If you Google Cindy Kuang, you can discover that the Woodmoor Elementary sixth-grader is among 40 regional finalists in that company's nationwide art competition.
Google representatives from Mountain View, Calif., honored Bothell's Kuang today at a Woodmoor assembly, which included a large, colorful drawing of her submission to the Doodle 4 Google contest. In its third year, the contest drew around 33,000 entries.
To vote for the winner of the Doodle 4 Google contest, visit Google's site.
Kuang's doodle (pictured on her T-shirt, as well) shows buildings on the moon spelling out Google.
"She was the only one to turn the logo (sideways). For a sixth-grader to do that is really impressive," said Google's Emma McKeithen.
On her idea to colonize the moon, Kuang said: "I want to go to space someday, so I thought it would be cool to have buildings on the moon."
She also had the homeless in mind when drawing her doodle. "After the earthquake in Haiti, I thought it would be cool to include them."
The Doodle 4 Google competition, which is open to K-12 students in U.S. schools, challenged students to create their own Google doodle inspired by the theme, "If I Could Do Anything, I Would . . ." A doodle is the logo design that appears on the Google homepage periodically to celebrate special events, holidays or the lives of artists and inventors.
All 40 regional finalists will be invited to an awards ceremony May 26 at Google's New York City office, where the national winner will be announced. The students will then go to the Smithsonian Institution's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City, where the 40 finalists' doodles will be showcased in a national exhibit at the museum, which will run from May 27-July 8.
The winning student's doodle will be displayed on the Google homepage on May 27, and the winning student will win a $15,000 college scholarship and a $25,000 technology grant for his/her school.