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A Master Maker in the Making

» I am writing to tell you about my daughter. She LOVES Make: magazine. Her name is Allie and she is currently 9 years old. She hopes to become an engineer / inventor and work for NASA. She has had that aspiration since kindergarten.

She has never been a fan of dolls like other girls. She has been a Buzz Lightyear fan since she was 18 months old, when we had to break down and get her a Buzz doll because she constantly carried around an imaginary one.

It would be her DREAM to participate in a Maker Faire, or in some way be a part of Make: magazine. We were first introduced to Make: while visiting the Omaha Children’s Museum. Allie caught the eye of some of the maker’s working there and they gave her a ...

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