If you look at Kelly Charley, you’ll see an average American teen. However, if you start talking to her, you’ll realize that she’s far above average.

Charley, a sophomore at Navajo Preparatory School in Farmington, New Mexico, was recently at the White House. No, she wasn’t on a tour. She had been invited to the White House Science Fair to display her prize-winning project.

When Charley first received the email from AISES telling her about the invitation, she was excited. “I realized this was a once in-a-lifetime kind of thing,” she says.

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