Hayleigh Hendrickson is a senior at Catoctin High School. She’s an author and editor for the Catoctin Chronicle as well as a third-year Mock Trial witness. Her passion for neuroscience and microbiology led her to do real-world research at 17 years old. This year, she is participating in the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium to present her work on plastic-digesting bacteria. Additionally, she is interested in learning languages, hiking, and apocryphal theology.