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Gitanjali Rao, 15, of Lone Tree is Time’s first-ever Kid of the Year.
A 15-year-old Lone Tree girl has been named Time magazine’s first-ever Kid of the Year for 2020.
Gitanjali Rao, a young scientist and inventor, was selected from a field of more than 5,000 nominees to be named Time’s Kid of the Year.
“I was beyond surprised,” Gitanjali said Thursday afternoon in a phone interview. “Just the idea…it’s something you dream about, but something you don’t expect at all.”
Gitanjali, in a zoom interview with actor and activist Angelina Jolie announcing the award, covered a wide-range of topics, from water pollution, to opioid addiction to cyber bullying. Gitanjali has created an app to combat cyber bullying.
“She is super cool,” Gitanjali said of Jolie. “Her activism is beyond inspiring.”
Gitanjali, in 2017, earned the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist” while attending STEM School Highlands Ranch. At that time, Gitanjali won the award for inventing a device named Tethys, after the Greek goddess of fresh water, and entering it into the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. She told The Denver Post she entered the contest, in part, looking for a solution to the Flint, Mich., water crisis.
Kathryn Scott, YourHub
Gitanjali Rao, 11, shows her “Tethys” device at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Nov. 7, 2017. Inspired by the Flint, Mich., water crisis, Gitanjali has been named America’s Top Young Scientist after she developed a device that quickly detects lead levels in water. Now 15, Rao was named Time magazine’s first-ever Kid of the Year fo ..
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