Sierra has worked with the Microfinance Club. She would use the Holman Prize to launch BrainPOP, a smart soda with low sugar, and amino acids that help with cognition and mind-body balance.
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Alexandria Brito
Alexandria practices Krav Maga, a type of self-defense and is a powerlifter. With the Holman Prize, she would train and compete in powerlifting competitions, with the hopes of qualifying for the 2020 Paralympics.
Christian Ohrens
Christian works as a DJ in his free time. With the Holman Prize, he would fund Blind Through Hamburg, which provides people with a walking tour under blindfold with a white cane of the city of Hamburg, Germany.
Natalie Devora
Natalie is an author and activist. With the Holman Prize, she would travel and collect stories from people of color with albinism around the world and share these stories in an anthology and documentary.
Troy Knight
Troy likes video games, animation and Dungeons and Dragons. With the Holman Prize, he would produce and market his novel, Blue Comet and hire voice actors to create an audiobook version.
Ryan Jolley
Ryan is a hunter and uses assistive technology to hunt safely. With the Holman Prize, he would travel to and camp in the Rocky Mountains and harvest an elk.
Zuby Onwuta
Zuby is a patented inventor. With the Holman Prize, he would build an online community of blind innovators so they can collaborate and strategize to bring their ideas to market.
Trevor Hahn
Trevor is a rock climber, snowboarder, and mountaineer. He would use the Holman Prize to team up blind civilians and wounded veterans to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and connect with disabled children in Tanzania.
Michelle Young
Michelle has worked with blind people on structured discovery in Qatar, the United States, and Australia. With the Holman Prize, she would hold residential workshops on structured discovery and echolocation orientation and mobility techniques.
Chad Allen
Chad has been a performing magician for over twenty years. He would use the Holman Prize to digitize notable magic books, making them accessible for the first time to blind people.