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US based Guyanese high achiever Kelly Hyles home for Golden Jubilee celebrations
As the nation gears to celebrate its 50th Independence Anniversary, US-based Guyanese teenage scholar Kelly Hyles will be celebrating her 18th birthday in her homeland.
Hyles has been an internet sensation since news broke that she was accepted into 21 institutions of higher learning in America including all eight Ivy League schools.
Hyles, 17, who hails from Vryheid Lust, East Coast Demerara, has since been featured on a number of popular news channels and television shows in the US, including CNN Today, People Magazine, Dailymail, the Steve Harvey Show, PIX11 News and the Today Show.
The teenager’s visit to Guyana is being facilitated by the Mark Benschop Foundation (MBK) in collaboration with Fly Jamaica Airlines.
Mark Benschop, founder of MBK told Kaieteur News yesterday that Hyles will be in Guyana to celebrate her 18th birth anniversary on May 26, which coincidentally is the same day, the nation, gained Independence in 1966.
Benschop explained that both Hyles and her mother Anetta Earl Sealey received airline tickets to Guyana compliments of Fly Jamaica.
The social activist noted that during her trip, Hyles will visit a number of academic institutions including her old Primary School in Vryheid Lust and Queen’s College.
She is also expected to visit schools in Georgetown, Linden and Berbice to share her inspirational story with students there.
The teenager will also be featured at a number of cultural events including one that will be hosted in her village.
During her visit, Hyles is expected to pay courtesy calls to His Excellency David Granger, President of Guyana; United States Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway and Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnarine.
Hyles who has a keen interest in Neuroscience, is being hailed as a stellar student for achieving a remarkable 99.63 GPA. In addition to her studies, the teen also volunteers at Mt. Sinai Hospital and tutors students at her former Brooklyn middle school.
Although she was accepted to Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania and Yale Universities and a number of other Ivy League Schools, the teen has chosen to be a member of Harvard’s Class of 2020.
She is expected to graduate about the same time as Malia Obama, daughter of US President, Barack Obama, who also elected to go to Harvard.
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