Mentoring in Engineering and Science - MentorNet

Launched with a grant from Texas Instruments
and supported by
Sun Microsystems and Rockwell Collins

Testimonials

"I continue to be a Mentor each year through MentorNet. Not only does it allow me to support a new engineer, but it also keeps me fresh in my viewpoints and understandings. As always a mentoring relationship is a win-win for both the mentee & the mentor!"

Pam Bogdan, Enterprise IT Account Manager, AT&T Enterprise IT

"I have been with MentorNet for 4-5 years and had about the same number of protégées – all remarkable young women..."

Cristina Serban, Lead Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Security Organization

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Welcome to the Latinas in Computing Web Portal

MentorNet®'s One-on-One Program links undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and early career faculty in engineering, science, math, and technology with professionals in their fields for mentoring relationships.


"The fast-growing fields of computing offer numerous opportunities for today's emerging graduates, and clearly Latinas are poised to make an important impact, for themselves, in preparing for rewarding careers, and for the industries seeking new employees with computing skills and backgrounds."
- Carol B. Muller, Ph.D., Founder, MentorNet     
 

Hispanic Women/Latinas
in Computing
by the Numbers


Active Protégés: 13
Community Members: 143
Current Mentor Volunteers: 7


Did You Know?

There were 1,009 U.S. Hispanic women computer science bachelors' degree recipients in 2004 alone, more than double the number awarded in 1997, just 7 years earlier.


Source: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Scientist and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT)





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