tutoring Club, and has been recognized as a QuestBridge College Prep Scholar and for public health service.

Rebuilding Trust in Science Requires Transparency, Accountability, and Public Presence

At the Aspen Ideas Festival, Jenn White, Laurie Santos, Mike Varshavski and Matthias Berninger examined why confidence in science has weakened even as science remains more trusted than many institutions. Their shared argument was that trust cannot be restored by asserting expertise more forcefully: scientists, doctors, universities and companies have to make evidence more visible, acknowledge past failures, show up where people seek information, and explain uncertainty and disagreement as part of the scientific method rather than a reason to dismiss it.

The Aspen InstituteJun 30, 202621 min read