LAWRENCEVILLE. Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) She’s only 12, but Alexandra “Alex” Simpkins has a firm plan for what she’d like to do with her life. And she’s got the business to show it.
Simpkins, a seventh-grade student at Richards Middle School in Lawrenceville, says she wants to inspire others to seek careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, and she’s using the drone business she started to help do it.
For years now, while many of her classmates spent their weekends relaxing or hanging out with friends, Simpkins spent her weekends perfecting her craft of video production through a business where she uses drones to film events.