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Keeping America technologically strong by promoting STEM, especially in underserved communities.

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All-Girls Teen Engineering Team Creates Solar-Powered Tent For Homeless #GIRLPOWER #GirlsInSTEM #latinasinstem #STEM
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Her code got humans to the moon - and invented software itself (she's standing next to code she wrote for #Apollo11 )
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Jump-start your STEM career for less than a hundred bucks. This week only, college students can register for the GMiS 2022 Conference and Career Fair for only $99, before rates rise to $250! No code needed. Register here: #GMiSTEM22 #STEM
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This Hispanic Heritage Month, let’s spotlight the diversity of Latino talent across America featuring this incredible group of innovators & trailblazers. Shout-out to Ellen Ochoa, our HENAAC Hall of Famer! #HispanicHeritageMonth
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Congratulations to @lsu physics professor & @LIGO spokesperson Gabriela Gonzalez, our 2016 Scientist of the Year!
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None other than @FortuneMagazine ’s 2018 Most Powerful Woman @LockheedMartin CEO Marillyn Hewson speaking at the #HENAAC30 Awards on the extraordinary achievements of Latinos in STEM past, present, and future! #wow
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Don't fear failure. Without it, we wouldn't have inventions like penicillin, plastics & pacemakers #MotivationMonday
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Hidden Figures has inspired a State Department exchange program to promote women in STEM #WomenInSTEM #HiddenNoMore
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The world's 1st computer programmer was a woman. Her name was Ada Lovelace & today we celebrate her! #AdaLovelaceDay
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Celebrating the release of movie @HiddenFigures , @IBM & @VanityFair profiles notable & diverse role models in #STEM
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Dr. Gabriela Gonzalez of @lsu & @LIGO honors fellow awardees as she accepts #HENAAC28 Scientist of the Year award. Congratulations!
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13 Amazingly Cool Women in STEM Who Changed the World #WomensHistoryMonth #STEM #womenintech
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Mario Lopez is on...let the 27th HENAAC Awards begin! #HENAAC27 #Latinos #STEM http://t.co/wighbnda5J
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Congrats to @Stemettes CEO Anne-Marie Imafido for making the @BBC100women list of inspirational and innovative women! 🎉 #awesome #rolemodels
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Happy early birthday to Katherine Johnson, the extraordinary @NASA mathematician portrayed in @HiddenFigures !
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Awesome to witness Mayim Bialik announce #FabLabTV today, 1st ever #science TV series aimed at tweens & teen girls!
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We think @LockheedMartin might have won best #HENAAC29 STEM-seminar title with "When Life Hands You Aguacates (Avocados), Make Guacamole!"
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Ne-Yo to Sponsor Kids Summer Coding Camp for Underrepresented Youth (via @blackenterprise ) #awesome #STEM
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From the only woman on her team when she was first hired at @LockheedMartin to running the company as CEO & being named one of the most powerful women in the world. Congratulations Marillyn Hewson, winner of the 2019 HENAAC Chairman’s Award! #GMiS2019
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Latino STEM students: we want YOU to be the next generation of innovators! Apply for a HENAAC Scholarship today - up to $10K available! Due 4/30 #STEM #Latinos
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12 influential women in STEM to be projected on ceiling Grand Central Terminal in NYC thanks to @generalelectric
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Engineering a better future w/Oxon Hill MS thru #VivaTech sponsored by #STEM Diversity Campaign by @DeptofDefense
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American Girl and NASA Team Up to Release New Doll and She's Latina (via @people ) #weloveit #STEM #latinas
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Get ready to be inspired - @HiddenFigures opens in theaters tomorrow! Thanks @IBM & @20thcenturyfox for telling this important story!
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At age 26, Baltimore Ravens’ John Urschel retires from NFL to pursue PhD in math at MIT (via @washingtonpost )
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Lego is selling 'Women of NASA' set featuring 4 female scientists, engineers, & astronauts (via @businessinsider )
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Congratulations to our Class of 2016 HENAAC Scholars - talented Latino students who are changing the face of #STEM in America! #HENAAC28
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Superstar kids & teens currently taking on #SB51 -inspired STEM challenges at #YouthBowlExperience 2017 sponsored by @Shell_US ! #MVPs
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Incredible @TEDTalks from these female trailblazers who are changing the face of #STEM while innovating their field!
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CONGRATULATIONS Team @verizon !!! 1st place College Bowl Winners!!! #collegebowl #verizon #HENAAC29
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We are honored to be among the recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring ( @PAESMEM ), the highest honor bestowed upon #mentors who work to expand talent in #STEM fields! #heroes #PAESMEM
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African-American history is made every day. She is an inspiring role model for all! #BlackHistoryMonth #STEM
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Google promotes gender equality w/new diverse emoji, including depictions of women in #STEM
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Happy International Women in Engineering Day! (credit:Yana Paskova/Washington Post) #IWED17 #WomenInSTEM
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Meet Angela Gomez, a farm worker's daughter who just landed a $350k scholarship to Stanford & plans to major in mathematics and computational science! #LatinasInSTEM
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Thank you to our host sponsor @Shell for helping support #LatinosInSTEM , from young students to pioneering professionals! #HENAAC29
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Keynote speaker Iris Diaz, Cost Engineer, @Shell Int'l Exploration & Production, gives students a pep talk before @Shell_US STEM Showdown!
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STEM professionals can directly affect diversity in their field by becoming a mentor. Join ! #nationalmentoringmonth
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A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill to award the women that inspired @HiddenFigures with Congressional Gold Medals, considered the highest civilian award in the US! #HiddenNoMore
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How a young African-American girl from a small town in Georgia graduated from @MIT & became a Structural Analysis Engineer at @Boeing , working on the NASA Space Launch System #womeninSTEM #STEM
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Women computer operators program ENIAC, 1st electronic digital computer (credit: @GettyImages ) #tbt #WomenInSTEM #history #tech
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Just three of the many amazing Muslim women around the globe who are making incredible contributions to STEM fields! #STEM #MuslimWomensDay
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It's Engineer Week! Today we recognize The Legacy of Walt Disney and thank Imagineers for bringing art and science together to turn fantasy into reality and dreams into magic. #WaltDisney #engineerweek
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Congratulations to 2019 HENAAC Engineer of the Year Gregory A. Porpora, CISSP Distinguished Engineer of Advanced Analytics, Cybersecurity & Intelligence at @IBM ! #GMiS2019 #LatinosInSTEM
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The glass ceiling in #STEM isn't shattered yet but it's inspiring to see how much progress we're making! #GoGirls
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The History of Women in Tech is Longer (and Cooler!) Than You Know via @dailymuse #womenintech
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Congrats @HiddenFigures on your #OscarNoms ! Honoring STEM achievements of women of color on film encourages diversity that fuels innovation
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Check out @NASA ’s one stop shop for internships, fellowships, and scholarships! #STEM #internships
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Congratulations to the @cahsialliance Data Analytics Challenge winners! #GMiS2019
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Teachers, parents & students of Smethport High come together for STEM at #VivaTechnology events, made possible by @Shell_US Appalachia!
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Congratulations to @utrgv professor Dr. Karen Lozano, our 2015 HENAAC Engineer of the Year and now the recipient of the 2018 "Mexicanos Distinguidos" Award presented by the Government of Mexico & Institute for Mexicans Abroad (IME)! 🎉
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This #dayofwomeninscience , we honor trailblazers like our past Scientists of the Year Gabriela Gonzalez @LIGO & Elisa Quintana @NASAKepler !
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Meet the innovators of tomorrow - our 2017 Class of HENAAC Scholars! #HENAAC29 #GreatMinds #LatinosInSTEM
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For the first time in the @calstate system’s nearly six decade history, a majority of women currently lead as campus presidents! Unbelievably proud to call them a #HENAAC partner. #WOW
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Building molecules & a brighter future at today's STEM Community Program event at @bhcplive ! #STEM #education
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There is a wealth of STEM talent in the Hispanic community and we need your help to spotlight & honor it! Nominate a STEM professional for a HENAAC Award TODAY! Deadline is 5/25, submit HERE: #TwoWeeksLeft
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Thrilled to welcome @lockheedmartin VP of Culture, Diversity & Equal Opportunity Ms. Rainia Washington to our Board!
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Compton teen overcomes adversity, heads to Harvard (and wants to become a neuro surgeon!) #awesome #CongratsEJ
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Former NASA engineer & current @girlscouts CEO Sylvia Acevedo on being the only woman in the room (via @NPR ) #STEM
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South El Monte High School senior Tony Hua pictured with @SCE president after receiving $40K scholarship. http://t.co/188EglAiZy
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62% of teenage girls regret not studying science, technology, engineering & math subjects for longer, according to @Accenture study (via @ComputerWeekly ) #womeninstem #STEM
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She once struggled to learn English. Now this Cuban-American student is headed to MIT #Latinas #STEM
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We're All Born With Mathematical Abilities (And Why That's Important) via @npr #education #math #STEM
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Impressed & inspired by the teamwork of @hpsdiscovery 's brilliant students! Thanks @Shell_US for making this #VivaTechnology happen! #STEM
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This 12-year-old Minneapolis boy launched a tech-savvy initiative to inspire young black men & women to pursue careers in technology! #awesome #STEM
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Gail Evans began work at Kodak as a janitor. Two decades later, she was the company's Chief Technology Officer #wow
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"She believed she could, so she did.”- Keysha M. Camps Figueroa of @GM , winner of Most Promising Engineer Award #HENAAC29 #HENAACAwards
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When she was just a child in Venezuela, her parents, who could not finish elementary school but believed in the power of education, gave her one gift that changed her life - a science book. And so began Dr. Rogel’s journey to becoming Scientist of the Year. #GMiS2019 #STEM
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New season of @NSF -supported PBS show @SciGirls explores STEM “through the language & culture of the fast-growing and youngest racial/ethnic group in the United States: Hispanics”! #ciencia #latinas #STEM
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Please join us in congratulating our #HENAAC29 Scientist of the Year, Adriana C. Ocampo Ph.D, Lead Program Executive for @NASA New Frontier!
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Lego's 'Women of NASA' sale lifts off, lands as best-selling toy (via @CNN ) #awesome #WomenInSTEM #STEM
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Awesome aerial views of #NSBE42 Career Fair - there's a lot of talent in this room!
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Inspired by his mom's illness, this 18-year-old Mexican student designed a bra that helps detect breast cancer #STEM
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We spy inspiring former astronaut and role model for women in STEM everywhere Sally Ride in @USPS ’s sneak preview of 2018 stamps!
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“There’s an assumption Latinos are not good engineers. This, added to the bias that women are not good at STEM-related fields, is a recipe for disaster.” #agree
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Paid internship opportunity for LA high school juniors + seniors interested in science & engineering! Deadline 4/15, see flyer for details!
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Particularly happy to see such a high-profile publication honoring truly spectacular women of color who are engineering the future as we speak! We look forward to seeing this list get more diverse every year. #WomenInSTEM
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Engineering a better future, one crane construction at a time! Pictured: Packed house at #VivaTechnology sponsored by @Shell_US as 300 middle schoolers from around @PasadenaUnified convene at #HENAAC30 ! #STEM
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Today’s @GoogleDoodles celebrates the 105th birthday of Mexican astronomer Guillermo Haro, discoverer of flare stars & planetary nebulae named Herbig-Haro objects! #LatinosInSTEM #STEM
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Strawberry DNA Extraction with kids of Nueva Maravilla Public Housing Community during After School #STEM Program
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Calling all Latino undergrad & grad students! Apply to become a HENAAC Scholar for up to 10K scholarship! Due 4/30
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When we come together as a community, there’s no telling what we can do. An enormous thank you to our volunteers from @socalgas & local colleges who helped bring STEM to Northridge Middle School with #VivaTech ! #gracias
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Just a few of the thousands of students we've been able to support through the generosity of our sponsors & donors. #NationalPhilanthropyDay
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Get ready to find your dream job at #HENAAC28 Career Fair w/full details, map & list of participating companies:
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There is NO such thing as “girls are bad at math”. These are just a few of the award-winning Latina students and professionals who are living proof. #GMiS2019 #mythbusters #LatinasInSTEM
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Are you a young woman pursuing a STEM degree? @CAH is offering a FULL tuition scholarship! Apply w/a 3 minutes video by 12/11!
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In 2016, @utrgv civil engineering major Sailyn Ortega attended our HENAAC Conference in Anaheim & networked with @WaltDisneyCo Imagineers. This year, she landed her dream job at Disney! Congrats, Sailyn! #AWESOME @DisneyCareers 🎉
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. @girlscouts debut 23 new badges related to science, tech, engineering, math & outdoors! #awesome #GirlsInSTEM #STEM
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Coding with Elsa & R2-D2: @codeorg teams up with Disney & Lucasfilms to get kids into the coding game #STEM #cool
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Pictured: GMiS Education Team piloting the Roller Coaster activity at Pomona CORE! #GirlsinScience
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. @USPS to unveil stamp honoring calculus educator Jaime Escalante tomorrow at Garfield High
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Celebrating #Blackhistorymonth staff pick from our Development Director, Bertha Haro. Recognizing Dr. Mae Jemison retired @NASA Astronaut. "You have as much right as anyone else to be in this world and to be in any profession you want, You don't have to wait for permission.”Mae C
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Pictured: the future faces of STEM in America during @TelevisaFoundat 's #genSTEM Fair at @Fresno_State ! #AwesomeKids
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They are doctors, astronauts, inventors & innovators - meet a few of the amazing #STEM heroes of #BlackWomenDidThat
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Every year, our Conference Planning Committee comes together at our July Summit to help us plan the HENAAC Conference, an event that supports STEM in the Hispanic community, from kindergarteners to graduate students and the professionals who inspire them. GRACIAS! #HENAAC30
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GMiS Scientist of the Year Gabriela Gonzalez named one of @nature 's top 10 scientists in the world! #Congrats
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