Baala Shakya
Mentor: Yan Du, PhD
Northside Health Careers High School
Baala is the Head of Texas for the Book Fairies Organization which is dedicated to promoting literacy and voices, the Historian for the Health Occupations Student Association, and was a national qualifier for the Science, History, & Geography Olympiads in 2020. She is also the manager of Teen Outreach for the San Antonio Public Library, the San Antonio Executive for Knots of Love, the Treasurer of the Black Student Union at Northside Health Careers High School. Baala has a passion for Latin, social media management, and track as she competes in Shot Put & Discus on the Junior Varsity Team.