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our NASA Hispanic Employees' Educational Outreach
efforts throughout the country and around the world.
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Hispanics working at NASA centers, please visit Hispanic
News Release page
2008
- NASA Marshall Center's Hispanics
Encourages Hispanic Community to Focus on Education
10.06.08 - Jose Roman hopes to spread an important
message to minority youth during the center's annual
Hispanic Heritage Month observance: Focus on education.
NASA News Release: 08-149
- NASA Glenn's tribute to
Hispanics
In honor of NASA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
and the associated events taking place at the NASA
Glenn Research Center, the Hispanic Advisory Council
will be creating a tribute to Hispanics of Glenn
Research Center. The tribute will be showcased during
the May 17th - 18th GRC Lewis Field Open House and
May 31st - June 1st GRC Plum Brook Station Open
House.
POC: Daniel Rodríguez, Chair, GRC Hispanic Advisory
Council (HAC) at Daniel.Rodriguez-1@nasa.gov
- NASA Hispanics Engineers
and Scientists Participation at Puerto Rico Turabo's
10th Aerospace Education Great Celebration
POC: Kenny.E.Aquilar@nasa.gov
[Preliminary Program for April 1 3 - 2 0 t h
, 2008]
(4/13/08) Opening Ceremony: Celebrating NASA'S
50th Anniversary that has Inspired Generations of
Explorers in Puerto Rico ... as Only NASA can.
Keynote speakers: Gilberto Colón, Goddard Space
Center, Ada Monzón, Meteorologist, UNIVISION, Global
Microscope Community presentation, Prof. César Bandera,
New Jersey Institute of Technology.
WHERE: Jardín Botánico de Caguas
(4/14) SOLAR – STEM SCHOOLS OPENNING
Presentation: Puerto Rico NASA’S Engineers and Scientist:
a Legacy for the Humankind. Stories to be told,
remembered and follow.
(4/14) Puerto Rico NASA’S Engineers and Scientists:
a Legacy for the Humankind.
(4/16) NASA DAY
Where: Centro de Bellas Artes, Caguas
(4/17) NASA Elementary School STEM Day
WHERE: Exhibitions Museo de Arte de PR, Museo de
Arte Contemporáneo de PR, Maletas Científico- artíticas,
Global Microscope Presentation, ANITEATRO.
(4/18) Integrating NASA’S Education and Research
Projects in PR, Advancing NASA'S Mission: (sponsored
by the PR Space Grant Consortium)
NASA Day for 8th to 12th grade, NASA's Community
Blast at Night PR Stargazers & Starseekers Adventure
(sponsored by the Sociedad de Astronomía)
Where: Jardín Botánico – Caguas
(4/20) Goofy Science Family Day, Closing Ceremony
WHERE: Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, Puerto Rico
- NASA Langley participation
at 2008 VA HYS Hispanic Heroes Workshop
Guillermo Gonzalez (CEV Orion LAS project) and Debbie
Martinez (Orion Flight Test Article project) have
volunteered to participate as Hispanic Heroes
at the 2008 Hispanic Youth Symposium (HYS) at
the University of Richmond on July 17. This event
is sponsored by the Hispanic College Fund. The Hispanic
Heroes Workshop is a session in which students are
able to connect to leaders in the community, learning
about the many roads to success from professionals
in the area.
Web Site: http://www.hispanicyouth.org/symposium-richmond
Agenda: http://www.hispanicyouth.org/docs/Four_Day_Agenda_2008_Description.pdf
- 2008 Virginia Aerospace
Science and Technology Scholars (VASTS) program
– Mentorship
Mr. Guillermo A. Gonzalez (ESB/SED), Robert Singleterry
(DDTRB/RTD), and Ms. Debbie Martínez, (SEIO/SED)
participated as the “Living There” Team’s Scholar
Mentors in the Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology
Scholars (VASTS) program held at NASA Langley Research
Center during July 28th through August 1st, 2008.
The VASTS program [http://www.vasts.spacegrant.org/]
is an interactive on-line science, technology, engineering
and mathematics learning experience, highlighted
by a six-day residential summer academy at NASA
LaRC in Hampton, Virginia. The program is a partnership
between the Virginia Space Grant Consortium and
NASA LaRC with assistance from the Virginia Department
of Education. The VASTS is modeled after the highly
successful, NASA award winning Texas Aerospace Scholars
program developed by NASA Johnson Space Center.
Scholars participate with NASA mentors and VASTS
staff in on-line discussions during the year. These
online discussions focus on the Space Shuttle, International
Space Station, the Moon, and Mars. At the end of
the week on-site, they presented details of their
mission to NASA engineers, administrators, astronauts,
state legislators, parents, and other VIPs at the
closing ceremony. These projects represent the culmination
of knowledge gained from the online modules, and
they are displayed in the online gallery for viewing
by parents, legislators, NASA engineering mentors,
and NASA administrators.
WEB SITE: www.vasts.spacegrant.org/
- NASA LaRC Representation
at 1st Annual Federal Hispanic Career Advancement
Summit
Jorge Otero and Mike Madrid from NASA Langley Research
Center (LaRC) attended the First Annual Federal
Hispanic Career Advancement Summit in DC last week
and participated on a panel entitled "Hispanic Success
Stories." The summit highlighted the fact that Hispanics
in the Federal Government remain the only minority
group that is underrepresented. According to OPM
report for FY 2007, there was 7.8% Hispanics in
the federal workforce, compared to 13.3% in the
civilian labor force. As time has passed, the gap
between the Hispanic representation in the federal
sector and Hispanics in the civilian labor force
has widened.
For example, this gap was 3% in FY 1988 and 5.5%
in 2007. According to OPM, Hispanic representation
in the career senior executive service and the developmental
pool in grades 14 & 15 is not any better. Hispanics
make up 3.6% (236) of the SES slots, 4.1% (2,420)
of the GS-15s, and 4.6% (4,191) of the GS-14s in
FY 2007. Yet, according to the 2007 OPM report,
Hispanics represented 9.7% (31,860) in grades 5
through 8, and 8.6% (43,813) in grades 9 through
12.
WEB SITE:
Federal Hispanic Career Advancement Summit
- JSC DEPUTY DIRECTOR HONORED
AS HISPANIC 2008 ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
JSC Deputy Director Ellen Ochoa has been chosen
as the first woman to receive the Engineer of the
Year award by the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement
Awards Conference. This award recognizes overall
leadership and technical achievement in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics. For complete
biographical information, visit: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ochoa.html
or http://latinawomen.nasa.gov/hep/lwon/LWONbios/jsc-EOchoa.html
NASA Release: J08-013, http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/2008/J08-013.html
- De los Suenos a las estrellas
- La NASA Cumple Medio Siglo (NASA Celebrates Half
A Century)
Latinos en la NASA-Ingeniero: Orlando Meléndez,
Félix A. Soto, María López, Joseph Tellado, Miguel
A. Rodríguez, and Rafael Gelpi.
WEB SITE: http://latino.msn.com/especiales/nasa/video1.aspx
- 2008 HENAAC Hispanic Engineer
National Achievement Award - NASA Hispanic Recipients
- Dr. Ellen Ochoa, NASA JSC Deputy Director, awarded
HENAAC's Hispanic Engineer of the Year
- Adabelle Narvaez-Legeza, Chief Engineer for Ares
1-X Program at NASA GRC awared HENAAC's Professional
Achievement Award
Visit http://www.henaac.org/pressreleases/files/2008HENAACAwardWinners.pdf
2007
- 2007 HENAAC Winner - Executive
Excellence Olga D. Gonzalez-Sanabria
HENAAC is proud to announce the 2007 HENAAC Award
Winners in Engineering & Science. Winners in each
category represent the nation’s best and brightest
engineers and scientists. They were selected by
the HENAAC Selection Committee, an independent group
of representatives from industry, government, military
and academia. The winners will be honored at the
HENAAC Awards Show on October 12, 2007, and throughout
other events at the Town & Country Resort & Convention
Center in San Diego, CA during the 19th Annual HENAAC
Conference, October 11 – 13, 2007.
Web site: http://www.henaac.org/
- NASA Centers Celebrate HHM:
NASA Langley, Virginia: The Office of Equal
Opportunity Programs (OEOP) has invited Mr. Alberto
(Al) Guerra, President of the Hampton Roads Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce to speak at the Center on October
4, 2007 at !0:00 am on the 2007 Hispanic Heritage
Month National Theme is "Hispanic Americans: Making
a Positive Impact on American Society." All NASA
LaRC civil servants and contractors are invited
to attend.
NASA Glenn, Ohio: 2007 Hispanic Heritage Month
Observance Event Featured Speaker: Luis Proenza.
As Chief Executive Officer of The University of
Akron, the public research University for Northern
Ohio, Dr. Luis M. Proenza provides overall leadership
to more than 4,500 faculty and staff and oversees
an annual budget of $350 million serving more than
24,000 students in 350 academic programs, including
a consortium medical school and three branch campuses.When:
October 3, 2007 - 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Administration
Building Auditorium POC: Daniel Rodríguez, Chair,
GRC Hispanic Advisory Council (HAC), daniel.rodriguez-1@nasa.gov
NASA Ames, California: 5th Annual Hispanic Heritage
Golf Tournament. October 12, 2007. Hosted by Ames
Research Center Hispanic Advisory Committee for
Employees (HACE). Cost is $75 with Golf Cart. To
Register contact Salena Japlit at (650)604-6811
Plus: celebrating Disability Awareness Month Event
at NASA Ames. Latina Guest speaker: Kathy Martinez,
Executive Director of World Institute on Disability
(WID). On October 16 at N201 Auditorium. POC: Dana
Bolles at Dana.Bolles@nasa.gov
- NASA Names Astronaut Ellen
Ochoa Deputy Director of Johnson – 1st Hispanic
woman astronaut - Oct '07
Veteran astronaut Ellen Ochoa has been named the
next deputy director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Ochoa is a four-time space flier who has served
as director of flight crew operations at Johnson.
She will succeed Bob Cabana, who was named director
of NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Ochoa
will assume duties as deputy director after the
next space shuttle mission, STS-120.
NASA News Release: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/sep/HQ_07194_Ochoa_Named_JSC_Deputy_Director.html
- NASA Langley's Cover Girl
She’s accomplished. She’s a role model. She’s on
the cover of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Magazine’s
December premiere issue. She’s Debbie Martinez,
a computer engineer at NASA Langley.
Full Article: NASA
Langley's Cover Girl
- NASA LaRC Supports Hispanic
Heritage Month at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Ms. Debbie Martínez, Deputy Manager in the Space
Operations Program Office (SOPO), was the guest
Speaker at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
(ERAU) at the Daytona Beach, Florida, Campus during
their celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month on
October 17, 2007. Ms. Martínez presented ERAU students
and faculty with NASA’s vision for Space Exploration.
To read more about Ms. Martínez, visit http://latinawomen.nasa.gov/hep/lwon
- Hispanic Employees Contributions
at NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC)
1) Dr. Ruben Del Rosario was selected as the Project
Manager for the Subsonic Fixed Wing project within
the Aeronautics Projects Implementation Office at
NASA GRC, OH.
2) Dr. Felix Miranda was a recognized for his contributions
at the GRC 2007 R&D 100 Awards. He was among the
GRC researchers who received three 2007 R&D 100
Awards. With three Glenn-developed technologies
named among this year's 100 most technically significant
products of the year, the Center has earned 100
of the coveted "R&D 100 Awards." Recipients were
recognized during the R&D 100 Awards banquet, celebrating
45 Years of Innovation, on October 18, at Chicago's
Navy Pier.
- NASA Stennis Held an International
Festival
‘WE ARE SIMILAR... WE ARE DIFFERENT... WE ARE STENNIS’
was the theme of NASA Stennis Space Center’s (SSC)
Diversity and International Festival held Oct. 3rd.
Cultural and civic groups visited SSC to help highlight
the site’s diversity and represent cultures from
around the world. Several groups performed, including
dancers from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
(top photo). Celtic and Balkan musicians demonstrated
their instruments; cloggers and a bluegrass band
also performed. Thirty different groups or individuals
set up booths where they offered ethnic food for
tasting, handed out informational brochures or displayed
arts and crafts of their cultures. In addition to
NASA and CNMOC, the festival was sponsored by NASA
Shared Services Center (NSSC), Naval Oceanographic
Office, Computer Sciences Corp., Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne, Lockheed Martin, Jacobs Technology,
Applied Geo Technologies, National Oceanographic
and Atmospheric Administration, Rotary International,
Science Applications International Corp. and the
U.S. Geological Survey.
2006
- Latina Women of NASA Featured
in "Ay Mija, Why Do You Want To Be An Engineer?"
Book
On March 26 at the St. Louis Science Center will
be the grand publishing of "Ay Mija, Why Do You
Want To Be An Engineer?" by Author & Historical
Researcher Edna Campos Gravenhorst, The book features
twelve Latina engineers from around the country,
three of which are NASA engineers and participants
of Latina Women Of NASA web site. They are: Laurie
Yvette Carrillo (from NASA JSC), Olga D. Gonzalez-
Sanabria (NASA GRC), and Debbie Martínez (NASA LaRC).
This event will be at hosted by Commentary Gilberto
Pinela Host Hispanic TV Enterate on UPN. Reading
by author, Edna Campos Gravenhorst . The book is
intended for young adults and will be sold the day
of the event. The author, illustrator and presenters
will be available to sign books after the event.
Web Site: AHETEMS
- Latina Women of NASA Guest
Speaker at Charles E. Miner School
On February 2, 2006, Debbie Martínez, a Computer
Engineer in the Flight Simulation
and Software Branch [currently detailed in the Flight
Operations Branch] and participant/coordinator of
Latina Women Of NASA website [http://latinawomen.nasa.gov/hep/lwon/]
was the guest speaker at the Charles E. Miner [K-9]
school in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Ms. Martínez
discussed her work experience at NASA LaRC and encouraged
students to pursue careers in science and technology.
Approximately 100 students (grades: 2nd,3rd, 4th
& 6th) attended her presentations.
2005
- Celebrate National Hispanic
Heritage Month through NASA's Digital Learning Network
September 15 through October 15, 2005, is National
Hispanic Heritage Month, which celebrates the achievements
of Hispanic Americans. In conjunction with National
Hispanic month, personnel at NASA Langley Research
Center will be reading children's classics in Spanish
to first and second grade students at Kate Waller
Barrett Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia.
Barrett, a NASA Explorer School, utilizes First
Language Support (FLS) program to accelerate academic
achievement through instruction in students' native
language. Skills and concepts learned in their first
language are then transferred to the learning of
English language and academic subjects. Seventy-two
percent of the student population at Barrett is
Hispanic.
NASA personnel will share their love of reading
with these primary grade students via LaRC's Digital
Learning Network. In these interactive events, students
will listen to the story, answer comprehension questions,
and participate in a hands-on activity. At the end
of the connection, the NASA personnel will inscribe
the book, which will then be sent to the students.
Americans of Hispanic descent
are engineers and mathematicians, scientists and
technologists, educators and astronauts. Inspiring
students to read opens a world of possibilities
and opportunities for students of all cultures.
POC: Ms. Rachael Manzer, Digital Learning Network,
NASA Langley Research Center at (757) 864-8703
- OEd and SHPE Exploring Educational
Partnership
On Wednesday, January 19, 2004, Dr. Thom Pinelli
and Sharon Bowers (IPA-Virginia Beach City Public
Schools) initiated a telecon with Rafaela Schwan
and Gary Cruz of the Society of Hispanic Professional
Engineers.
Founded in 1974, the primary function of the Society
of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) is
to (1) enhance and achieve the potential of Hispanics
in engineering, math and science and (2) promote
the development of Hispanics in engineering, science
and other technical professions. (Ms. Schwan
and Mr. Cruz are the SHPE managers for K-12 and
college/university programs, respectively.)
The parties agreed to pursue the development of
a formalized partnership involving the NASA Langley
Center for Distance Learning and SHPE that will
include SHPE student and professional members becoming
the official mentoring partner for Noticiencias
NASA™, the training of SHPE student and professional
members to conduct education and outreach events,
the joint preparation and publication of K- 12 classroom
activities and experiments, and the use of NASA
LIVE™ to connect SHPE student and professional members
to NASA.
The OEd/SHPE partnership is being pursued as part
of NASA Langley's Hispanic Education Initiative
that is managed by Ivelisse
Gilman.
2004
- Hispanic Engineer Helps
Space Station Crews Stay Fit
Growing up in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Carlos Ortiz-Longo
liked to take things apart. His father, a medical
doctor, encouraged his young son's curiosity, helping
him learn the way things work, even teaching him
to fix his own bicycle. Today, Ortiz-Longo is still
fixing his bicycle. Only this one is more than 200
miles above the Earth, on the International Space
Station. Ortiz-Longo manages a team of more than
30 people who keep the Station's exercise equipment
tuned. The Crew Health Care System and Exercise
Countermeasures team is located at NASA's Johnson
Space Center (JSC) in Houston.
For more information, visit NASA
New RELEASE : 04-141
Media organizations interested in interviewing Ortiz-Longo
should contact Julie Burt, JSC Office of Public
Affairs at: 281/483-5111.
- NASA SPACE MEDICINE CHIEF
INDUCTED INTO HENAAC HALL OF FAME
Dr. Nitza Margarita Cintron, chief of NASA's Johnson
Space Center (JSC) Space Medicine and Health Care
Systems Office, is a long way from her native Puerto
Rico. Her plan to stay at NASA for only two years
resulted in a 26-year career. Cintron was inducted
into the Hispanic Engineers National Achievement
Awards Conference's (HENAAC) Hall of Fame on October
7, 2004 during its 16th Annual Conference. The Hall
of Fame was established in 1998 to recognize the
contributions of Hispanics in science, engineering
and technology. With Cintron, its membership numbers
25. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Cintron holds
a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore and an M.D.
degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch
in Galveston, Texas. Cintron has published scores
of papers and holds numerous awards. Among them
is the JSC Director's Commendation and Innovation
Award, the center's highest award for civil servants.
Cintron's advice to young people is, "In everything
you do, always do you very best, be your very best.
Everyone has skills and talents, and if you do your
very best with them, you will always be a winner."
NASA New RELEASE : 04-346. For more information,
visit Latina
Women of NASA
Media organizations interested in interviewing Cintron
should contact John Ira Petty, JSC Office of Public
Affairs, at: 281/483-5111.
- NASA LARC HELPS TO ESTABLISH
LOCAL SHPE CHAPTER
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
held its first interest meeting at NASA Langley
Research Center's H.J.E. Reid Conference Center
on Thursday, September 30 from 5-6 PM. Various professional
individuals were invited to determine if enough
interest existed in the Hampton Roads area to establish
a local SHPE chapter.
Meeting was coordinated by Mr. Juan Carlos Lam and
Mrs. Venita Robinson (HEPM)
- NASA LARC HISPANIC ENGINEERS
& SCIENTIST JUDGE FINAL VINNY COMPETITION
The NASA
LaRC Distance Learning in cooperation with Christopher
Newport University (CNU) and Institute of Electrical
and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) has created the
VINNY™ Awards.
Named in honor of Leonard da Vinci, a man famous
for the creative use of science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics to solve human problems, the VINNY
is designed to help heighten and increase awareness
of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM). VINNY
is a global video competition.
The competition challenges teams, made up of three
students and one teacher, to identify and research
a global problem and discover ways that STEM can
be used to help solve it. Each team submitted a
one-minute video explaining the global problem and
a possible STEM solution. Submissions were made
in six categories: English language video from elementary
school grades 3-5, middle school grades 6-8, and
high school grades 9-12 and Spanish language video
from elementary school grades 3-5, middle school
grades 6-8, and high school grades 9-12.
NASA Langley Judges were Victor
Carreño, Waldo Rodriquez (Research Scientist)
and Debbie
Martinez (Computer Engineer). The final
winning team will be announced at the VINNY Competition
Awards Ceremony in May 6, 2004 at 2:00 PM EST.
- EL NUEVO DIA NEWSPAPER VISITS
NASA LANGLEY
On January 16, 2004, "El Nuevo Dia" newspaper (from
Puerto Rico) reporter Jose Delgado and photographer
Jeanette Claudio were invited to NASA LaRC. The visit
was coordinated by Ivelisse Gilman (Office of Education
- Hispanic Outreach) and Kim Land (Office of Public
Affairs). NASA LaRC field tour included: 14x22 subsonic
wind tunnel (Gloria Hernandez), Cockpit Motion Facility
(Debbie Martínez), and Structures and Materials facilities
(Lucas Horta). This tour emphasized work opportunities
LaRC presents for Hispanic employees. The on-line
report of this visit entitled "Motivados los puertorriqueños
de la NASA" may be found at http://www.adendi.com/archivo.asp?num=596857&keyword=
2003
- UNIVISION PUERTO RICO TO
BROADCAST NASA EDUCATIONAL SERIES FUTURE PROGRAMS
TO FEATURE PUERTO RICAN CHILDREN
[Full PRESS
RELEASE (No. 03-086) or other LaRC
News Releases]
In an effort to inspire the next generation of Hispanic
engineers and scientists, NASA Langley Research Center
and Univision
in Puerto Rico have partnered to broadcast Noticiencias
NASA™, a series of one-minute video-and web-based
programs, targeted for students in grades 3-5. The
educational programs started airing on Dec. 13, 2003
during their Saturday morning children's programming
starting at 8 a.m. Offered by NASA
LaRC Distance Learning, the programs are designed
to turn kids on to the excitement and fun of science,
technology, engineering and mathematics, in the hope
that they will want to pursue careers in those fields.
- NASA MULTIMEDIA SERIES SET
TO INSPIRE HISPANIC YOUTH
[Full PRESS
RELEASE (No. 03-084) or other LaRC
News Releases]
Hoping to enhance the future U.S. scientific work
force, NASA is launching Noticiencias NASA™, a new
program under the agency's Hispanic Education Initiative.
Designed for students in grades K-5, Noticiencias
NASA™ is a Spanish-language, research-inquiry, standards-based,
and technology-focused educational program. Noticiencias
NASA™ uses the Internet, animation and video. It will
introduce a rising population of young Hispanics to
the world of science, technology, engineering, mathematics,
NASA missions and research.
According to the U.S. Department
of Education National Center for Education Statistics,
Hispanics are the fastest growing sector of the
school-age population, the work force of tomorrow.
It is projected in 25 years; one in every four children
in U.S. elementary schools will be Hispanic.
Noticiencias NASA™ is sponsored by NASA's
Office of Biology & Physical Research (OBPR)
and produced by NASA
LaRC Distance Learning.
- First issue of "El Noticiero
de NASA" newsletter [October 2003]
This newsletter strives to engage the Hispanic education
community in NASA's science, technology, engineering
and mathematics programs. The underlying goals of
the newsletter are to share information on achievements
in NASA related education and research and foster
networking among Hispanic educators, researchers,
students and parentsŠ "as only NASA can".
Website: "El
Noticiero de NASA" newsletter [October 2003]
- NASA ENCOURAGES HISPANIC
STUDENTS TO REACH FOR THE SKY
NASA helped to encourage an estimated 325,000 high
school students of Hispanic descent to pursue careers
in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
during Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technology
Week 2003, Oct.13-16.
"One of NASA's core goals is to inspire the next
generation of explorers, a diverse group of young
people who will replenish our aging workforce,"
remarked Dr. Clifford W. Houston who is NASA's Deputy
Associate Administrator for Education Programs. "Our
participation at HESTEC Week events enables us to
reach an enormous audience of Hispanic students, advancing
our ability to inspire and motivate young people traditionally
underrepresented in science, technology, engineering
and mathematics-related careers," he said.
- NASA LARC INSPIRING THE
NEXT GENERATION….OF HISPANICS
NASA
Langley Research Center newest program, NASA's
Kids Science News Network™ (KSNN),
is a Spanish language series of video and web-based
programs designed to turn kids in grades K-2 and 3-5
on to the excitement and fun of science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics as only NASA can!
NASA's KSNN™, or Noticiencias NASA in Spanish,
features Hispanic children explaining science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics and facts about NASA
to other kids in an entertaining and instructional
format. This program is designed to introduce young
Hispanics to the "world of science," to scientific
inquiry, and to inspire them to pursue careers in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
The KSNN Web Site http://ksnnsp.larc.nasa.gov
is not only a useful tool for educators to enhance
and enrich their classroom curriculum, but it is also
a valuable asset for parents to share the fun and
exciting content with their child while being actively
involved with their learning.
NASA's KSNN™ also provides an opportunity for both
educators and parents to help students increase their
knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics thus giving them an edge as they face
the demands of the future.
Ms. Ivelisse Gilman from the Office
of Education manages Langley's Hispanic Education
Initiative, which is an outreach effort to help inspire
future Hispanic engineers and scientists. For more
information about this or other NASA
LaRC Distance Learning programs, contact Ivelisse
Gilman at 757-864-5036. [Article: 8/03]
- Latina Women Of NASA Supports
"Career Quest" workshop at Bayamón Prep Inter-American
University
The "Career Quest" is an English workshop being offered
(July to August 1, 2003) to 24 Proyecto Access' participants
(between 13 & 15 years of age) at Bayamón Prep Inter-American
University in Puerto Rico. The workshop is intended
to help development of the participant's language
skills. As part of the workshop activity, students
research on the career they would like to pursue by
interviewing people in different fields like those
featuresd on Latina
Women Of NASA website.
POC: Pilar Vázquez (Mpilar@intranet.bc.inter.edu),
Associate Professor in the Languages Department at
Inter American University Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Ph:
787-279-1912 ext. 42140, 42769 [Article: 7/03]
- Hispanics@NASA LaRC in the
News
- Mr. Guillermo Gonzalez (SEC/Electronics Systems
Branch) had a live radio interview by the British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Latin America
Group about his work on the Aerial Regional-scale
Environmental Survey of MARS (ARES) Airplane.
The interview was in Spanish on June 2, 2003 at
10 AM EST and will be transmitted to South America
and through their web site. This interview was
organized by Dr.
Arlene S. Levine, Manager of the ARES Education
and Public Outreach (EPO) office. For more information,
visit the BBC Mundo.com website at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/programmes/default.stm
(Ciencia).
- Ms. Debbie Martínez (AirSC/Systems Development
Branch) was selected as a "Powerhitter in Business
and Technology" by the editors of Hispanic
Engineer & Information Technology magazine (http://www.hispanicengineer.com/Editorial/Power%20Hitters.shtml)
published in May 2003 edition. Being selected
for this list is one of the most prestigious honors
in the Hispanic professional community. Thousands
of candidates are reviewed, and those that are
selected stand out in areas such as professional
achievement, technological innovation, and community
leadership. Ms. Martínez is recognized for her
support of NASA Hispanic educational outreach
via the HEP@NASA LaRC (http://oeop.larc.nasa.gov/hep/),
the Latina Women of NASA (http://oeop.larc.nasa.gov/hep/lwon),
and the Hispanic Astronaut (http://oeop.larc.nasa.gov/hep/hep-astronauts.html)
websites.
For more information on other
NASA Hispanics at LaRC, visit
Hispanics@NASA LaRC - Achievements
- NASA SCI Files Airs "The
Case of the Galactic Vacation"
"The Case of the Galactic Vacation," the ninth and
final program in the 2002-2003 season of the NASA
SCIence Files™ will air on PBS stations nationwide
( locally on WHRO, Channel 15) and internally on LaRC
Channel 10 from 11:00 AM - noon (EDT) on Wednesday,
May 14.
In this episode, the tree house detectives "go galactic"
with their latest class project as they try to create
the ultimate "out-of-this-world vacation." They visit
NASA Langley Research Center to learn more about the
Moon from Ed Prior and more about Mars from Bobby
Braun. The detectives visit Starship 2040 and Derek
Wang of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center to learn
about the future of tourists in space. They also learn
about the next generation of propulsion systems from
Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz at NASA Johnson Space Center
and talk with the Expedition 6 crew as they learn
what it is like to work and live in space. Barbara
Morgan, Astronaut Educator, opens the show as the
guest celebrity.
This episode showcases the Langley Hispanic
Education Initiative by highlighting the history,
people, and culture of Puerto Rico. You won't want
to miss Bianca's internship at the Arecibo
Observatory where she learns about radio telescopes
and the search for intelligent extraterrestrial
life. Bianca also receives help from the Antonio
Gonzales Suarez Bilingual School in Añasco,
Puerto Rico where Alice Acevedo's fourth grade class,
who are members of the NASA SCIence Files™ Kids
Club, along with mentors from the Society of Women
Engineers (SWE) learn how to measure distances in
space. The NASA SCIence Files™ is an Emmy®-award
winning, research and standards-based, integrated
mathematics, science, and technology instructional
distance learning series that uses Problem-Based
Learning (PBL) to teach students in grades 3-5 about
science as inquiry.
- NASA's Educational Show
to feature Arecibo Observatory
[Full PRESS
RELEASE (No. 03-018) or other LaRC
News Releases]
As part of NASA's mission to inspire the next generation
of explorers, NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton,
Va., and the Arecibo
Observatory (an astronomical observatory, and
the largest single-dish radio telescope in the
world) in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, will help students
plan an out-of-this-world vacation - an imaginary
trip through the solar system and beyond. The Case
of the Galactic Vacation (aired May 14) was filmed
in Puerto Rico on March 10-14, 2003.
For more information on NASA Langley's Hispanic
Education Initiative, please contact Ivelisse
Gilman (ivelisse.gilman-1@nasa.gov), at 757-864-5036
- NASA at SWE Conference in
Puerto Rico
NASA participated in a panel entitled
"Women in Engineering" at the Society of Women
Engineers (SWE) Conference in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
during March 14-16, 2003.
This 2003's theme was: Integrating Culture into
Engineering. Click on links to view this event's
PRESS
RELEASE (No. 03-019) or other LaRC
News Releases.
For more info, visit
http://www.ece.uprm.edu/sweconf2003/ or contact
Milagros Mateu
(mmateu.hq.nasa.gov) at NASA HQ.
2002
- NASA at the ILWC Conference
in Puerto Rico
Latina Women of NASA, Monsi Roman, Marla Perez-Davis,
and Debbie Martinez, presented the General Session
entitled "Challenges and Opportunities for
Women in NASA" at the International
Latino Women’s Congress (ILWC) conference
in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sept 25-27, 2002.
1999
- Minority Bone Marrow Donor
Registry Drive at NASA Langley
As part of NASA LaRC celebration
of Hispanic Heritage Month 1999, there was a Bone
Marrow Donor Registry Drive held on Wednesday, October
6, 1999.
According to the Red Cross, there is a CRITICAL
need for minority donors, particularly Hispanics
and Blacks...please consider registering.
For more information, visit http://www.bonemarrow.org/
NASA Outreach Links
- Educational
Programs (Internships/Scholarships/Fellowships)
- NASA
Langley Educational Outreach Programs
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