Lilly Ackerman/Jack Ackerman

My child is America's favorite because she loves to invent, she absolutely loves science and she is very smart!

Placed 20th

in their group

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Why They Love Being a Student

She loves to learn, she loves working as a team and she's spontaneous

Favorite Subject & Why

Science and art because, she loves inventing and making new things and she loves to draw

How $20,000 Would Support Their Goals

It would go right towards her schooling funds throughout her education, it would help with her supplies and school clothes

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