Meet the KC-area teen producing a video with Emmy award-winning directors
A Kansas teen has won a national public service announcement contest.
Sponsored by the National Road Safety Foundation (NRSF), Drive2Life is a video contest that encourages students ages 13-19 from all over the country to submit their creation of a PSA regarding road safety.
With the theme for this year’s contest being “Sharing the Road: With Other Vehicles & Pedestrians,” teens across the nation created content to empower safe driving. However, one video stuck out more than any other.
Meet Tonganoxie High School graduate Huston Albert
Huston Albert, 18, of Tonganoxie took home the grand prize at the 2025 Drive2Life PSA contest for his production of a road safety announcement titled “Taught to Share.”
After Albert participated in various school clubs about public safety, one of his advisors suggested he enter the NRSF video contest. Albert, wanting to take a different approach to road safety, created a video featuring pedestrians and drivers of all ages and backgrounds.
“Instead of doing something about a teen in the driver’s seat doing something bad or distracted driving, I made it more of a rhyme scheme so that it’s open to all ages and grade levels,” said Albert.
“I want my project to be seen around…to show that you can share on the road like you do when you’re a kid. It also shows kindness, to give and to share that part of the road to a runner, biker, walker and to be positive and help other people when they need it.”
For his service and achievements, Albert received $2,000 as well as an all-expense paid trip to New York for a chance to turn his winning video into a national broadcast service announcement, getting the opportunity to produce his content with Emmy award-winning directors at Alan Weiss Productions.
The finalized PSA will be aired on Teen Kids News.
The National Road Safety Foundation
Michelle Anderson, director of operations at the National Road Safety Foundation told the Star that the mission of the organization is “to be able to educate and assist the general public as best as we can so that everyone can get home to their families safely at night.”
Anderson, who works directly with the students that participate in their contests and productions, also serves as head of the safety programs, partnership developments and driving campaigns.
When it came to the 2025 Drive2Life video contest, Anderson says that Albert’s creation stuck out the most.
“For Houston’s video, I think what really stuck out with us is that it did not only speak to his peers, but it spoke to all generations,” said Anderson.
“Most of the submissions spoke of sharing the road with another vehicle. But it goes beyond just another vehicle. Sharing the road means pedestrians, cyclists, motorcycles, EMS, the police. He was able to incorporate quite a few of those different areas into his public service announcement. It can be seen, viewed and appreciated by anyone.”
