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Dyuthi Vijay is proud to be a boundary-breaker.
The Rancho Bernardo 16-year-old was one of the few girls in her grade-school STEM club, she joined the science Olympiad in middle school and, as a sophomore at Del Norte High School, she has her sights set on a career in medicine or technology like her parents, who are both engineers.
Dyuthi also is one of 18 girls in the inaugural class of female Eagle Scouts in Boy Scouts of America’s San Diego-Imperial Council, which held its honor court ceremony on Feb. 21. After 107 years of offering Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts programs to boys only, Boy Scouts of America opened the door to girls a few years ago. Girls ages 5 to 10 were allowed to join Cub Scouts in January 2018, and in February 2019, girls ages 10-17 could join Scouts BSA, which is the new name for the Boy Scouts troop program.