Sponsor:
Times Union, Albany, New York

Age, Grade:
13, Seventh Grade

School:
Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland , New York

Profile:
Luxi excels in the arts. She has studied clarinet for four years and piano for six. Luxi is first-chair clarinet in her school's select band and is a ballerina. She also puts her grace and coordination to use on local tennis courts. She is a member of her school's Mathcounts team, a team that finished first in its region this year. A prolific writer, Luxi has had her work published numerous times. She speaks Chinese and French, and she plans to pursue a career in law.