In the year after she graduated from high school, a 13-year-old girl has
been accepted into a medical school program.
Alena Analeigh Wicker just informed her more than 20,000 Instagram
followers of the news.
"I've put forth a lot of effort to fulfill my aspirations and attain my
objectives. Mama, I succeeded, "The teen uploaded a photo of her letter of
admittance to the program below.
She was accepted into the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Heersink
School of Medicine's Burroughs Wellcome Scholars Early Assurance Program,
the institution said in a statement to CNN.
According to their website, the program is a collaboration between the
medical school and HBCUs located throughout Alabama, and it offers early
entrance to students who satisfy the admissions and matriculation
standards.
Alena announced on Instagram that she finished high school at the age of 12
and has already racked up a long list of commendable achievements.
She stated, "I'm still a regular 13-year-old," in an interview with the
Washington Post.
But not quite. According to the Washington Post, she is presently pursuing
two distinct undergraduate degrees in biological sciences at Arizona State
University and Oakwood University.
But how, at such a young age, does she manage to accomplish it all?
She told the Washington Post, "I just have incredibly strong time
management abilities and I'm very disciplined.
According to the website for "The Brown STEM Girl," she also founded it in
order to inspire, empower, and educate girls of color about STEM fields,
including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
A pioneer for African-American mathematicians at NASA, Katherine Johnson is
remembered by the Brown STEM Girl Foundation.
Alena updates the world on her trip through posts on her Facebook and
Instagram pages, where she shares her enthusiasm for STEM, NASA, and
Legos.
The mother of science enthusiast Alena told the Washington Post that she
had been aware of her daughter's intelligence since she was a young
child.
According to her mother Daphne McQuarter, "Alena was brilliant." "It was
simply the way she operated and how knowledgeable she was. Chapter books
were being read by her."
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