Rhea Grace Mehra

Rhea Grace Mehra is the 15-year-old founder and CEO of Spirulinx, a gene-editing company aiming to detoxify Mars. After researching this emerging technology, she saw an opportunity to help make us a multi-planetary species, and she took it.

After becoming a finalist in the TKS moonshot, she went on to develop her idea into something tangible, winning $1000 on Arrayah's pitch day as Judge's choice, which shows her deep skill in communication and presentation.

Rhea also lead her team as Project Manager to win Best Presentation in a Microsoft recommendation challenge against 600+ contestants. Furthermore, she is head of branding at YSOInnovate, an organization that helps teens build space tech projects.