Pearl Somboonsong is the founder of InPlace, which allows seniors to convert their house into an in-place community. While in high school, Somboonsong founded and organization called "Focus" to raise money to enable a school in Nan, Thailand to update resources and improve living conditions. She worked with the principal and founded a group that helped raise funds and she developed ways for the students themselves - both at the school in Thailand and her fellow students back in the USA - to be central to the success. Pearl Somboonsong is a pursuing her undergraduate degree at Cornell University.
I think first and foremost is the people you're around. Being able to kind of collaborate on different projects, being able to meet different people kind of just sparks that innovation in you just because everyone seems to be excited about something and it's whether your idea or their idea that you...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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