Hans de los Santos '24, the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua, is one of a small handful of finalists from around the world in the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, a global science video competition that could net him $400,000 - including a $250,000 college scholarship and laboratory funding for Brooklyn Tech -- for his engaging two-minute explanation of anti-matter. He is hoping to use the scholarship funds to study Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Already a self-described “microcelebrity” for his YouTube videos about video games, he is already the Breakthrough Junior Challenge global popular vote champion, with final judging still to come.

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