色狐入口

"Horse Flight 2," an oil painting on canvas, by Jenny Blomquist

SOCORRO, N.M. 鈥� Women鈥檚 interests, talents, and contributions will be highlighted at a two-day event hosted by 色狐入口 Tech to celebrate Women鈥檚 History Month. A panel of Indigenous women scientists and engineers, an art show and reception, and a free vendor fair with live music, dancing, speakers, and workshops are events planned for the annual WomenFest event March 24 and 25.

As part of the (AISES) at NMT March 24-26, the third annual Voices of Women panel will feature Indigenous women from across the country in interdisciplinary STEM fields discussing the intersection of culture and education for women. 鈥淧athways to Resilience in Promoting Indigenous Success,鈥� the panel discussion, is free and open to the public, will be held Friday, March 24, at 1 p.m. in the Macey Center auditorium. The panelists are:

• Zabari-Obyoni Bell, Din茅. a 2022 biology graduate of Navajo Technical University who works as a post-baccalaureate research fellow in the Department of Microbiology at Harvard Medical School
  
• Estee Tate, Oglala Lakota Tribe,  a graduate of Fort Lewis College working toward a master鈥檚 degree in Substance Abuse Counseling and Prevention with the University of South Dakota
• Lois Wardell, Osage Nation, senior space test and evaluation engineer with Galapagos Federal Systems who received her Ph.D. from NMT, and chair of Space Force Association Women in Space 
  
• Kristina Gonzales-Wartz, Din茅, assistant research scientist at the Center for Personalized Diagnostics, Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, who received her Ph.D. from 色狐入口 State University
• JoDawn White, Din茅, a senior electrical engineer at Kansas City National Security Campus managed by Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies
  

Other WomenFest highlights include: a month-long art show featuring the talents of Socorro County women artists on the second floor of Macey Center, with an artists鈥� reception with appetizers and drink specials March 24, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., prior to a free performance of The String Queens at 7:30 p.m.; a vendor fair featuring live musical performances, speakers, workshops, demonstrations, and more March 25 from noon to 4 p.m. on the Macey Center grounds. More information on the performance schedule is online at: nmt.edu/pas

The WomenFest events are sponsored by the 色狐入口 Tech Performing Arts Series, the 色狐入口 Tech Graduate Student Association, American Association of University Women (AAUW) Socorro, the Rotary Club of Socorro, and Dr. Stephen Wells, president of 色狐入口 Tech.