Million Women Mentors – Texas 2020 Stand Up for STEM Awards Announced

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12/01/2020

Austin, Texas: The Texas Girls Collaborative Project (TxGCP), which connects and supports Texas-based organizations that empower women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), presented its Million Women Mentors® - Texas (MWM-TX) Stand Up for STEM Awards at the 2020 Texas Women & Girls in STEM Summit. The Stand Up for STEM Awards recognize and elevate the work of incredible individuals and organizations in Texas advancing women and girls in STEM.

The TxGCP MWM-TX Stand Up for STEM Mentor Award recognizes a STEM Professional engaged in mentoring women and/or girls in STEM. Awardees must demonstrate a passion for encouraging girls and women to pursue a STEM career, develop others via formal and informal mentoring relationships, and inspire others as a role model by showing what it takes to succeed in their chosen profession. The 2020 TxGCP MWM-TX Stand Up for STEM Mentor Award is presented to:

The TxGCP MWM-TX Stand Up for STEM Educational Organization Award recognizes K-12 schools, preK schools or non-profits, educational non-profits and similar organizations that demonstrate a commitment to engaging STEM mentors and role models in programs encouraging women and girls to pursue STEM careers, increasing the diversity of those pursuing STEM careers, and retaining women and girls who enter the STEM education pipeline The 2020 TxGCP MWM-TX Stand Up for STEM Educational Organization Award is presented to:

The TxGCP MWM-TX Stand Up for STEM Educator Award recognizes individual educators or educational teams from K-12 schools, preK schools or non-profits, educational non-profits and similar organizations that demonstrate a commitment to engaging STEM mentors and role models in programs encouraging women and girls to pursue STEM careers, increasing the diversity of those pursuing STEM careers, and retaining women and girls who enter the STEM education pipeline. The 2020 TxGCP MWM-TX Stand Up for STEM Educator Award is presented to Dr. Ariel Taylor, Assistant Professor of Practice, UTeach, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin.

The TxGCP MWM-TX Stand Up for STEM High School Award recognizes a STEM High School Student or Student Group/Organization engaged in mentoring women and/or girls in STEM. Awardees must demonstrate a passion for encouraging girls and women to pursue a STEM career, embrace available STEM activities and demonstrates leadership in these activities, and inspire others by showing enthusiasm and commitment to pursuing a STEM career. The 2020 TxGCP MWM-TX Stand Up for STEM High School Award is presented to:

  • Manika Aggarwal, Westwood High School

  • Yaritza Kenyon, Del Valle High School

  • Paridhi Latawa, Liberal Arts and Science Academy

  • Rylee Lippenholz, Louis D. Brandeis High School

  • Jasmyn McBeth, Amarillo Area Center for Advanced Learning (AACAL)

The awards will be presented at the 4th annual Texas Women and Girls in STEM Summit hosted by the Texas Girls Collaborative Project on December 4, 2020. TxGCP is part of the National Girls Collaborative Project and led by the Women in Engineering Program at The University of Texas at Austin and statewide leadership teams and a champions board.

Contact:

Tricia Berry
Collaborative Lead, Texas Girls Collaborative Project, www.txgcp.org
Director, The University of Texas at Austin, Cockrell School of Engineering, Women in Engineering Program, www.engr.utexas.edu/wep
512-471-5650
triciaberry@utexas.edu