DMV Doers | Alexandria teenager encouraging people to embrace STEM
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (DC News Now) — Archi Marrapu is a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and founded a non-profit, StemifyGirls.
She has been an advocate for young people getting involved in STEM for the past several years. The goal for her non-profit is to get more girls and children of color interested in STEM.
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“With the right cultivation,” Marrapu said. “Anyone can find their place in STEM.”
Marrapu reminds people that they are surrounded by STEM on a daily basis.
”If you cook, you are basically doing chemistry, and if you are kicking a ball in soccer, there is some sort of physics involved,” she said. “If you think about it, everything can be considered a part of STEM.”
Marrapu won the Congressional App Challenge 2023 in Virginia’s 8th district for her Project Pill Tracker, a project that helps people remember to take their live saving medications, which has caught the attention of pharmaceutical companies nationwide.
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Marrapu said her top goals moving forward, remains getting more young people involved in STEM.
”Those are the experiences that help me when I need to keep going,” she said. “Those are the moments that I remember, and it makes it worthwhile.”
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