McDONOUGH — McDonough High School student Jayda Hendrickson has earned a $500 scholarship for her work as a research associate in a 12-week summer program.
Hendrickson participated in the Teen Think Tank Project during her summer break studying the struggles and hardships that low-income families face to understand how education inequalities, underemployment, inconsistent health benefits and institutional prejudices prevent them from escaping poverty.
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