Crouched on the floor of a Detroit classroom, 9-year-old Laylah Baker waves her hands in the air, cheering on her carefully crafted paper sailboat as it glides across a sea made of square tiles.
A blue scrunchie keeps her hair in place while she sits shoulder to shoulder with one of the most powerful engineers in the autoindustry, Mary Barra, General Motors’ senior vice president for global product development.
They each grasp a plastic fan and aim it toward the sailboats. The competition: Whose vessel sails the farthest and straightest?
“C’mon, mama needs a new pair of shoes!” Laylah proclaims.
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Detroit Free Press