“It was just how she did things and how advanced she was.

McQuarter told The Washington Post that Wicker had shown signs of being a prodigy all the way back in her toddler years. Boise State student raises more than $100,000 in scholarship for women in STEM after professor says women don’t belong there.A 16-year-old from India becomes the youngest world chess champ.Though she has attended traditional public schools, Wicker was primarily homeschooled by her mother, Daphne McQuarter. She is an advocate for “unschooling” - putting less emphasis on test scores and regimented classrooms, and learning while traveling around the country and world. Wicker has been featured in Ebony and Forbes interviews as the “Brown STEM Girl” has made waves in and out of school. She started the Brown STEM Girl Foundation to remove financial barriers for women of color studying in STEM fields, and to provide exceptional learning opportunities as they gain a higher education. Wicker wrote that she would not have succeeded without her mother’s support and sacrifices in her life, though she hopes to share her success with others, as well. I’ve worked so hard to reach my goals and live my dreams. She captioned the post, “I graduated High school LAST YEAR at 12 years old and here I am one year later I’ve been accepted into Med School at 13. Wicker posted on Instagram a video showing her acceptance letter to the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

This program partners the university with historically Black colleges and universities across Alabama to “provide early acceptance to medical school for students who meet the requirements for acceptance and matriculation.” Through the Burroughs Wellcome Scholars Early Assurance Program, she has been accepted at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine. Wicker has completed half of her undergraduate requirements at Arizona State University and Oakwood University in the past year. After graduating high school just last year, she has been accepted to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and will begin her studies there in 2024. At just 13 years old, Alena Analeigh Wicker is set to become the youngest Black medical student in U.S.

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