The SC Times – Matt Perkins
“Ashley Tapio knows what she wants to do when she grows up, and she has a pretty good idea of how her education can help get her there. That’s more than you can say about most high school students. Tapio, who is entering her senior year at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School, was nominated by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Dr. John Mather to represent her school at the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders in Boston this summer. The event strengthened Tapio’s passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).”(more)