Kameirah Johnson won a $50,000 technology package for her school. She's giving it to someone else's.

Johnson, a senior at Lakeside School, won the 2025-2026 national Doodle for Google art contest with her digital piece "Hair Power: The Crown That Grows From Us," a celebration of Black hair inspired by her family. Rather than let the prize go to Lakeside, a private school with a $307 million endowment, she is redirecting it to Rainier Beach High School, which has the highest Black student population of any Seattle Public Schools high school at 41%, according to district enrollment data cited by The Seattle Times.

"I believe that when you're blessed, you have to bless others," Johnson told The Seattle Times. "Knowing that I have a lot of family there, knowing that there's so much history at that school, it just felt right to give it to Rainier Beach and to a school full of kids who look like me."

Johnson said Black and African American social media accounts and organizations helped spread the word about her submission, generating tens of thousands of public votes. She said she felt obligated to pour back into that same community.

She learned she'd won while browsing clothing racks at a Bellevue thrift store last week. Days later, she flew to New York for an appearance on NBC's "Today" on Thursday, June 4, 2026. While there, she recorded a video announcing her donation decision. Principal Annie Patu played that video at a Rainier Beach school assembly on Friday, June 5, 2026.

The package will allow Rainier Beach to order Google hardware, including Chromebooks, through a Google partner agency to fit the school's specific needs, according to a contest spokesperson quoted by The Seattle Times.

Amanda Darling, Lakeside's director of communications, said the school supported Johnson's decision.

The donation caps a strong week for Rainier Beach seniors. The district's SPS Shout Outs, published Wednesday, June 3, 2026, highlighted M'Bouilee Sidibe's selection as a Gates Scholar, one of the nation's most selective awards given to less than 1% of applicants.

Johnson heads to New York University this fall to major in studio art and economics.