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15-year-old scientist named as TIME Magazine’s first ‘Kid of the Year’

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Introducing the first-ever Kid of the Year, Gitanjali Rao <a href="https://t.co/Hvgu3GLoNs">https://t.co/Hvgu3GLoNs</a> <a href="https://t.co/4zORbRiGMU">pic.twitter.com/4zORbRiGMU</a></p>— TIME (@TIME) <a href="https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1334468368561270784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2020</a></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>MANILA — Fifteen-year-old scientist Gitanjali Rao was named Thursday as TIME Magazine’s first Kid of the Year.</p><p>According to the magazine, Rao was chosen due to her inventions that tackled various issues ranging from “contaminated drinking water to opioid addiction and cyberbullying.”</p><p>The young scientist made the app, Kindly, which helps detect cyberbullying. </p><p>She was chosen from more than 5,000 US-based nominees, in partnership with Nickelodeon.</p><p>Among the final five nominees are Tyler Gordon, 14, from San Jose, California; Jordan Reeves, 14, from Columbia, Mo.; Bellen Woodard, 10, from Leesburg, Va.; and Ian McKenna, 16, from Austin.</p><p>“The five finalists have grown food for those in crisis, designed better toys for kids with disabilities, and started new conversations about racial justice,” the magazine said in an <a href="https://time.com/5916802/how-time-picked-2020-kid-of-the-year/">article</a>.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qr3P8dqbLnU?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Fifteen-year-old scientist Gitanjali Rao was named Thursday as TIME Magazine’s first Kid of the Year.</p>

Fifteen-year-old scientist Gitanjali Rao was named Thursday as TIME Magazine’s first Kid of the Year.