Wendy Zhang was the first ninth-grader in Howard to win an award ? first place ? at the Baltimore Science Fair last year for her life sciences project. She later represented Maryland at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Albuquerque, N.M. Wendy will be interning at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which is a part of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda in Montgomery, where she?ll be working under a scientist to gain hands-on lab experience. The sophomore at Marriotts Ridge High School in Marriottsville spoke with The Examiner about her interest in science.

What attracted you to science at such a young age?