Pomona Student Proves Girls Can Be Engineers Too
Jennifer Villacis was recently awarded a $40,000 Edison Scholars award that will help pave the way for her to attend USC.
May 12, 2015
Jennifer Villacis, a Pomona Catholic Girls High School senior and a 2015 Edison Scholars award winner, assembles a project in robotics class.
Credit: Courtesy of Jennifer Villacis
Athena Chen, a senior at Diamond Bar High School who was selected as one of the 2015 Edison Scholars, checks a lab experiment.
Credit: Courtesy of Athena Chen
Athena Chen, one of the 2015 Edison Scholars and a senior at Diamond Bar High School, checks two vials during an experiment.
Credit: Courtesy of Athena Chen
Yo Seol (left), a senior at the California Academy of Arts and Science in Carson and a 2015 Edison Scholar, plays first violin in the high school orchestra.
Credit: Courtesy of Yo Seol