Louisville Magazine

NOV 2012

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Cassie Drury 13, St. Francis of Assisi, eighth grade Cassie is Kentucky's first finalist at Broadcom MASTERS, a national science competition held in Washington, D.C. There, she was named a Rising Star for her discoveries in cell signaling and wound healing. What made you like science? I've always been interested in wounds and the way things heal, but I was also a kid who liked worms and bugs. When you cut worms in half, their head re-grows their tail and their tail re-grows their head. That's how you compare it to how human wounds heal. What else do you do? I'm really big on bracelet making and I love reading. Favorite TV show? I like a lot of the detective shows, so Royal Pains, Psych and Monk. Kinsey Morrison 16, St. Francis, sophomore At age five, Kinsey was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, an autoimmune disorder similar to cancer. Now she is a merit scholar, field hockey player and motivational speaker. She interned at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center and won the University of Louisville Prodigy Award. My overall chance for being alive today is .00047 percent. It makes me want to find a cure. What are some things on your bucket list? In my motivational speeches, I talk about my bucket list, which I take very, very seriously. I want to spend the night in 21c, and I'm actually doing that to celebrate my birthday. I went to Alaska two summers ago with (rowing and skiing recordholder and Spalding University president) Tori Murden McClure. Where do you want to go to college? I want to graduate with a 4.0 and get into Stanford, but (then) I really want to move back to Louisville. I love Louisville so much. 11.12 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE [71]

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