The pandemic has greatly changed the landscape of education. But that never 1 one brilliant girl's resolve to reach for the stars.
While most teens are tackling the challenges of middle school, Alena Wicker, has already2her high school diploma at the age of 12. And after learning in a long-term online program, she is 3 to attend Arizona State University this summer. There, she4 to major in both astronomical science and chemistry to 5 her dream of working at NASA where she hopes to 6 her extraordinary skills to build spacecraft after graduation. 7, she wanted to be an astronomer, but then she switched over to engineering 8 her love of building things.
Alena's space journey began with her early 9 for Lego (乐高), with which she's always played around since she was 4. So far, she's built10 of everything from the Taj Mahal to NASA rockets.
"She would 11 the Lego pieces by color and size," her mother McQuater said. "She was always 12 at her Lego pieces, and if you 13 her Lego pieces, it would be easy for her to put them together." Besides bringing her visions into reality, this genius had remarkable 14in other aspects of life.
Seeing the 15 of opportunities in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields for women, Alena wanted to make a change. With her mum's encouragement, Alena 16 a website to encourage other girls with 17 interests to focus on fields which had been 18 inaccessible to women.
Alena hopes to set an example for other girls—never let the long-established concept keep us from 19 the course of our life. "It doesn't matter what your age is or what you are planning to do," she said. "Go for it, and then 20it."
