A Super NOVA is a person with a unique talent or business that makes them stand out in the Northern Virginia crowd. Priya Krishnan of McLean was selected as this week's Super NOVA for her efforts to use technology to better the lives of autistic individuals. At age 17, Priya started her own non-profit organization, called Project Touch, to assist financially needy autistic children through a creative idea.
Priya is a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria. Every senior at Jefferson has to do a senior research project, and Priya hopes to do her project on socially assistive robotics. After cheer practice and school, Priya has a different agenda than most high school teenagers. She goes home to work on her non-profit organization, Project Touch.