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Alexis Lewis
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Lewis in 2016
Born 1999 (age 25–26)
Education University of North Carolina
Occupation Futurist, inventor, public speaker, artist and writer

Alexis Lewis is an amazing American inventor and public speaker. She has won many science fairs and loves to teach others about inventing. Alexis is known for creating inventions that help people. She has even given talks at important places like the White House and the Smithsonian.

Inventions and Ideas

Alexis is a very creative inventor. She holds a patent for her "Rescue Travois." This is a special stretcher designed to help move injured people safely. She also has a patent pending for an "Emergency Mask Pod." This sounds like a clever idea for quick access to masks in an emergency.

Science Fair Success

Alexis has been a finalist or winner in many national and international science and invention fairs. For example, she won first place in engineering at the 2012 Broadcom MASTERS Challenge. She also won the Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge twice. These wins show how creative and smart she is!

Other awards and recognition include:

  • 2012 Finalist in Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge
  • 2013 Iron Man 3 Inventor and Innovator Fair winner
  • 2014 Big Hero 6 Inventor and Innovator Fair winner
  • 2016 Scholastic Gold Key in Poetry

Sharing Her Knowledge

Alexis is a popular public speaker. She shares her ideas about invention and innovation with many people. She has spoken at big events like SXSW and TEDx talks. She even spoke at the White House in 2015 during the National Week of Making.

You can watch some of her talks:

  • TEDxAshburn, 2014
  • Obama-White House address: National Week of Making, 2015
  • TEDxUNC 2015
  • Social Innovation Summit, 2018

Documentaries

Alexis has been featured in two short documentaries:

  • 2015 Smithsonian mini-documentary "Teen Inventor Alexis Lewis on Youth and the Innovative Spirit"
  • 2017 The Stem 10, a series of mini-documentaries featuring Alexis Lewis, Jaden Smith and others
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