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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Small small world. I think I met Charles when he came to a regional up here with a MORT alum who he is friends with at MIT. Learned that Charles also knew Sean Cantrell (who at the time was with 1771).

Love seeing how FIRSTers all know each other

Perhaps Charles was being too modest. Charles was the reason that 1771 existed. When he was a junior at North Gwinnett HS, he heard about FIRST and decided to form a team at North. He lobbied administration, begged a teacher to be a sponsor, found a build space at another school that already had a team, found a few other students to be on the team and started it all. With no mentors, no money and no experience. Charles was already at MIT when I joined 1771, but he was the genesis of the team, and it grew from the roots he created.