Name: Themba

Nickname: N/A

Pronunciation: TEM-bah

Age: 6

Nationality: Zimbabwean

From: Mutare, Zimbabwe

Favorite Subject: Science

Favorite Hobbies: Creating science projects

Dream: To own her own science lab

Themba is a genius at math and science, and pretty much anything else. Whether it’s a class subject or something from one of Mr. Rife’s fieldtrips, she loves to learn. But she especially loves science and math because she likes to build science projects (she has a new one sitting on her desk just about every day). Some of the Quantum Kids say her bedroom looks like the school science lab. Themba is never arrogant about how smart she is and always offers a helping hand (or brain) to those who don’t understand something. When she grows up, she’s going to own her own science lab and work especially on finding cures for diseases.

Her World Abundance Project is to help eliminate all diseases around the world by researching them in her science lab. Then she can travel around the world giving people vaccinations to help them stay healthy. She says a healthy world is a changed world.

Themba is the fourth child between four brothers. Her dad is a geologist and works at the Smoke Stack Volcano. Her mom is a technician at the solar panel fields, where the solar panels convert sunlight into energy for the city.

Themba loves to learn and loves to help others learn. She doesn’t care what she learns, as long as she takes the “journey” of learning. She’s always looking for things that expand her mind, then can’t wait to share it with others. She loves Mr. Rife’s fieldtrips because of all the new things she sees and learns. Themba believes the more we know and use the knowledge we have, the more we will change the world.