Mehana from South Windsor High School

Congratulations to our student and Connecticut State Champion Mehana N. Ms. Mehana won the first place (Gold Medal) in Chemistry and Second place (Silver Medal) in Biology at the Connecticut State Science Olympiad competition. She also bagged Second place (Silver) in Astronomy and Fermi. Ms. Mehana is also our Science Ambassador selected for the town of South Windsor for the current year. A title given to our students driven and motivated to promoting Science. She has won medals in all of her participating events for a total of 4. She now heads to Wichita Kansas where she will represent our great State of Connecticut at the National Science Tournament. Center for DNA-Guided Medicine and its staff wish her the very best at the nationals.

Below is her testimonial

"When I first joined this program, I was debating between studying computer science and medicine. As I spent more time in the lab, I learned more about personalized medicine and I enjoyed working with high tech equipment, and my love for biology grew. I ended up feeling like computer science was a better fit for me, but I still want to keep ties with biology. The program opened my eyes to fields that combined both areas I loved, such as bioinformatics and biotechnology, just to name a couple. I would definitely recommend this program as it helps high schoolers learn more about the practical application of biology, gives them a hands-on experience that they’ll never forget, and connects them to the medical field."