Meet The Black Scientist, 15, Changing The World [Video]

Heman Bekele, 15, has been crowned the 2024 Kid of the Year by Time magazine for his amazing soap that could someday “transform skin cancer treatment,” according to a press release.  

In 2023, the Annandale, Virginia, teen was named America’s Top Young Scientist after competing in the Young Scientist Challenge held by 3M and Discovery Education. He was recognized as one of the country’s leading science experts for his groundbreaking compound-based soap bar designed to treat melanoma, a serious type of skin cancer that occurs when the pigment-producing cells that give color to the skin become cancerous.

Bekele found a cost effective way to produce the item, with each bar costing about 50 cents to create, according to USA Today. 

“It’s absolutely incredible to think that one day my bar of soap will be able to make a direct impact on somebody else’s life,” Bekele told Time. “That’s the reason I started this all in …