Midwood Science student Urooj Ansari appeared on the ABC News television program Good Morning America (GMA) Wednesday, February 24 alongside the billionaire philanthropist couple Bill and Melinda Gates. The Gates family set out their goals for 2016 in an open letter. This year’s inspiration came from a group of high school students in Kentucky. "If you could have one superpower, what would it be?" Melinda and Bill replied, "More time" and "More energy".
We are dedicating this year’s letter to talking about the opportunities we see to overcome these often overlooked challenges. We’re writing to high school students because you’re the ones who will ultimately be solving these problems. (Our interests in time and energy are separate from our foundation’s work on health and poverty. But it’s all related. Solving these problems will make it easier to save lives and make the world a more equitable place.)
Urooj was selected by the New York Academy of Science to appear with the Gateses on GMA for her work with the 1000 Girls, 1000 Futures program under their Global STEM Alliance.
Urooj Ansari is doing incredibly well in the program and has become an example mentee for our students. Urooj might be a great voice for our program and will be able to serve as a pillar of encouragement to other younger students….
Midwood Science student Urooj Ansari (more or less in the center at sixth from left) with Bill and Melinda Gates, Good Morning America host Robin Roberts, and other students representing the New York Academy of Science.