Kenzie's Helping Hands

My awesome high school just launched a commercial ! I’m in it! Check it out!

Jessica Wimsatt from WEHT interviewed me yesterday about my e-NABLE and Lucky Fin Project endeavors. The story aired last night and was afterwards posted to their website, Facebook, and Twitter. The Facebook post alone has 4.5k views already! I’m so thankful for the awareness!! Check out the article here:  Mount Vernon soccer star making an impact for those with limb differences

I’m so lucky that writer, Corey Woolsey, reached out to me about my newly printed e-NABLE Phoenix V2 trial hand. He interviewed me last week and got me a cool spot to debut in our local paper this week. I’m so thankful for the opportunity to spread awareness! Just in the past few days, I’ve had many people reach out to me and ask how they could help. These things really mean the world to me! Here is a link to the article:  Paul uses technology for a cause

I’ve had the awesome opportunity to discuss my projects with both Apex and QualEx Engineering firms in Mount Vernon. I loved interacting with the engineering professionals, as they all gave me really great ideas for the future. They were very appreciative of my work and I’m very thankful to have been able to share it with them!

Today, JoJo Gentry from 44 News wrote a followup article on the progress Kenzie’s Helping Hands has made. Once again, I’m thrilled at the opportunity of addressing a larger scale audience on the matters of the limb different community. My ultimate goal is to be an influencer towards the ubiquitous issues that plague our community. Examples of such concerns are how the world views the term “disability” and the connotations it possesses that impinge our image, the lack of awareness surrounding the condition of limb loss itself, the deprivation of information given to new parents of limb different children at hospitals, the insufficiency of disability representation in the entertainment and fashion industries, and the inaccessibility of technologically advanced, cost effective prosthetics. That’s my dream, but anyway, here’s the link:  Mount Vernon Soccer Star Gets Approval to Make Hands for Limb Different People

I’m so thankful to have had the opportunity to spread limb difference awareness on such a grand platform! JoJo Gentry from 44 News interviewed me about my completion of the e-NABLE Phoenix V2 3D printed hand after viewing my initial Tweet regarding the device. The interview really put in perspective for me just how many people can be reached through the media and how the number of views impacted my continued campaign for limb difference awareness. Every effort made directly promotes the familiarization of our condition. Here’s the link to the interview:  Mt. Vernon Soccer Star with Limb Difference Builds 3D Hand I received so many notes following the interview’s airing, and I’m so grateful for all of the support!