January 29, 2014
Anthony Halmon, a Chicago youth who turned from street gangs to entrepreneurship for the sake of his three-year old daughter, created a baby thermometer described as an improvement on existing models already on store shelves. His idea earned him a $20,000, four-year scholarship to Cornell University where he currently is a freshman pursuing a degree in engineering.
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South Side Youth's Path to Innovation and Entrepreneurship
There’s no shortage of news about African American youth who take the wrong path in life. Here’s a story however, that highlights an African American youth who started down the wrong path but changed his course and is now an entrepreneur with a device that soon will be on store shelves as a product that benefits children and their families. It's called the Thermofier.