NFT project founded by High School Student Daisy Lan dedicates proceeds to Ukrainian students
Daisy Lan, a high school student at California’s Mountain View Academy (MVA), has just released one of the first philanthropic NFT drops to be fully launched within the confines of a high school. Officially launched by Mountain View Academy’s NFT Club, the collection of 100 unique works of art celebrate Mountain View’s 100th anniversary while combining an element of social good.
The proceeds of the collection will be donated in their entirety to over 6,000 displaced pupils from over 2,000 schools in Ukraine. For Lan, this monumental event was a chance to do the best in the world and help spread awareness about the situation in Ukraine, as well as prove the benefit of using blockchain technology to achieve full transparency.
ONE recent study found that the NFT market is expected to reach $231 billion by 2030, up from $3.0 billion in 2022. “I’ve seen how much money people my age are making from NFTs,” Lan said, “but I wanted to prove that NFTs can also be used to do good in the world.”
lan’s high school career included the emergence of NFTs as a global phenomenon, with billions of dollars in transactions and thousands of artists finding a new source of income and fandom. An added benefit is that NFT creators have been able to protect their art as it is memorialized on the blockchain.
“I wanted to see if other people could benefit from this technology and at the same time honor the artist by using their creativity for a good cause,” added Lan.
Although Lan’s project was to create a platform where her students and community could donate to a good cause, doing this as a school project meant preparing several proposals, gathering fellow students, and teaching others about what an NFT is and what it can do.
Lan has completed several blockchain technology courses from institutions such as Princeton and MIT, all while working hard to get into a university where she can continue her academic pursuits and cultivate her desire to be a positive influence in her community.
Lan will graduate this year, but not before she has finished making a difference to MVA and to others who are seemingly a world away. She hopes the concept catches on in California and that other students follow suit, enjoying ways to serve others.
Projects like Lans can show the reach that NFTs have, not just for personal gain, but to enhance and enhance a world that we find ourselves more interconnected by every day.
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