See Below for Highlights from the 2024 Engaging Girls in STEM Event at the LA Zoo!
Supported by the LA County Office of Education!

Photo by Charlie Leight/Arizona State University

Special Welcome from Dr. Sian Proctor

​Dr. Sian Proctor made history during the SpaceX Inspiration4 Mission from September 16-18, 2021 as the first Black woman to serve as a spacecraft pilot. Inspiration4 was the first human spaceflight comprised of only private citizens to orbit Earth. The crew and trip raised more than $243 million to expand cancer research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Dr. Proctor is also a geoscientist, explorer, artist, analogue astronaut & science communicator, speaking at engagements globally. She is a professor of Geology, Sustainability and Planetary Science at South Mountain Community College and served as the education outreach officer for the first Hawai’i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) Mission, a NASA funded analog mission for human spaceflight to Mars. Her artwork focuses on Space2Inspire Art to advance conversations about a JEDI (just, equitable, diverse and inclusive) space for humanity.

​Virtual Keynote Speaker with
​Dr. Aidyl Gonzalez-Serricchio
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Virtual Keynote
with
Boeing's
Julie Newman
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Engaging Girls In STEM Afternoon Panelists
Anise Grant, Erin Hong, Karen Abarca

Join us in the afternoon with a special Panel of members of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE).

Anise Grant
Erin Hong
Karen Abarca

Moderated by SWE member and Engaging Girls in STEM Advisory Member, Julie Newman

March 30, 2024 Schedule