2018 Prizewinner
Stacy, who has worked in disability public policy, used the Holman Prize to launch an accessible travel forum similar to Yelp or TripAdvisor, geared specifically towards blind users.
Meet Stacy Cervenka, creating an online community for blind travelers with the Holman Prize.
Twitter: @StaceyCervenka
2019 Holman Prizewinner
Announcing the 2019 Holman Prizewinners
From Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Yuma is the Team Lead of OSeyeris, who develop accessible technologies for the the blind. With the Holman Prize, he will build an online community to make astronomy more accessible to blind people, with the hopes of a blind person discovering an exoplanet.
For press inquiries, contact press@lighthouse-sf.org.
Yuma’s Twitter: @triple7
AstroHunters Facebook Group
OSeyeris Twitter: @OSeyerisVIP
OSeyeris YouTube Channel
Audio
Talking Vision: Yuma Decaux, part one
Talking Vision: Yuma Decaux, part two
2019 Holman Prizewinner
Announcing the 2019 Holman Prizewinners
From Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Mona teaches bioengineering at Northeastern University. With the Holman Prize, she will film a documentary series called Planes, Trains and Canes, where she would navigate and access the public transportation systems of six cities around the world.
For press inquiries, contact press@lighthouse-sf.org.
Do I make it? Johannesburg Part 1
City Tours, Safari Trip and Navigating: Johannesburg Part 2
https://planestrainsandcanes.com/
Facebook: Planes Trains and Canes
Twitter: @PlaneTrainCane
Instagram: @planestrainsandcanes
YouTube: Planes, Trains and Canes
She Realized that her blindness was a strength (Northeastern University)
2019 Holman Prizewinner
Meet Alieu Jaiteh: Holman Prizewinner and Social Entrepreneur
From Banjul, The Gambia, Alieu is the founder of Start Now, a foundation that provides training for blind people in the Banjul area. With the Holman Prize, he will provide eighty blind people with rehabilitation training in rural Gambia.
For press inquiries, contact press@lighthouse-sf.org.
Start Now Gambia Facebook page
Mona is working on postdoctoral research in computational chemistry. With the Holman Prize, she would film a documentary series called Planes, Trains and Canes, where she would navigate and access the public transportation systems of five cities around the world.
Alieu is the founder of Start Now, a training program for blind people in The Gambia. With the Holman Prize, he would provide eighty blind people with rehabilitation training in rural Gambia.
Yuma loves hiking and surfing. With the Holman Prize, he would build an online community to make astronomy more accessible to blind people, with the hopes of a blind person discovering an exoplanet.