I met Marc Edwards in 2010.   when I did a summer program at Virginia Tech.  One of the most passionate people you&#x27;ll ever meet.  The big news then was water contamination in D.C. (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Lead_contamination_in_Washington,_D.C._drinking_water" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Lead_contamination_in_Washingt...</a>), another project that Edwards spent much of his personal funds on.  Fortunately then, his work earned him a MacArthur Genius Grant in 2007, helping him to pay back his debt.