HP Innovation Issue 19: Fall 2021 | Page 41

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Families at PSP ' s 13th giveaway in Harlem received some of the nearly 400 laptops the group has donated to students from grade school up through college .
AMELIE LAPOINT , 17 , WITH TANESHA GRANT . “ I ’ m going to Smith College . I ’ ll finally have a laptop to do schoolwork , attend classes , and communicate with my family . I went to Harvest Collegiate High School . I didn ’ t [ get technology from the DOE ]. Learning online was difficult already . I am really thankful for this . It made me cry .”
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ROSA ACEVEDO , 10 , WITH HER MOTHER , WENDY , AND NOAH GOMEZ . “ I ’ m going to research animals and insects , and see if I should stay away from them or if I can go near them . Stick bugs are very cool . They look like sticks to confuse their predators . I learned that from Google .”
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KELLY ROLAN ANKOUE ( RIGHT ), 17 , WITH HER MOTHER , DIANE ZAGORE . “ This laptop is going to be helpful because I plan to do the premed track for public health at Cornell while looking into ways to code and to help people from low-income communities .”
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MARTIN UNBACH , TEACHER , LEFT , WITH AMELIE LAPOINT , 17 . “ Knowing what Tanesha does for students and families , I keep an open line of communication with her about how I can help and how I can plug in students who can really benefit so the resources are going to people who truly need it . It ’ s straight from people to people — community helping community .”
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1 . A parent at the event . 2 . Sisters Chloe and Tamia Barber working together on a new laptop . 3 . Tanesha Grant with Noel Dorsett , 8 , and his parents , Carl Dorsett and Melissa Ramirez . 4 . Chanel Demorn , 6 , waits for a laptop . 5 . Francis Moncion ( left ), 12 , and Jackly
Moncion , 10 , with their mother , Rosa Corniel .
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