Astronomy on Tap, San Antonio
girls stem summit 2019
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Together with families, we built a bunch of "comets" at the Witte Museum during Spring Break in their temporary exhibit Planet Pioneers! The kids loved getting their hands dirty and I always have fun playing with dry ice and talking about space!
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Skype A Scientist
Several times a year I participate in the Skype A Scientist program, which connects me to classrooms across the continent, giving students a chance to ask me their questions about a career in STEM and everything they want to know about space.
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Día de la Física 2018
Día de la Física is a one-day conference hosted by the National Society for Hispanic Physicists during the annual SACNAS meeting. I lead the local organization for the 2018 event, hosting ~80 undergrads at SwRI for fascinating talks, lab tours, and networking events!
AGU Voices for science
I am a member of the first American Geophysical Union's Voices for Science program, a program dedicated to supporting and fostering science communication and science policy advocates.
As a NASA Solar System Ambassador, educators from schools, museums and planetariums can contact me to request talks and presentations about current and past NASA missions. Through this program and others, I regularly give science presentations at schools, Boys & Girls clubs, astronomy events, and even retirement homes! I also provide laboratory tours of SwRI for classes, girl/boy scouts, robotics teams, and physics camps.
Young engineers & Scientists (YES)
The Southwest Research Institute has hosted the Young Engineers and Scientists (YES) program every summer for over 25 years.
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This program brings ~20 advanced high school students to our campus for 2.5 weeks, where they experience many facets of the science and engineering work at SwRI. The students also select mentors for the following school year. 3 years ago, I co-developed and continue to implement a spectroscopy section, giving the students a hands-on project to learn about remote sensing.