Princeton Student Is Finalist In Doodle For Google Contest

PRINCETON, NJ – A Princeton student was declared state winner in the 14th annual Doodle for Google contest, the company announced.

Emily Zhang, a student at Princeton Day School, was selected for her artwork, With a paintbrush in hand. in She is now a candidate to be one of five scholarship-winning national finalists.

In January, Google asked K-12 students across the U.S. to submit their art for the contest with the prompt, “I care for myself by…”

Explaining her art, Zhang wrote: “I take care of myself by expressing my feelings in the form of art. Illustrating how I feel allows me to reflect on my actions, but it also lets my mind wander away from the humdrum of everyday life. I drew an art space with various kinds of art supplies. The ‘G’ is the artist’s hand, the two ‘O’s are the glasses of the smiling girl in the illustration, the ‘g’ is a roll of tape, the ‘I’ is a ruler, and the ‘e’ is a part of the murky water cup.”

The national finalists will receive a $5,000 college scholarship and the national winner will receive a $30,000 college scholarship and a technology package for their school worth $50,000. Their artwork will be featured on Google.com for 24 hours.

Winners from each state will receive Google hardware and swag.

This year’s winners were selected by guest judges Selena Gomez; director, model and mental health activist Elyse Fox and the 2021 National Teacher of the Year Juliana Urtubey.

Voting for the five national finalists is open now through July 12. To learn more about the voting process, visit: doodle4google.com

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