CEI’s Careers in Energy program joined the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools’ “STEM for Girls Conference” at Fresno Pacific University where more than 300 young women in grades 6 to 12 were educated on the importance of STEM studies. The young women heard from keynote speaker, Deborah Berebichez — a physicist, data scientist and TV co-host of Discovery Channel’s Outrageous Acts of Science — and the first Mexican woman to graduate with a physics PhD from Stanford. She offered a very inspiring message for these girls – to persevere, believe in yourself and take advantage of the wonderful opportunities youth have today with technology.

Students attended breakout sessions focusing on how a STEM education can be applied to a career in the aviation, space exploration and oil and gas industry.