When Raquel Hosein was 16 years old, she fell down a flight of stairs and hit her head. The injury led to chronic seizures. Many, if not most, teenagers might find the newfound ailment to be debilitating. But not Hosein.

At 18, she developed a breakthrough technology that could detect seizures before they happen. She constructed a hat lined with electrodes that nestle in an individual’s hair and scalp. The electrodes are part of a mobile EEG system that measures brain activity, which connects to a smartphone app that can message a user when they need to take medication and prepare for a seizure.

Hosein, who just finished her first year at Brooklyn College, was one of 10 students under the age of 20 to be honored at CE Week, a week-long consumer electronics event hosted in partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corporation. The “10 Under 20,” all students in New York City, were selected for their contributions to science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. The honor comes with a backpack of prizes (a gift card to B&H photo, speakers, headphones, an Ozobot robot, and other items) that the students are supposed to share with their schools.

Raquel is now the Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of Transcribe Online. Raquel is a self-taught full stack developer, hacker, educator, activist and speaker. She sees Transcribe Online as a way to give back to the world. She built Transcribe Online using Node.js, IBM Watson, and several other tech tools.