Representing Newton’s Russian School of Math, NSHS sophomore Elena Baskakova is one of the 67 nationwide winners of the United States Junior Math Olympiad (USAJMO), the top invitational competition hosted by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) for students scoring high in the MAA’s American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME). With this achievement, Elena has qualified for the MAA’s 2022 Math Olympiad Program at Carnegie Mellon University this summer. Elena is also one of five students in the Northeast to receive a Two Sigma AMC 10B Certificate of Excellence in the AMC Young Women in Mathematics Award & Certificate Program.