Eighth grade student Ellie Lou Olvera won a $10,000 prize at a prestigious national competition this month.
The 13-year-old traveled to Washington, D.C for the Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge (JIC), the nation’s premier middle school STEM competition owned and produced by the nonprofit organization Society for Science.
Olvera was chosen from the 30 finalists, who were selected from nearly 2,000 applicants from 49 states, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico. Winners were selected by a panel of distinguished scientists, engineers and educators.