Fallbrook High student scientist wins multiple honors

FALLBROOK – This year, Fallbrook High senior Jillian Drake will compete for the fourth time at the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair (GSDEF) which is in its 59th year. Drake has been the only Fallbrook High Student to ever compete at the county or state level science fairs, where she has placed first in her divisions of microbiology, environmental science and plant science for the last three years, and had been selected to compete at the California State Science Fair where she has also placed.

Drake has completed three projects researching the plant bacteria ‘candidatus libe...