WASHINGTON (WUSA) --- To become one of the scientists of the
future, sometimes you have to learn lessons about what took
place millions of years ago. Some young people are doing just
that at the Smithsonian's Museum of National History in
Washington, D.C. Tiffany Munos-Cegarra may be the only teenager
but she get to work with some of the most talented scientists in
the world there. She is working with ancient mollusks found in
New Jersey. Handling something more than 60 million years old
can be tricky, she told us. "You have to be delicate because
they can fall apart," shared Tiffany. She is part of the paid
internship Youth Engagement Through Science (or Y.E.S.). Y.E.S.
students can connect with up to 500 scientists working with the
Smithsonian. Dr. Jocelyn Sessa with Smithsonian's Museum of
Natural History said, "What's cool about Y.E.S. is that we're
getting high school students, students at a younger age to see
that science is something that can do and science is fun and
interesting." It translates to the