Coronavirus: Gilroy Teen Shields Medical Workers, Report Says

GILROY, CA — Alex Torres has extra time on his hands since his school shut down last month, and the Gilroy High School Senior is putting it to good use.

Torres is using a 3D printer at STEAM Lab at Las Animas Elementary, where his mother, Diana Torres, works as a paraprofessional, The Gilroy Dispatch reports.

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Torres, who according to the report is an aspiring mechanical engineer, has produced 250 Verkstan face shields that can be cleaned and reused.

“It was just this hole, this empty hole,” Torres told the Dispatch. “It was just a feeling of I need something to fill that empty space and empty feeling.”

Torres donated the first 25 Verkstan face shields to a Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Orange County where his aunt works. Others have gone to doctors and pharmacies in Gilroy, the report said.

Read more at The Gilroy Dispatch

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