Logan Lugo competes in RIT/NTID Next Big Idea competition

2017 May 1

Four teams of deaf and hard-of-hearing students from Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf went head-to-head April 26 during The Next Big Idea Competition, a Shark Tank-style business competition.

Judges from the competition's sponsor, ZVRS, a video-relay service headquartered in Clearwater, Fla., reviewed projects of the four team finalists, asked questions and selected first-, second- and third-place winners.

Logan Lugo and teammate Julie Love won second place ($3,000) for ASL Storyteller, an interactive app that offers sign language to babies, both hearing and deaf, to help with language development and creates a richer environment for signing babies.

Congratulations, Logan!