Ann Makosinski

“I just think we need to find a way, because we don't dispose of them very well; they have very bad chemicals in them. If we could just find a way, maybe start at a small step with eliminating batteries perhaps in small electronic devices, and then possibly in the future go bigger, that would be great.”

“I'd take garbage, and I'd glue them together and create inventions.”

“I'm really interested in harvesting surplus energy, energy that surrounds but we never really use.”

“I was always taking garbage from around the house and making my own toys. I wasn't given a Wii or an Xbox or anything.”

“My biggest hurdle usually has to do with concentration. I have a tendency to kind of start working on something, and then, all of a sudden, I'll totally divert and do something totally different.”

“Not being given everything encourages you to create... That was one of the first steps for me learning to invent things.”

“My attention span has never been on point - in school as well - unless I'm very, very, very into something.”