Bo Paske, a 6th grade student at Montford Middle School in Tallahassee, is autistic. He’s a sweet child with a smile and hug for everyone. For whatever reason, he almost always sits alone at the lunch table. His mother thinks his autism in some ways shields him from noticing heContinue Reading
Raven Osborne is the first student in the history of Indiana to earn a bachelor’s degree before receiving her high school diploma! A week before she gets her diploma in May, she’ll be graduating from Purdue University with a bachelor’s degree in sociology with a minor in early childhoodContinue Reading
Sidney Keys, an 11-year old African-American, noticed that his St. Louis school library had very few books about kids like himself. So he started Books n Bros, a book club for 8- to 12-year-olds who get together and read African-American literature. Sidney also wanted to improve literacy among his peers,Continue Reading
One of the most difficult things about leaving prison is getting back on your feet and not ending up back in prison. It is estimated that two-thirds of people released from prison in the U.S. are rearrested within three years. After serving time, people are routinely discriminated against when tryingContinue Reading
The Research Triangle Park (RTP) located in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area of North Carolina is home to number of tech companies and a growing cybersecurity community. This location closed out the October cybersecurity awareness month with a bang! Two conferences back to back with a goal to educate the community. First, BSides RDU wasContinue Reading
Cubs outfielder Matt Szczur made his major league debut in 2014 and has a career batting average of .242. While not an everyday player, Szczur has shown tremendous value as a consistent pinch hitter and backup outfielder. What is of special interest is the impact he has made off theContinue Reading
The Waste to Wealth program, started in 2012, has trained more than 300 women in northeastern Nigeria to recycle plastic waste into mats, bags and other colorful accessories. “This has really helped me. Now I can pay my children’s school fees, I can buy food for my family andContinue Reading
Kayla Abramowitz, the Founder and CKO (Chief Kid Officer) of Kayla Cares 4 Kids, herself has Crohn’s disease and juvenile arthritis. At 11 years old, after extended hospital stays of her own, she wondered what she could do to help other kids. She was too young to volunteer in children’sContinue Reading
Fidencio Sanchez, 89, pushed an ice cream cart for 23 years before retiring. However, after his only child died and his grandchildren were left in his care, he had to return to work. A humble immigrant from Mexico, Sanchez slowly walked his cart full of paletas, or popsicles, and adornedContinue Reading
When Aiden, who has type-1 diabetes, was 8 years old, he heard about service dogs who can monitor glucose levels. Incredibly, these dogs can sense low glucose levels 30 minutes before a blood meter can pick this up. These dogs cost $15,000, but Aiden wasn’t deterred and started saving oneContinue Reading