Celebrating Outstanding Teens Alena Analeigh McQuarter and Heman Bekele | Black History Month
VERY SMOOTH. AND WE ARE CELEBRATING ALL MONTH WITH OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH FYI. WE’RE KICKING THINGS OFF WITH TWO BRILLIANT TEENS WHO ARE CHANGING WORLD HISTORY. AT 13, ALENA ANNALEIGH McQUARTER MADE HISTORY WHEN SHE BECAME THE YOUNGEST BLACK AMERICAN EVER ACCEPTED INTO MEDICAL SCHOOL. SHE FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL AT 12 AND SHE MAJORED IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, GRADUATING WITH HONORS LAST DECEMBER. SHE’S NOW 15. SHE’S MONTHS AWAY FROM HER MASTER’S DEGREE AND STARTS MED SCHOOL IN THE FALL. SHE’S ALSO THE FOUNDER OF THE BROWN STEM GIRL, AN ORGANIZATION THAT ENCOURAGES BLACK GIRLS TO
GET INTO SCIENCE AND TECH CAREERS. >> Joy: THEY’RE GOING TO SAVE US. >> Sunny: THEY WILL. >> Whoopi: WAIT. THERE’S MORE. 14-YEAR-OLD VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOLER — MY GOODNESS — I WISH YOU WOULD WRITE THIS DIFFERENTLY. VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOLER AND ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRANT HEMAN BEKELE WAS CROWNED AMERICA’S TOP YOUNG SCIENTIST OF 2023 AND WAS AWARDED $25,000 FOR CREATING A SOAP THAT CAN POTENTIALLY TREAT SKIN CANCER. >> Sunny: WOW! >> Joy: WOW. THAT’S USEFUL. >> Whoopi: IT TOOK HIM EIGHT MONTHS TO DEVELOP THE SOAP, WHICH HAS DRUGS THAT HELP ACTIVATE THE BODY’S IMMUNE CELLS. AFTER HE SECURES A
PATENT AND GETS AN FDA APPROVAL FOR HIS BRILLIANT INVENTION, HE PLANS ON STARTING A NONPROFIT SO EVERYO
