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Pine Crest Upper School Students Win T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge Lab
October 13th 2023
Pine Crest Upper School students and brothers, Joshua ’24 and David ’27 Martoma, with their sister Ava won first place in the T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge Lab recently.
The Changemaker Challenge Lab is a two-day event offering teams of youth between the ages of 13 and 18, who were selected from nationwide entries, access to hands-on learning and mentorship that will help advance their innovative ideas for creating more inclusive, equitable and sustainable communities.
During the Lab, the top team in each of the three contest categories—Digital Empowerment, Equity In Action and Thriving Planet—also pitched their ideas to T-Mobile senior leaders for the opportunity to receive $5,000 seed funding grand prize on top of the $10,000 each had already earned.
The siblings’ non-profit organization KidsMates, in the Equity in Action category, seeks to promote resilience in the face of parental incarceration. After experiencing it themselves, they wanted to find a way to help offer other children and caregivers resources and community.
“Our ultimate goal is to create a supportive and empowered national community that actively works to break the cycle of incarceration and provide essential resources to those most in need,” said Joshua. “The seed funding from T-Mobile and the support we have received through the Changemaker Challenge is a game-changer in making all of this happen.”
Congratulations!
