Four students from Santa Cruz County will be among the 25 honored at this year’s National Center for Women and Information Technology awards. The awards are handed out to female students to encourage them to pursue careers in computer science. The prizes include $250, a camera and a visit to the Google campus. The students and their schools will also receive a plaque honoring their achievement.
Four students from Santa Cruz County will be among the 25 honored at this year’s National Center for Women and Information Technology awards. The awards are handed out to female students to encourage them to pursue careers in computer science. The prizes include $250, a camera and a visit to the Google campus. The students and their schools will also receive a plaque honoring their achievement.
This year’s local recipients are Teresa Netro, a freshman at the Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School; Alanna Williams, a junior at Santa Cruz High School and Stephanie Barraza, a sophomore at Watsonville High School. The fourth recipient, Kendall Ronzano, lives in Santa Cruz but is a sophomore at the York School in Monterey.
Barraza was especially proud of receiving the award on behalf of her school. “I think we’re changing the outlook that people have of technology here in Watsonville,” she said, noting that two of her friends received the award last year. Read more at Santa Cruz Sentinel.
