Sydney, a sophomore Spark Scholar, jumped into the SparkNC Hackathon in Granville County Schools ready to create something BIG.

Partnering with Mrs. Royster’s Career Management and Entrepreneurship classes, she joined 53 students using design thinking to solve real problems in their community. 🌉 Her challenge? Build a bridge for the Town of Oxford. Using Tinkercad, Sydney helped design a digital model and played a major role in constructing the final prototype—with details that made her team’s project stand out. 💡 What inspired her most? The power of teamwork. More voices = more ideas, more creativity, and a project they were truly proud of. This experience opened Sydney’s eyes to how tech can shape real careers and real communities—and showed her that there’s a place for everyone in tech. 🔥 Stay tuned to meet more Spark Scholars making big things happen!