You may remember Heman Bekele from the evening news or throwing out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals game.
But to those of us at Time, he is our 2024 Kid of the Year.
Thank you so much for being here.
A deserved applause. We are so excited and inspired by what you're doing.
I know you have to graduate high school, but I would love to hear a little bit about what you're working on right now.
Sure. Well, first, thank you so much for having me. It really is an honor to be here.
And so to talk a little bit on what I'm working on, I guess the biggest project and the biggest amount of work that I've been doing is this past summer, I was doing research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School for Public Health.
And pretty much what I was doing was beginning some preclinical trials for skin cancer-treatment soap.
And I think the video explained it pretty well, but it's this affordable and accessible alternative to modern-day skin cancer treatment, which can be super pricey.
And so this summer we tested it on mice.
