Abdullah is interested in e-commerce. With the Holman Prize, he would create a global consultation app for blind people to find information on learning, mobility, fitness and e-commerce.
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NeZaMi Ensemble
The NeZaMi Ensemble of Vladimir, Dilyara, Minullin and Chagin play fifteen instruments between them. With the Holman Prize, they would travel to Israel to perform with a troupe of Deafblind theater actors.
Albert Rizzi
Albert is the founder of My Blind Spot, a company that focuses on accessibility consulting. With the Holman Prize, he would create a training program to prepare people with disabilities for careers in accessibility.
Naomi O’Toole
Naomi is a college student. With the Holman Prize, she would work with college students to prepare them for the challenges they face.
Jeffrey Lowery
Jeffrey enjoys public speaking. With the Holman Prize, he would learn the sport of free-diving and then foster other blind people through the training to become free-divers.
Sara Patterson-Robert
Sara works as a buyer and seller of precious metals. With the Holman Prize, she would complete her bucket list by swimming with great white sharks, seeing the majestic narwhals, and skydiving into the Grand Canyon. She would document these adventures in a children’s book called The Adventures of Sightless Sara.
Michael Aguilar
Michael is passionate about inclusivity in the beauty industry. With the Holman Prize, he would market his company, Visionary Cosmetics, a makeup brand with braille labels, and vivid color descriptions.
Miha Srebrnjak
Miha enjoys music and computer science. With the Holman Prize, he would create an online store to sell small consumer electronics, with the goal of expanding to other products.
Marx Vergel Melencio
Marx Vergel plays acoustic and electric bass. With the Holman Prize, he would develop a device he created called VIsION with the goal of mass production. The product is a wearable AI device for the blind.
Francis Okello Oloya
Francis is a community psychologist. With the Holman Prize, he would fund the training for fifteen blind people to receive guide dogs in Uganda.