Riya Komarla is an 8th grader at Hill Country Middle School. She enjoys, reading and swimming. Her brother is ten years old, and she has a three year-old German Shepard. She first became interested in how our memory works, when her grandfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, a condition where you start to forget important life skills. When she looked it up and found out what it is, she immediately took interest and started to learn about it. Later her grandfather passed away due to Alzheimer’s disease. After that learning about how our memory works became her passion.