16-yr-old girl who left Singapore wins top honours in Canada

TheRecord, 8 May 2012
Janelle Tam , a 16-year-old Waterloo Collegiate Institute student wins top Canadian honours at national biotechnology competition for a disease-fighting, anti-aging compound she invented using nano-particles from trees.
Janelle, who came to Canada from Singapore when she was 12, has an English exam on Thursday. Because she skipped Grade 7, she’ll return to Waterloo Collegiate for a victory lap next year, despite being accepted into her dad’s university and the University of Western Ontario. Full story

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