Vote for Local Brooklyn Student - A Finalist in Microsoft's YouthSpark Challenge for Change

We received hundreds of submissions for Microsoft’s YouthSpark Challenge for Change, a contest asking young people to create a project that addresses a social issue in their communities or around the world.

The judging panel selected 20 finalists including Gin Cheng, and now we’re opening it up to public voting – anyone can vote once a day through June 24 – to select five grand prize winners who will win a 3-week volunteer trip to Kenya this summer, $2,500 to help fund their social good projects, as well as a Windows Phone 8 and Xbox 360.

Gin developed a project to address accessibility and quality health assistance by developing a plan to create a tele-health mobile application so people will have access to doctors, lab reports and information.

You can find more information on all the finalists here. You can view their videos and vote here, and we’ll announce the five grand prize winners on or around July 1.