My roommate was designing a small app for her computer science degree, and asked for another set of eyes on it. I was able to give feedback about how the colors associated with it made it more difficult for me as a colorblind person to see where I needed to be inputting text and clicking buttons. She was able to update the interface to make this clearer, and it ended up making it to the final version!

I'm a person with a variety of health issues who is constantly looking for something over the counter and accessible that might be able to help me exist in a way that isn't so difficult for me. I often take magnesium pills at night, so I know the benefits that it can have in helping me get enough relaxation and pain relief to be able to sleep even when nothing else works. I've actually been extremely interested in trying a topical version of this, as I've been hearing anecdotally that it has similar benefits to taking it orally with the added plus of being able to have some grounded, dedicated self care involved in being able to apply it myself. Even if I'm not selected for this, I'll likely end up trying it on my own anyway, because I genuinely want to see the difference it might make in my life.

I’m a person who is generally exhausted, but I don’t often find myself able to have access to energy drinks that don’t have mountains of sugar that will have the opposite effect it’s supposed to. When I’m actually able to get a boost without it dragging me down, it feels like being able to run through fresh cut grass after trying to cross the same distance wading through an eternally extending kiddie pool. Not only do I get where I’m trying to go, but the journey itself doesn’t have to be taxing anymore—I get to spend more time actually enjoying the routes I take to get there.