# Salusiwe Mxayiya from Luhlaza High School in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, is representing South Africa at the International Science and Engineering Fair, currently underway in Columbus, Ohio in the US. Over one-thousand-800 learners from nearly every US state and more than 60 countries, regions, and territories will present their research projects. Salusiwe’s project investigates the infection rates of Hector’s lantern fish by the copepod parasite and the implications for population dynamics. She is one of four South African learners participating in the competition.
Khayelitsha learner representing SA at prestigious international science fair