Texas teen was told girls of color couldn't do well. She's graduating college at 14. [View all]

[Jilly_in_VA]

Alena McQuarter isn’t like other teenagers.

She graduated from high school at 12 years old, made national headlines as the youngest person to intern at NASA and is the youngest Black person to get accepted to medical school.

Now, she's just a few months away from graduating from college at the age of 14.

And somehow, the native Texan and teenage prodigy had time to start the Brown STEMGirl, an organization for girls of color who want to study science, technology, engineering and math.

“I’ve always tried to prove that girls of color … they can do what they put their minds to," she told USA TODAY last week. "Being able to graduate at the age of 12 from high school and going into college, I just want to inspire other girls to follow their dreams.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/08/13/texas-teenager-science-graduating-college/70565236007/