Cork student is one of globe’s most outstanding young people
The Co Cork scientist and innovator heard her Leaving Certificate results over the phone from her mother Maureen a week ago as she was in Seattle for meetings to help develop solutions to world hunger. As most of the 58,000 students collected their grades at school, Ciara was nearing the end of a six-week trip to the US that included an innovation bootcamp at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
However, while waiting for confirmation on Monday of her place on University College Cork’s genetics degree, which was no difficulty with her 615 CAO points, Ciara found out at the weekend that she has been named one of the 2016 Junior Chamber International Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Honorees.
