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Devorah Inwood

Devorah Inwood

Co-founder and Head of Product at Samaritan Scout, a nonprofit AI-powered search engine connecting people with local volunteer opportunities.

Aug 22, 2026

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Stage 4 Cancer Led Her to Build a Search Engine for Good with Dvora Inwood

Aug 22 · 27m

JosephHOST
1:19
But before we get too far into it, Devorah, why you? Why is this something that you co-founded?
Devorah Inwood
Devorah InwoodGUEST
1:24
Well, it was actually started with my daughter about seven years ago.
Devorah Inwood
Devorah InwoodGUEST
1:27
She was a freshman in high school and needed to log volunteer hours at the thing for a lot of schools.
Devorah Inwood
Devorah InwoodGUEST
1:31
And she kept coming to me frustrated because finding a real in-person local volunteer opportunity is actually much harder than it should be.
Devorah Inwood
Devorah InwoodGUEST
1:39
Google surfaces, big national organizations and the old directory websites.
Devorah Inwood
Devorah InwoodGUEST
1:44
So they just are basically empty of anything local and in person.
Devorah Inwood
Devorah InwoodGUEST
1:48
And she said, why isn't there a search engine for this? Why don't you build a search engine? Right.
JosephHOST
5:21
What is the expected experience that they are going through, through using your program and your service?

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