Polish teen among Time’s first ‘Girls of the Year 2025’ honorees

Time magazine named its first-ever “Girls of the Year 2025,” including 17-year-old Pole Kornelia Wieczorek, among ten teenagers recognized for innovation, arts and sport.

Kornelia Wieczorek.

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Time said the group represents a generation reshaping leadership, with women now a growing force in engineering, technology and innovation.

Change “does not require waiting for adulthood,” the magazine added.

Wieczorek, from Gdynia, began attending medical school classes at age 10. At 14, she and Diana Serjant developed a biodegradable fertilizer using Rhizobium bacteria strains that does not degrade soil.

She is now working on an app to help detect and diagnose skin lesions and on using stem cells to fight Parkinson’s disease.

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The other honorees are: writer Rutendo Shadaya (16, New Zealand); athlete Coco Yoshizawa (15, Japan); innovator Valerie Chiu (15, China); artist Zoé Clauzure (15, France); innovator Clara Proksch (12, Germany); athlete Ivanna Richards (17, Mexico); traveler Defne Özcan (17, Turkey); innovator Rebecca Young (12, United Kingdom); and writer Naomi DeBerry (12, United States).

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Source: TVP Info