Gals Chat by Engineering Gals

Aida is a full stack developer who got bachelors from UC Irvine in Civil Engineering. Ever since graduating she has been on a journey finding a fulfilling career that she is passionate about. Aida started her non traditional path to tech from a coding bootcamp and she loves that the tech industry requires a passion for continuous learning and is shaping and defining the future!

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Connect with us on social media:

Aida: @aidapira

Lara: @larahuapaya

Amy: @amydeepkaur

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

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Emily is a cybersecurity consulting analyst at Accenture to help businesses defend against cyber threats. She graduated from Bucknell University in May of 2021 with a degree in electrical engineering and a minor in Russian language. While in college, she created The STEM Diaries: a platform that fuses STEM with a trendy, adventurous and healthy lifestyle and creates learning experiences that empower girls to succeed in STEM. The STEM Diaries includes two hand-written and illustrated, published books about electrical engineering concepts, a blog, Instagram, merchandise and STEM-related resources.

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Connect with us on social media:

Emily:

- Web: www.thestemdiaries.com 

- IG: @thestemdiaries

Lara: @larahuapaya

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

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Lara Huapaya is a Research and Technology Engineer in the aerospace industry who became passionate about aircrafts through her love for traveling. Her focus is on developing new material capabilities to support sustainability efforts and prognostic health monitoring of components. Lara has been unapologetically chasing her dreams from a young age. At the age of 13 she convinced her parents to move to the U.S. for her to create her dream life, and she has been keeping herself busy doing just that. She is an adventurous soul who loves the outdoors and is always trying something new. She has found the way to embrace and fulfill a multidimensional life by strategically creating balance. She aims to fulfill all her passions and help people do the same.

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Connect with us on social media:

Lara:

- IG: @larahuapaya

- Email: lara.huapaya@gmail.com

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

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Chloe is a civil engineer in the power industry in Los Angeles, CA. Her mission is to show that women can "be both" and to break stereotypes of women in STEM. Chloe is the founder of the #stompingout stereotypes movement, which showcases that women in STEM are multifaceted, whatever that looks like to them. Chloe's platform shows her life as an engineer, real estate investor, entrepreneur, dog mom, and everything else in between. Her goal is to show that all engineers are unique, and that is a good thing!

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Connect with us on social media:

Chloe: 

- IG: @chloetheengineer

- Email: simplysteminist@gmail.com

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huapaya: @larahuapaya

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

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Lorena is a community leader, Keynote Speaker, Forbes Fellow and passionately supports those changing the world. Lorena believes social responsibility is not a box you check but something directly incorporated into a company’s DNA - especially when it comes to science & tech. She’s a Latina Founder and the CEO of every POINT ONE, a Seattle based public benefit corporation helping AI companies end performative practices by creating and implementing actionable, socially responsible practices throughout the entire organization.

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Connect with us on social media:

Lorena: 

- IG: @girlchangetheworld

- Twitter: @STEMpreneurlife

- LinkedIn: /girlchangetheworld

Lara Huapaya: @larahuapaya

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

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Nikki Zulueta is Filipino American who works in the field of civil engineering. She is a STEM advocate within her community and loves to share it off and online through advocacy and volunteering.

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Connect with us on social media:

Nikki: @adrianicolee

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huapaya: @larahuapaya

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

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Naia Butler-Craig, a native of Orlando, is working toward her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and is a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research fellow and GEM fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In between her pressing academic schedule, Naia also works to advocate for diversity in STEAM disciplines. Naia is also the recipient of the 2020 Modern-Day Technology Leader Award and 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 award for her outstanding performance in STEM. 

Connect with us on social media:

Naia:

- IG: @astronaia

- Web: naiabutlercraig.com

- Twitter: @astronaia

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya: @larahuapaya

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Ambria is an Industrial Engineer who in 2017 was crowned Miss Black Savannah USA. Ambria’s passion for STEM has been reflected in her education and activities. She created Operation: Changing the World One STEM at a Time  while at Spelman College to mentor young African American girls who are interested in STEM-related careers. Ambria is a Spelman Alumna STEM Ambassador, member of the Executive Board of the National Society of Black Engineers, and recipient of the Georgia Power Women in Engineering Scholarship.

Connect with us on social media:

Ambria: 

- IG: @itsambriaberksteiner & @operationonestematatime, 

- Email: operationonestematatime@gmail.com, 

- Web: https://ambria-berksteiner.wixsite.com/mysite/about-ambria, 

- Facebook: Operation One Stem at a Time

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya: @larahuapaya

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Gina is a current Program Manager at Microsoft, Tiktok Creator, Blogger, and side career coach. Gina has been on a journey to share her voice, starting with her TEDx in 2019, and now using other vehicles to share her personal experiences as a first Generation Latina, first generation graduate, and all the healing, and awareness needed to continue to self-discover and self-actualize. Gina holds an Industrial Engineering BS & Systems Engineering MS and has a big passion to continue to bring minority communities to STEM and normalize the diversity that this brings.

Connect with us on social media:

Gina: 

- Website: ginaemoreno.com 

- IG: @Ginaemoreno_

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Lara Huyapaya: @larahuapaya

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

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Nicholas is a PhD Pre-candidate in Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Michigan Ann-Arbor. He is a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) Representative at the University of Michigan where he advocates for LGBTQIA+, Women and POC. in the materials profession. Nicholas additionally serves as a Board Member of the Career Advancement Committee of the Materials Research Society (MRS), and is an active contributor to the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS), American Society for Metals Intl (ASM Intl), and Materials Science & Technology (MS&T).

Connect with us on social media:

Nicholas: 

- Twitter & Instagram: @nicholasetrick), 

- Email: netrick@umich.edu

Lara Huyapaya: @larahuapaya

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

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Mina works in construction development. After she graduated from civil engineering in 2014, she created an online community of women in engineering on Instagram called "IronRingGirls" where she shares engineering career secrets that they don't teach in a classroom. She is also the author of "Wait, are good grades enough? - a guide for engineering students.

Connect with us on social media:

Mina: 

- IG: @ironringgirls

- Web: www.ironringgirls.com

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya: @larahuapaya

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Tiffany is a Software Developer and Technical Consultant at IBM in Toronto. Prior to breaking into the tech industry, she was in the fashion industry. From modeling in Hong Kong to studying fashion in Vancouver, she never even thought of the possibilities that tech had to offer. When she first learned how to code while in university, things changed and she instantly fell in love with it and carved her own path into the tech industry.

Connect with us on social media:

Tiffany: 

- Youtube, Instagram and Tiktok all at: @tiffintech

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Lara Huyapaya: @larahuapaya

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

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Joan is a Mission Integration Systems Engineer at NASA for the Launch Services Program. Joan received a dual bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry from the University of Maryland, and a master’s degree in Systems Engineering from Naval Postgraduate School. As a first-generation college graduate, Joan strives to increase representation in underrepresented communities, as well as encourage them to pursue STEM careers.

Connect with us on social media:

Joan: 

- IG/TikTok/Facebook: @YourFemaleEngineer
- Twitter:  @AstroJoanE
- Website: www.YourFemaleEngineer.com

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya: @larahuapaya

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

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Monica is a water engineer at Jacobs and is currently the President of the American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE) Los Angeles Younger Member Forum (LA YMF). She is also the Global STEAM Programs Lead at Jacobs’ Enlace Employee Network which focuses on providing STEAM Outreach events for students.

Connect with us on social media:

Monica: 

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-morales-pe-env-sp-5864b536 ; 

- Email: Monica.Morales@Jacobs.com  

- Instagram: @Aquaneer

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya: @larahuapaya

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Steph is a Software Developer at Amazon and has been working as an engineer (with no CS degree) for the past 5 years. Outside of work she freelances as a blockchain developer, runs StemBabe -- an Etsy shop for wildly capable people in stem, and teaches yoga.

Connect with us on social media:

Steph: @steph.js

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya: @larahuapaya

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Fionnghuala O'Reilly is an Irish-American model and engineer who recently made history as the first woman of color to represent Ireland at the international Miss Universe pageant. Since obtaining her degree in Systems Engineering from George Washington University, O’Reilly, who goes by Fig, has gone on to become a NASA Datanaut. Fig recently joined Mission Unstoppable, as the newest correspondent and is also the founder and CEO of Reach Productions, a STEM education advancing production company that produces science, technology, engineering, and math-centered events, programming, and media.

Connect with us on social media:

Fionnghuala (Fig) O'Reilly

- Instagram: @figoreilly

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya: @larahuapaya

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Susan Martinez is an Additive Manufacturing engineer from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Her current project is in the In-Space Manufacturing group and is working on putting more manufacturing capabilities on the International Space Station! She started her account @AdAstraSu to showcase that there is space for women in STEM and we just have to forge our own place!

Connect with us on social media:

Susie Martinez

- Instagram: @AdAstraSu

Engineering Gals:

@engineeringgals

Lara Huyapaya:

@larahuapaya

Amy Kaur:

@amydeepkaur

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Holly is a multi-award-winning Microsoft Software Engineer who has worked on the globally released products Paint 3D and Xbox, and is currently working on Microsoft Search, Assistance, and Intelligence! Outside of her programming, she is incredibly passionate about Diversity and Inclusion in STEM. She is on the Women @ Microsoft Professional Development Board and founded HerHelloWorld to support new and existing technologists.

Connect with us on social media:

Holly Boothroyd:

- Instagram: @herhelloworld

- Website: http://hollyboothroyd.com/

Engineering Gals: 

@engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: 

@amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya: 

@larahuapaya

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Victoria has a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from Prairie View A&M University.  After graduating, she started her dream job with Nike in Portland, OR as a Process Engineer where she helped create the Vapor Max 2020. After working with Nike for a year she created a sustainable clothing brand called "Vixx Studios" and is now currently working at her new role in a chemical plant in Texas.

Connect with us on social media:

Victoria

- Instagram: @victoria__official

- Website: https://vixxstudios.com/

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya @larahuapaya

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Nikki is an Electrical Engineer turned Product Manager. She leads authentication services at a data services startup where she works on engineering teams, leadership, and marketing. In her spare time, she is an advocate of bitcoin and creates educational content that helps women understand the value of cryptocurrencies and how to get started. 

Connect with us on social media:

Nikki Beesetti 

- Instagram: @hellonikkib

- Website: hellonikkib.com

- Email: nikki.beesetti@gmail.com

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya @larahuapaya

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Elisabeth is a multidisciplinary technologist and engineer who started off as a chemical process engineer in the cannabis industry. After 8 years, she then shifted her career towards gaming and got the opportunity to work on Quality Assurance on the Xbox series X/S at Microsoft. As a self taught programmer, today Elisabeth is working at Nintendo on a globally released product in the games industry. Outside of her day job, she is a women in STEM advocate and aims to make gaming accessible for everyone.

Connect with us on social media: 

Elisabeth Pring

- Instagram: @dev.mage

- Twitch: @710wonderdev

- Twitter: @710wonderdev

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya @larahuapaya

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Kimberly graduated with her Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering at UConn where she was heavily involved in STEM outreach as an Engineering Ambassadors with the Diversity and Outreach Center at UConn to make STEM careers more accessible to underrepresented minorities. Since graduating, Kimberly now works as an aerospace engineer at Pratt & Whitney and wants to continue advocating for minorities in STEM.

Connect with us on social media:

Kimberly Liang

- Instagram: @kimberly.liang

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya @larahuapaya

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Katya graduated from UCLA in 2019 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. During her time there she was a part-time intern at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She is now a full-time engineer at JPL and has worked on missions such as the Perseverance Rover and Europa Clipper.

Connect with us on social media: 

Katya Echazarreta

- Instagram: @kat_echz

- Tiktok  @electric_kat

- Youtube:  Kat Echazarreta 

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals 

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur 

Lara Huyapaya @larahuapaya

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Maya Bello is a full-stack software engineer with a Bachelors in Computer Science from UC San Diego with industry experience in building software applications. She is also a tech content creator with 40,000 followers across her various social media platforms. In her free time, she is passionate about exposing underrepresented communities to careers in tech as well as volunteering with non-profits where she leads workshops on Game Design and learning to code in Python. She was the co-host of the 2020 AWS Deep Racer championships and is currently featured on Khan Academy which highlights her Python tutorial for people with no prior coding experience.

Connect with us on social media:

Maya Bello: 

- Instagram: @maya_loves_code

- YouTube: Maya Bello https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0O670QdOBVxgIRfHTI6z0w

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya @larahuapaya

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Hi everyone, welcome to Season 2 of the Gals Chat podcast! In today's episode of the podcast we are interviewing Camille Calibeo who is going to talk to us about transitioning careers in the aerospace industry.

Camille is an aerospace engineer turned business strategist at Lockheed Martin Space. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tennessee Knoxville and has worked on the Artemis program that is sending us back to the Moon. She also runs The Galactic Gal on social media, a platform that is all about making aerospace accessible to everyone.

Connect with us on social media: 

Camille Calibeo: @TheGalacticGal on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, ClubHouse, and Bookshelf 

www.thegalacticgal.com 

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals 

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur 

Lara Huyapaya @larahuapaya

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In today's episode of the podcast we are interviewing Lauren Savage and discussing the importance of networking and internships. Lauren is an aerospace engineer at Lockheed Martin and a M.S. Candidate at Johns Hopkins University studying Space Systems Engineering. Lauren earned her pilots license in high school at the age of 17. In her free time, Lauren mentors at two different organizations, has recently become chairwoman of the board at a DFW-based nonprofit serving the homeless population, and enjoys space science communication on IG and YT to inspire girls and women to pursue aerospace careers.

Connect with us on social media:

Lauren: @laurenthesavage

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya @larahuapaya

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Vanessa is a Transportation Engineer at a Private Firm in San Diego, California. Outside of work, she is heavily involved in her local professional organization American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Through her involvement, she continually participates in events that help young engineers grow in the profession and encourage kids to pursue engineering. Pre-COVID, she would spend her free time dancing, playing volleyball, or hiking. 

Connect with us on social media: 

Vanessa:

- Instagram: @itsvnessa

- Tiktok @itsvnessa_

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals 

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur 

Maritza Bravo @bravouniverse

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Fernanda is a chemical engineer currently working in her PhD at Yale university. She is originally from El Salvador. She is also a content creator, Etsy store owner of Engineering Baddies and also is a mother of one.

Connect with us on social media:

Fernanda Sulantay 

- Instagram: @fernsulantay 

- Tiktok @fernsulantay 

- Youtube: Fernanda Sulantay

- Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EngineeringBaddies

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya @larahuapaya

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Zara is a full stack developer at Salesforce and studied computer science and environmental science at UC Berkeley. After 5 years as an engineer, she is now an Engineering Manager who does a lot of hiring and is going to talk to us more about what managers look for in resumes and during the interview process.

Connect with us on social media: 

Zara Chiara: @zarachiara

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals 

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur 

Lara Huyapaya @larahuapaya

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Camille is an aerospace engineer and strong community leader with the goal of diversifying STEM, especially areas pertaining to forms of automation and Artificial Intelligence. She believes that the future of technology should be encompassing all ethnic backgrounds and socio-economic standings. Currently, her main focus is integrating diversity and adequate representation so that nobody is left behind as we shift into the Fourth Industrial Revolution of modern and smart technology.

Connect with us on social media: 

Camille Isioma: @camilleisioma

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur 

Lara Huyapaya: @larahuapaya

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Marizza is a fashion model represented in San Francisco, Los Angeles, & New York City, a senior at UC Santa Cruz studying Information Science, and advocates for women in STEM. Currently, she's a Data Science intern at Glamnetics and a co host for a self development podcast called Interesting Thots.

Connect with us on social media:

Marizza Delgado: 

- Instagram: @marizzadelgado @interestingthoughtspod 

- Podcast: https://anchor.fm/interestingthots 

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marizza-delgado/ 

- Personal Website: marizzadelgado.com

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals 

Amy Kaur: @amydeepkaur

Lara Huyapaya: @larahuapaya 

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Giovanna is a Fitness Model and a Tattooed Metal-head who works in Los Angeles as a Controls Engineer. In her profession, she marries art with logic to control the artistic spectacle of flowing water with shooting fire. Join us!

Connect with us on social media:

Giovanna: @lyric_rayne_ 

Engineering Gals: @engineeringgals

Lara Huyapaya @larahuapaya

Maritza Bravo: @bravouniverse

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