AAUW holds 21st annual Math and Science Recognition Breakfast

FALLBROOK – On April 24, the Fallbrook Branch of the America Association of University Women (AAUW) and the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District sponsored the 21^st annual Math and Science Recognition Breakfast at Fallbrook Library.

Seventh and eighth grade young women who have demonstrated high interest in science or math were selected by their teachers to be honored at the breakfast program. Also honored were six students who have been selected to receive scholarships to the 2015 AAUW Tech Trek Math & Science Camp at UCSD from June 21 through 27.

The scholarship winners are Nicole Dulin, Sullivan Middle School; and Nina Ellefsen, Biviana Flores, Audrey Gilcrist, Samantha Leon and Erin Murray from Potter Jr. High School. Two alternate winners were also chosen: Erin Kennedy from Sullivan and Maya Rink from Potter.

At the breakfast the young women and their parents had an

opportunity to hear from four successful women who work in STEM fields discuss their career journeys.

This year’s speakers were:

• Saura Naderi - robotics engineer, Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab
• Terri Garner - mechanical engineer, Hughes Aircraft/Boeing
• Marianne Catanho - electrical engineer, AAUW International Fellow and Ph.D. candidate in bioengineering at UCSD
• Celia Martinez, STEM career advisor, Palomar Community College

The 2014 AAUW Tech Trek Math & Science Camp participants also gave presentations about their camp experiences last summer. The 2014 campers were Madison Mogilski from Potter Jr. High and Katherine McGraw, Phoebe Anderson, Christiana Pineda and Genevieve Foley from Sullivan Middle School.