Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) civilian and military personnel judged the 2011 Northeast Florida Regional Science and Engineering Fair, Inc., at the Morocco Shrine Auditorium in Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 7.
It was a 13-year-old girl's sheer determination that convinced her immigrant parents in 2003, to let her join the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps (NSCC), a decision that led to a mentor and later an officer's commission.