Sally loves traveling and water sports. With the Holman Prize, she would volunteer with different community organizations in Southeast Asia, to learn how the blind populations are served in those countries. She would take this knowledge back home to help diverse communities in Australia.
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Krystle Allen
Krystle, who once advocated for people with disabilities in Tokyo, would use the Holman Prize to pay for fifteen blind women to participate in the Miss Blind Diva Empowerment Fellowship Program. This is a sixteen-week program that provides personal and professional development and ends with the Miss Blind Diva Empowerment Pageant.
Meet the 2018 Semifinalists
Read about each of our 42 Semifinalists and dive into all their pitch videos on our YouTube playlist.
Sally Aurisch
Shelly Beach, New South Wales, Australia
Krystle Allen
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Carol Green
Kirtland, New Mexico, USA
Rachel Longan
Berkeley, California, USA
Rachel Magario
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Manuel Aregullin
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Francis Okello Oloya
Gulu, Uganda
Matt Formston
Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia
Maria Saavedra
Orlando, Florida, USA
Luanne Burke
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Justin Holland
Mt. Holly, North Carolina, USA
Marco Salsiccia
San Francisco, California, USA
Zahra B. Majid
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Joshua Pearson
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Michael McCulloch
Houston, Texas, USA
Nicole Schultz-Kass
Woodbury, Minnesota, USA
Edward Babin
New York, New York, USA
Zeljko Bajic
Sarajevo, Bosnia
Red Szell, UK
2018 Holman Prizewinner
Becky Andrews
Bountiful, Utah, USA
Sandeep Kumar
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Johnny Tai
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Alieu Jaiteh
Banjul, Serrekunda, Gambia
Georgina Hollinshead
Matlock, Derbyshire, UK
Nathan Gibbs
Clifton Springs, New York, USA
Kellsea Phillips
Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
Matthew Shifrin
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Dr. Sakui Malakpa
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Antyenette “Young Ant” Walker
Jonesboro, GA, USA
Ambrose Lasoy
Rift Valley Province, Kenya
Andrew Hesser
Cornwall, UK
Jean Elston
San Francisco, CA, USA
Michael Armstrong
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Danny Thomas Vang & Jeshua Gilbert Aveno
San Francisco, California, USA
Leona Godin
Castle Rock, Colorado, USA
Stacy Cervenka, USA
2018 Holman Prizewinner