CNHS STUDENT PART OF WINNING TEAM AT LEADERSHIP SUMMIT; PROTOTYPE WILL BE FEATURED IN STOCKHOLM’S NOBEL MUSEUM
Competing against 114 ten-member teams, Colts Neck High School senior Francesca Edralin and her team designed the winning prototype, Hydrone, at the Education First (EF) Global Leadership Summit for high schoolers this past summer in Milan, Italy. Participants in the summit learned about hunger, food waste, and urban gardening, and then were challenged to develop ideas to change the world. The challenge culminated with the presentation of the top 8 prototypes. The winner, Hydrone, was designed to capture moisture in the air and convert it into a water spray that can help water crops and gardens, especially significant during a drought. Solar panels will power Hydrone and the device will be manufactured entirely out of recycled or reused materials, making it almost 100% sustainable.
For placing first, the Hydrone prototype will be featured in the Nobel Museum in Stockolm, Sweden.
Last year, Edralin was one of 17 people in the country to win the Global Citizen Scholarship, a fully funded leadership experience that included participation in the Global Leadership Summit.