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 as a student, as a student you have to use your resources, I feel. When you kind of are just coming into an idea or just kind of starting that the people around you are gonna be the most helpful. I mean there's a whole things about like venture capitalist. Then there's like healthcare esp...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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