She flew a U-2 aircraft in 1991 for the U.S. Air Force and received the Aerial Achievement Medal and the Air Medal for Combat for missions flown over Iraq and Bosnia. In addition to her address to the conference participants, Espinoza will speak to the general public later that evening at the Bradbury Science Museum. Since EYH began 21 years ago, thousands of high school and middle school students have been introduced to career possibilities in mathematics and science. The young women are targeted at the time in their lives when they begin to plan for college and careers and are encouraged to keep their options open by taking math and science classes during high school. This year, the Lab will offer a special workshop for teachers who accompany students to the conference.
Schools provide transportation and sponsors.
The Lab provides lunch for students and sponsors and will provide the cost of a substitute for teachers enrolled in the teacher workshop. Individual registrations are accepted subject to space availability. The conference is limited to 150 young women. Riders will be given the paper survey that contains about 20 questions when they board a bus this morning, said Dan Stover of the state Highway and Transportation Department. In the first two months of operations, more than 20,000 people rode a bus between the four communities, according to statistics from the state.