On March, 2010, a group of six students from Maria Public School, Guwahati attended the United Nations International Student Conference in New York City. This year’s conference topic was, Bio Ethics: Striking a Balance. Led by teacher, Aparna Khanikar, the the six students consisting of: Boris Sindhu Kalita, Uddhab Choudhury, Anali Barua, Rhea Hussain, Bhavna Choudhury, and Pritika Chittaranjan won the 1st prize at the conference. Their project was, The Fume Effects of Pesticides on the Tea Gardens of Assam. Following the conference the group toured NY City, Washington DC, Houston, and Galveston. While in New York, the group visited Brooklyn High School and gave a presentation. In Houston, Majula Datta-Barua hosted the students and arranged for an eventful stay. Col. Mike Fincke, NASA Astronaut arranged for the youths to visit NASA Johnson Space Center where they spent one entire day accompanied by Rashmi Saikia from Houston who videotaped the visit to air through the DY 365 TV channel. As always, Mike was very attentive to these youths and made himself available to answer all their queries. Another highlight of the group’s Houston visit was their tour of MD Anderson Cancer Center. Led by Gautam Barthakur, MD, the group visited the Human Gnome House - a research site, the children’s section of the hospital, and the MD Anderson Library - which is the #1 cancer library in the world. It may well be noted that this venture was made possible due to the incredible leadership and entrepreneurship of Maya Choudhury, Principal of Maria Public School. On behalf of the Southwest Chapter of AANA, we thank Manjula for hosting the youths from Maria Public School and promoting their educational experience in the US.