A 12-year old, Alena Wicker has set to commence her college education at Arizona State University, with a study course in astronomical and planetary science and chemistry. Her plan is to become an engineer for NASA someday.
According her “I always dreamed of being an engineer because throughout my life I liked the building,” Alena said.
Since she was 4-years old, it had always been her dream as she was building NASA-sized Legos.
“She just had a gift for numbers and Lego and science so I started nurturing that gift,” said her mother Daphne McQuarter.
After finished her high school through homeschool classes, Alena began pursuing that dream and will be starting classes at ASU this summer. She expects to finish college at the age of 16.
“I’ll be driving in one of those future space mobiles by the time that I graduate college,” Alena said, adding that she wants to build rovers that could be sent to other planets as well.
More than that, Alena is also very active on her Facebook page where she plans to launch a podcast to share her journey.
“I’m just planning it all as I go. It doesn’t matter what your age or what you’re planning to do. Go for it, dream, then accomplish it,” she said.