Applications for the 2014 Bluhm-Helfand Social Innovation Fellowship are now open and over the next month, we’ll be profiling the social innovators, civic leaders and creative thinkers who make up the ranks of BHSI alum.  And if you’re a social entrepreneur 35 years old or younger with a civic venture that is helping re-shape our society for the better, apply to be a 2014 BHSI Fellow here.

Caitria O’Neill, a 2013 BHSI Fellow, founded Recovers.org, a company whose software helps streamline disaster preparedness and response by connecting organizations, the government and residents.  Since she took the CIW stage in October, she’s taken a position at Stanford’s d.school and delved into other design opportunities through her work with companies like pocketkife.io.

Tell us about what you’ve been up to since your participation at CIW 2013.

What did you gain from your experience as a BHSI Fellow?

Caitria O’Neill describes her inspiration for starting Recovers—a tornado that struck her hometown.