I have been very fortunate to have the opportunity to research and develop technologies that can improve the lives of people living in poverty and can open opportunities for communities to live more sustainably. It inspires me to learn that every day, there are more people, governments, and companies realizing that becoming more sustainable as a planet must be a priority. Similarly, every day there are more opportunities to launch sustainability initiatives and make a difference.

I am very fortunate that an organization with an amazing mission like Light Up The World (LUTW) exists and that there are incredible and generous volunteers willing to donate their time, brainpower, and resources to help people they have never met in far-away places in the world. In my three years with LUTW, we have been able to power off-grid homes and schools in off-grid communities in Latin America because of donors, volunteers, and partners.

The challenges we face as a society to live sustainably on this planet are very complex and can only be solved by speaking the ‘same language’ and working together.