Selena and Alison Zhang are 17-year-old identical twins. They are the first girls and the first Asian American girls to make Eagle Scout in Brooklyn.
"Even though I got Eagle Scout, it's not the end of my scouting career. There's high adventure camp," Selina Zhang said.
The twins did not really like girl scouts and all the arts and crafts, but they love all the outdoor activities offered to boys. "For cycling, we had to ride a bike for 60 miles at the Poconos," Alison Zhang said."Hiking. We had to do a lot of hiking. One was to hike 20 miles in a day."For one project, they tackled the very pressing problem of Asian hate.
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