A Dominican student studying in the US has won the second place award in Chemical Sciences at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences at University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Jahnn Drigo won the award for her poster entered in the competition entitled, “Microwave Assisted Organic Synthesis of Heptamethine Cyanine Dyes.”
Drigo is a chemistry major at Morgan State University.
She is from Portsmouth where she first attended the St. John’s Primary then the Portsmouth Secondary School (PSS).
At PSS, she achieved eight ones at the CXC level and national award for placing third on the island in the exams.
She then moved to Sir Arthur Lewis in St. Lucia to do her A-Levels in Chemistry, Physics and Biology. She is presently pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry at Morgan State University.
The UMBC research symposium seeks to display the diverse array of student-committed endeavors and foster the communication of their relevant novel results and concepts.
Congratulations Jahnn Drigo Well done. Continued success. I am sure your parents are very proud of you.
Positive vibes to you, young princess. You have reaped the fruit of your hard work. Keep reaching for the stars because the sky is the limit. I also want to congratulate the parents who have set a good example for their daughter. Keep up the good work.
PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats. I’ve been on the UMBC campus several times, it’s a tough school with some really good programs. Nice to see a fellow D/can doing big things over there.
PSS massive!
Congrats . Keep striving and all of us Dominicans proud. May God continue to shower his blessings upon you as you per sue your degree. Bright future. Blessings blessings
Well done, we Dominicans are very proud of you. You have earned this.
Can I on behalf of the Dominican people bestow Honourable Baroness onto you…?
Congratulations..
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE YOUNG LADY. Thank God her parents or those who were responsible for her, had the foresight to send her to Sir Arthur Lewis in St. Lucia to do her A-Levels in Chemistry, Physics and Biology. Meanwhile parents who are blinded by narrow partisan loyalty prefer to risk the future of their children by not compelling the Dominica Government to offer their children choice. It does not even matter to them that those who are responsible for not giving them choice are guaranteeing their own children’s future by “birthing” them in the USA (Not Venezuela, or Libya, or Morocco, etc). It is either selflessness or pure idiocy with a touch of masochism. I suspect it is the latter. Also, check out those with green cards but who continue to sing the praises of the government. They know they have an escape. And guess what? The people on whose behalf I am saying this will turn around and verbally abuse me. Sigh. Go ahead, continue to disadvantage your children.
Get off the child’s glory with your political roro, just get off! Jeez go vent elsewhere this is Ms Drigo’s glory VAMOOSE!!!!! stupes
“Dominican” (and I hope your alias is not representative of the national inclination), I hit a raw nerve, huh! You are predictable. You walked right into my trap but that is how the slave masters (including the contemporary ones) enslaved you. They studied you and those like you and then tailored the traps. And typical of your kind, you missed the whole point. Sad state. Like I said before, “Go ahead, continue to disadvantage your children.” You can even be abusive in your language, but that will not change anything. You are enslaved.
To reiterate, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE YOUNG LADY. Thank God her parents or those who were responsible for her, had the foresight to send her to Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in St. Lucia to do her A-Levels in Chemistry, Physics and Biology.
Awesome!!! Love hearing (or reading) such great news.
It\’s good to see Dominicans excel overseas but the sad thing is, is that DOMINICANS won\’t regard you as a DOMINICAN when you return to make your contribution especially when endorsed by the Government. There are some politically jealous driven country blue rebels who will oppose you. Keep your head high.
Wow, that is so ‘positive’ of you
Great job!!! Your future is bright.
Proud of you Ms. Drigo. Put God first and let him give you an open “Heaven” on earth, with blessings that you will never be able to count. Congrats to everyone who had an influence in your upbringing.
BRILLIANT, we need more positive role models like this. To often we are comfortable with mediocrity
DNO please move this story up as the first one, it is lost where you have it. At least we are hearing of her at this age. She will not have to come back to us when she close to retirement and try to explain to Dominican her roots in Dominica. This young lady is an ambassador to Dominica. Not those who lived their lives forgetting there was a Dominica…home and after looking for Dominicans to embrace them when they just pop up. Congratulation young lady. Something our young heads can aspire to do.
Congratulations, great job..
Please continue to make yourself, family and country proud of you. Great Job
awsome job, from my cool teacher (former).
Comgrats to u you my dear… 8 ones in cxc eh… hmmm BRILLIANT
keep up the good work!!
Hope Dominica can pay you when you return home to work
That would be the best thing for the young lady to do but let us be honest she would not get a job in Dominica but don’t worry St Lucia would be happy to have her , the students of Dominica go to study all over the world and do very well but they cannot get jobs at home other countries and Island grab them up something is wrong.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE YOUNG LADY YOU HAVE DONE US PROUD .
Great job!
So HAPPY
Making us proud back home.. Congrats girl .. Keep reaching for the top
Congratulations dear, proper upbringing no ghettorism. This is how you raise a daughter, not with skimpy clothes and gadgets but with values and morals which will point her to the right direction. Kudos to your mom Judith too she always did her very best! Stay focused!
Congrats Ms.Drigo,just a pity you cant come back home and put your skills to work,the regime that is ruling the country now,no hope for our younger generation.
party pooper!
You go Ms Drigo! Always knew that you’re one of those geniuses! Congratulations, God bless you and keep on shining!