“Science is something that I can’t say by words, but I can say it with (my) heart,” said Sofia Ruiz, 9. She’s a fourth grade student at Rosa Parks Elementary School and also learns at the Ocean Discovery Institute in City Heights.
Sofia enjoys working with robotics. “It’s fun. You get to decide what you want to do with the robots, and kind of go to Mars (with them).”
She is one of the 10,000 students in City Heights educated in the past year through programs at the Ocean Discovery Institute. The non-profit organization supports all 14 neighborhood campuses from elementary to high school offering children from low-income families access to a science education in ways they could never afford…