Category: Role Models

How one 14-year-old discovered a passion for genetic engineering

Patricia Rea, a grade nine student at Markham District High School, loves yeast. Or, at least, she loves what yeast can do!

#InspiredByCAGIS: CAGIS member designs device to help people with Parkinson’s disease

Meet 12-year-old Shifa Hussain, an active CAGIS member, driven student and innovator! She competed in the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair with Project Ali, a wearable device she designed to help people with Parkinson’s disease!

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