{"id":896912,"date":"2026-05-06T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/05\/06\/harshita-sinha-never-stopping-learning\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:51:19","slug":"harshita-sinha-never-stopping-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/05\/06\/harshita-sinha-never-stopping-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Harshita Sinha: Never stopping learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington STEM Rising Star Award recognizes outstanding young women who embrace STEM education, using their skills to drive innovation and create meaningful change in their communities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harshita Sinha was born into the STEM field, she said.<\/p>\n

Her dad works as a software engineer, while her mom is a data scientist. Despite being immersed in science, technology, engineering and math from a young age, she was always given the choice, Sinha said in a video played at the Economic Alliance Snohomish County’s annual meeting.<\/p>\n

Sinha was one of five individuals honored at the April 14 meeting. She received the Snohomish STEM Rising Star Award<\/a> as one of 11 students recognized statewide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While she was enrolled in multiple extracurricular activities, including dance and music, by the time she was 10 years old, she only remained in robotics.<\/p>\n

Now, as an 11th-grade student at Lake Stevens High School, she remains involved with robotics while also participating in research and competitions.<\/p>\n

Sinha plans to get her undergraduate degree in molecular biology before getting a doctorate and working as a clinical researcher, she told The Daily Herald in April.<\/p>\n

“Medicine is always evolving,” she said. “It’s always changing, and that’s the best part of it for me because you never get to stop learning.”<\/p>\n

Sinha’s interest in research was sparked when her medical science teacher recommended a career-exploration-style program around research, she said. Afterward, she became involved in science fairs.<\/p>\n

“I decided to do my own science project, which was a lot of grueling work,” She said. “But I was able to, I guess, see how research works with that.”<\/p>\n

Her project detailed “a combination therapeutic for Group 3 Medulloblastoma and some new computational biology tools,” Sinha said.<\/p>\n

“Basically studying the genomics and genetics of this cancer to find ways we can target it with a known drug,” she added.<\/p>\n

At the 2026 Washington State Science and Engineering Fair, Sinha’s project received second place.<\/p>\n

At school, she has been the Associated Student Body secretary for the last three years and is running for president this year, she said. She is also the president of her HOSA – Future Health Professionals chapter.<\/p>\n

Sinha is part of her school’s robotics team 8931W, the Vexing Vipers. As her team’s lead and scout, she develops strategies and manages finances and transportation.<\/p>\n

For the past two years, Sinha has placed first in the state for Microsoft Office Specialist, a competition where participants’ skills in Microsoft applications are tested.<\/p>\n

Jennifer McLoud-Mann, the dean of the School of STEM at the University of Washington Bothell, presented the award on April 14.<\/p>\n

“She is a learner,” McLoud-Mann said about Sinha. “One of her focus areas is mathematics. Learning logic and other maths has given her insight into other STEM areas.”<\/p>\n

Jenna Millikan: 425-339-3035; jenna.millikan@heraldnet.com<\/a>; X: @JennaMillikan<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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