Janet and Ana Karen Nieto are following in the footsteps of older brother Hilario by deciding to devote their efforts to science, thus responding to the great obsession their parents have had ever since they immigrated to the United States from Mexico, namely that their children study hard to get ah
"Every day that we stayed after school to work on the projects my parents would come to school to bring us food," 15-year-old Ana Karen told Efe emotionally, "and thanks to them and to our English teacher we've gotten here (to the White House Science Fair)."
"We raffle goats, because almost everyone who lives in Presidio is Mexican and they're interested in livestock. We sell food when people are leaving Mass and we organize an art festival in May," Ana Karen said.
Ana Karen and Janet, 17, are members of the rocketry team at Presidio High School, which became a national finalist in the Team America Rocketry Challenge in the last three such contests.The Presidio High team began with only four members and now, four years later, there are more than 30, Ana Karen
