North Texas Teen Gets State Of The Union Invite
RICHARDSON (CBSDFW.COM) - A remarkable teenager from Richardson who is already a noted cancer researcher will attend the State of the Union address in Washington, D.C. 16 year-old Amy Chyao will sit in first lady Michelle Obama's box at Tuesday's address as reward for winning the International Science and Engineering Fair.
"I think it's very exciting and it's actually a really big honor. I just feel very honored that the President decided to choose me of all the people who really deserved it," Chyao told KRLD.
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This isn't the Plano East Senior High School junior's first trip to Washington. She met then first lady Laura Bush in 2007 when she won the Scripps National Spelling Bee. After first meeting Chyao and hearing the cancer treatment she came up with, President Obama called her an example of America's potential in one of his speeches.
