Project Leads and Coordinators
The people who run the contest and connect it with schools and with field partners.
Oscar Pasotti Schoenman
High school student and tech innovator
Lead on contest structure and project coordination and deployment.
Lakoi Takona
Community-based drone deployment specialist
Community-based drone deployment specialist with extensive experience implementing open-source systems for medical and agricultural use in Malawi and Kenya. Contributes expertise in field deployment, participatory design, and technology adaptation for low-resource settings.
Eric Vallone
Support and coordination
Supports and coordinates the project, and carries the outreach to other schools. He works with Eliad Group.
Lauren Elward
Supervisor at SCHS
Supervised the project at SCHS and coordinated the meetings there.
Mentors and Reviewers
Additional mentors and reviewers include faculty from UC campuses, CITRIS representatives, and NGO practitioners.
Contact
Write to caredrone.project@gmail.com. Schools, prospective student mentors, and partner organizations use the same address.
Registration opens in December 2026.