An Indian-American teen has been handpicked by the US First Lady Michelle Obama to serve in the inaugural Student Advisory Board, aiming to provide educational opportunities to teenagers in America.
16-year-old Sweta Prabhakaran has been chosen for the ‘better Make Room’ campaign after her efforts to educate the youth in the field of computer science won her praises, news agency Press Trust of India reported.
Daughter of Indian immigrants from the state of Tamil Nadu, Sweta is one of the seventeen board members who will be travelling to the White House to attend the First Lady’s School Counsellor of the Year Ceremony.
The Indianapolis-born student of Thoms Jefferson high School for Science and Technology in Virginia, is the founder and CEO of Everybody Code Now!
Born in Indianapolis, she is among seventeen students selected by the White House to serve on 'Better Make Room' Student Advisory Board. The inaugural Board has 12 high school students and five college students.
Swetha, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia, is the founder and CEO of Everybody Code Now!, a non-profit body working to empower the next generation of youth to become engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs.
The board will work to create a culture to in schools where students will be encouraged to take up higher studies and connect fellow students with the resources and information required to meet this goal.
"I am deeply honoured to be able to serve on this board.
Creating a college-going and college-graduating culture among youth is something we have worked to encourage through Everybody Code Now!, and I am extremely excited to share this passion with even more students.
"I look forward to working with The First Lady's Reach Higher Initiative and my fellow Better Make Room Student Advisory members to encourage more students to pursue higher education," Swetha said.
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