To serve in the inaugural Student Advisory Board.
Indian American student Swetha Prabhakaran was chosen for ‘Better Make Room’ campaign’s Student Advisory Board by First Lady Michelle Obama in recognition of her efforts to educate youth in the field of computer sciences.
The 16-year-old girl will serve in the inaugural Student Advisory Board of the campaign which seeks to provide educational opportunities for teenagers in the US.
The board, founded by Michelle Obama, will work to create a college-going, college-persisting and college-graduating culture at their schools while connecting fellow students for any information and resources they need. The board members will be travelling to the White House on Friday to attend Michelle’s School Counselor of the Year Ceremony.
Swetha, whose parents immigrated from Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli in 1998, is the only Indian American in the list that has 12 high school students and five college students.
The Indianapolis born is a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia and also the founde of ‘Everybody Code Now!’, a non-profit body working to empower the next generation of youth to become engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs.
“As proven leaders, organizers, change makers, and innovators, these students will help the country achieve President Obama’s North Star goal, that our nation will once again lead the world in college completion rates,” Better Make Room said in a statement.
“I am deeply honored to be able to serve on this board. Creating a college-going and college-graduating culture among youth is something we have worked to encourage through ‘Everybody Code Now!’, and I am extremely excited to share this passion with even more students,” PTI quoted Swetha.
“I look forward to working with The First Lady’s Reach Higher Initiative and my fellow Better Make Room Student Advisory members to encourage more students to pursue higher education,” she said.