Charged up girls

High school senior Jennifer Zhang teaches Chinese to children and families in her spare time, and she hopes to open a veterinary clinic someday.

A senior at Pine View School in Sarasota, Zhang, 18, spends the rest of her time darting between class, homework, applying to colleges and working on various community service projects. Colleges that top her wish list include the University of Florida and Tufts. But while Zhang is clearly teenage-blur busy, entrepreneurial wasn't a word she put on her resume.

That changed this past summer when Zhang and two other high school students, Christine Yin and Abby Schulte, were named delegates for Girls InCharge, a national Girls Inc. program. Now Zhang sings the praises of starting a business and entrepreneurialism.