“Being in the heart of Silicon Valley, I think the opportunity for internships, research opportunities, for jobs, would be more plentiful over there,” said Amadin.
The talented teen hopes that taking advantage of these opportunities will help her end poverty. This has been her life’s missions since Amadin took a trip with her family to a Nigerian village experiencing famine.
“There are just slums and there would be hundreds of people just laying down and one little area trying to eat anything that they can and I guess in that moment I realized I have to do better,” she tells ABC. “I had to do more. I have to do the best that I can to move higher in life.”
As a Stanford Cardinal, Amadin will be among great company. Alums of the university include entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Larry Page, politicians John F. Kennedy and Mitt Romney and entertainers Reese Witherspoon and Issa Rae.
Amadin’s love of learning started at a young age. “I would go to the library and get a huge stack of books and be done with it in like a week,” she says.
“My parents had always told me from the beginning that the best thing you can ever do for yourself, just get a good education,” Amadin tells ABC.
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