Paul Michael Gordon has done more to help others at 20 than most people will do in their life. At age 15, Paul helped to raise $240,000 to help a child (Eric Graeve) receive a liver transplant. He also raised $24,000 and started the Paul Michael Gordon fund to help children who need organ transplants through the National Transplant Assistance fund.

At 16, Paul lobbied the United States Congress concerning Organ Allocation Issues. He submitted written testimony on the floor of Congress which successfully helped 72 Congressmen and women sign an amendment which helped promote organ donation. Paul also helped raise another 25,000 for another kid's liver transplant. (Erin Medcalf, 16 years old)

At 17, Paul postponed his high-school graduation, (being a year ahead of himself in school), and gave up the Air Force Academy Prep School, and a full paid Falcon Scholarship, so that he could enter himself into a public high school for the very first time. Paul was so moved by the Columbine High-School shooting, that he wanted to reach out to his peers, and encourage them not shoot with a gun, but instead to shoot with a camera. Paul entered public high in the fall and made the movie, "Silhouettes of Time", which is a 30-minute drama on a school shooting that ends positively. The message is to encourage teens to make the right choices, and to reach out to each other in time of need. Paul wrote, directed, edited and filmed, this amazing short film that aired on HBO in the fall of 2001.

At Paul completed his first book titled "There's Hope For America's Youth" which was published in the summer of 2001.

At 19, Paul became a full-time student at the University of Washington, and is currently speaking at high schools and middle schools all across America on youth violence issues. He is also a youth leader at church for Jr. high kids, and is a Jr. Varsity Lacrosse coach at a local public high school. Paul also utilizes the services of his younger brother Jonathan who is 15 years old. Jonathan creates and records all of the music for all of Paul's film projects through electronic instruments and computers. Jonathan's music has been just recently picked up by PBS in New York City for a weekly show on teen issues. Paul and Jonathan currently work on many film projects, and they both freelance as youth correspondents for various special interest news magazine stories. One such story is a video piece on Tony Hawk the skateboarder, which Paul shows when he is a keynote speaker.

Paul's future goals are to run for President of the United States. He also wants to make films that have a positive message and are action packed and entertaining to all.

Paul has been on the cover of Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine, Time Magazine and People Magazine in an article titled "20 Teens Who Will Change the World".

Paul comes to the U-4 team to give talks with pilot Mark Evans to help raise awareness of the need for organ donation.

Additional articles about Paul can be seen at the following links:

Challenging the cynical stereotype

Snoqualmie teen bases movie on Columbine

Good deed paying off for Eastside teenager

Redmond youth wants to make a difference

Wanted: a new liver, fast

Teen reaches out to sick child

Eric `doing incredible' after his liver transplant