Ann Makosinski

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. ”

It's very hard to juggle a science fair project as well as your schoolwork. ”

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

I think it is important to have a balance of science and arts to be able to be accessible in either fields. ”

What I kind of want to spread as my message to all kinds of youth that I get to reach out to is, you can do cool stuff; you've just got to put in time and be dedicated. ”

I was listed in 'Time Magazine''s 'Thirty under Thirty' and have given three TED Talks, too. ”

I'm probably not as good in the topics that I'm less passionate about than the ones I spend all my time on. ”

If I don't do something constructive every day, I feel like I have wasted my time, and I almost feel guilty for not doing something I could have learned from. ”

Phone screens are too small to properly appreciate YouTube videos. ”

Creativity was born out of necessity because I didn't have many things to play with. ”