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 creating a team is, it definitely has its challenges, but I think it's one of the most important things that you could do because as one person you can only know so much and I guess for students, especially at Cornell, coming from different backgrounds, they have a different perspective and ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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