Friday, Yale University honored a scientist who is just 9 years old. Bobbi Wilson is fascinated by bugs, but last year her mission to catch spotted lanternflies captured national attention.
"I mixed water, dish soap and apple cider vinegar," she said. "There's a little Black woman walking and spraying stuff on the sidewalks and trees. I don't know what the hell she's doing. Scares me though," the neighbor told a 911 operator. "Those exact words in another town, another state, I could be grieving," said Joseph.
"Oh yeah, Bobbi belongs here. Bobbi is Yale," said Opara, who invited Bobbi to campus to meet scientists who look like her.
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