![The members of the EMPOWER leadership team include, left to right, Laura McGann, Pearse Lipscomb, Laura McGann and Ana Conrado.](https://ceng.calpoly.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Empower10-768x519.jpg)
Providing Hope: EMPOWER Club Gives Students Hands-on Experience While Helping Real People with Challenges
Pearse Lipscomb realized the impact he could have at Cal Poly when a Cuesta College student strummed a guitar for the first time using a prosthetic hand Lipscomb helped create. “He was