First-generation Indian American Ruby Arun, 15, of Inverness launched Mission:MathMinds, a nonprofit whose goal is "to create more interest in math fields at a younger age so that more girls are keen to join STEM fields in the future." The incoming sophomore at William Fremd High School in Palatine has plans to expand the group s mission.
Suburbanites will mark the year-old federal and state holiday of Juneteenth with a weekend of festivals, parades, flag raisings and other celebrations. But the holiday observed on June 19 means so much more, leaders say.
A Puerto Rican transplant, Milagros Bravo was an instructional specialist at Des Plaines Elementary District 62 when she was asked to help set up the district s bilingual program. That was 20 years ago. Now, Bravo, 54, of Vernon Hills is retiring as the district s director of the English as a Second Language, bilingual, and world language programs.
Marine Cpl. Sara Medina of Aurora died while serving on a humanitarian aid relief mission in central Nepal seven years ago this month. The city of Aurora honored Medina s sacrifice Sunday with her family and friends, dedicating a street in her name near her childhood home.