Mark Salada

It's a humbling experience to reach out to people who are in transition - between where they once called home and where they only may call home - and help them utilize to the things we take for granted, like the internet. Technology moves fast for all of us, and to those who can only briefly experience access, that pace can be daunting and disabling. By helping demystify and navigate through basic computer skills, I hope I helped some of those who are physically displaced find a virtual neighborhood through a computer.

Co-founder of “Engineering Outreach,” a program that "wows" primary school-age children with science and engineering. The group travels to elementary schools presenting an interactive lesson called “How Does Paper Fly?” Students learn the basics of unpowered flight and the process of engineering by making their own paper airplanes and then eventually competing with their designs in a contest.