1 of 300 Innovation Fellows in the Nation
Traveled to Silicon Valley and worked with Stanford, Google, Microsoft, Adobe, and Zynga on how to implement design thinking into critical thinking and problem solving. Met and collaborated with Sebastian Thrun (founder of Google X), Frederik G. Pferdt (Chief Innovation Evangelist at Google), Jeff Ramos (General Manager of The Microsoft Garage), Steve Blank (founder of Blank business model canvas), and many more great minds.
Stanford d.school Paper Plane Toss
We each wrote down a problem we were interested in solving and threw our paper planes. The task was to create a prototype that solves the challenge on the plane you picked up, then present your solution.
A Humbling Experience
Being around these teams and minds allowed me to grow the passion and skills necessary to look at challenges in many different ways. Truly a once in a lifetime experience.