{"id":3102,"date":"2025-04-04T18:18:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/national-esea-distinguished-schools\/2244-autosave-v1\/doris-cao\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:08:52","slug":"doris-cao","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2025-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/doris-cao\/","title":{"rendered":"Doris Cao"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Doris Cao\" class=\"grid\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med grid-item-fixed picture\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/cao_doris_h.jpg\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Doris Cao\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med grid-item-fixed nomination\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"scholar_nomination_statement\">Nomination Statement<\/h2>\n\t\tDoris, a National Honor Society president and Bring Change to Mind Interstate Teen Advisory Board member, operates with a riveting blend of energy and magnanimity that is persuasive and uncannily durable; she channels this blend into everything she does - whether diving into robotics-meets-agriculture at the Sparks Lab via the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, leading the school to Mock Trial Nationals for Newark Charter's best-ever performance, or orchestrating 40 elaborate community-driven outreach programs for Delaware's most lauded robotics team. 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