Name: Darya

Nickname: N/A

Pronunciation: DAR-ya

Age: 7

Nationality: Iranian

From: Tabriz, Iran

Favorite Subject: Botany

Favorite Hobbies: Planting flowers and trees, tending the garden, creating peace

Dream: To create world peace

Darya has a green thumb. Pretty much anything she touches grows. She loves all plants, flowers, trees, fruits and vegetables—anything that grows in the earth—and can name just about every plant on Abundant Island. If it weren’t for Darya, the plants in Mr. Rife’s classroom would be dead. Darya and Adie are best friends. While Adie’s swinging on a vine in the rainforest, Darya’s figuring out what kind of vine it is. She spends most of her free time in the City Greenhouse, tending to the plants there. When Mr. Rife takes the Quantum Kids on a fieldtrip, Darya gets so caught up looking at the foliage that sometimes she gets left behind.

It will come as no surprise that her World Abundance Project is to save the rainforests of the world. And not just the rainforests, but all wooded areas and national parks. She wants to stop deforestation and create parks where people can enjoy the wonders of nature unspoiled by population and pollution.

Darya is the youngest of four girls in her family. Her dad is a botanist at the City Botanical Gardens. Her mom is a purifier technician at the Possibilities H₂O water plant.

If there’s something Darya loves more than plants, it’s peace. She has a knack for settling arguments and is always looking for common ground between two people. This talent spreads through the class, helping other kids to resolve their differences without fighting. Darya believes if we all find something in common with each other, we can create world peace and change the world.