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i was telling my friend to not talk. >> [speaking spanish] >> she cried a lot. according to the cdc, guns are now the leading cause of death among children than adolescents in america. it jumps a 30% between 2019 and 2020. according to the washington post, more than 311,000 students have experienced gun violence at school since columbine, in 1999. of course, republicans are suggesting to keep the schools as virtual prisons to deal with this problem. >> we need serious funding to upgrade our schools. this is to install bulletproof doors and locking classroom doors ultimately. as we al...

A survivor of the Parkland shooting is making a difference by creating a smartphone app to help people manage their emotions.

A survivor of the Parkland shooting is making a difference by creating a smartphone app to help people manage their emotions.

Kai Koerber, who graduated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2019, developed the Joy AI Wellness Platform

Kai Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members on Valentine’s Day in 2018. Seeing his peers — and himself — struggle with returning to normal, he says he wanted to do something to help people manage their emotions, on their own terms. The result was Joy, an app built on AI that helps people struggling with sadness, grief or anger to find help in short, bite-sized prompts and tools.