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 # Helping Latino Students in STEM

 

##### Great Minds in STEM, in partnership with Edison International, has helped provide educational opportunities to under served kids for 27 years.

 

 

 Jan 22, 2016 12:15 PM ET

  ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/HENAAC_2015_BB_0558.jpg "Middle school students proudly showcase their completed "Geodesic Dome" during the Viva Technology Program at the 27th HENAAC STEM Career Conference. Credit: Courtesy of Great Minds in STEM") 

 

 ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/HENAAC_2015_CC_0281.jpg "A middle school student is ready to tackle the Viva Technology STEM Challenge. Credit: Courtesy of Great Minds in STEM") 

 

 ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/HENAAC_2015_CC_1818.jpg "The GMC College Bowl Crew at the 16th HENAAC College Bowl. Credit: Courtesy of Great Minds in STEM") 

 

 

        

 

 

 



     ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/HENAAC_2015_BB_0558.jpg?h=f45e12e4 "Middle school students proudly showcase their completed "Geodesic Dome" during the Viva Technology Program at the 27th HENAAC STEM Career Conference. Credit: Courtesy of Great Minds in STEM")   ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/HENAAC_2015_CC_0281.jpg?h=f45e12e4 "A middle school student is ready to tackle the Viva Technology STEM Challenge. Credit: Courtesy of Great Minds in STEM")   ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/HENAAC_2015_CC_1818.jpg?h=f45e12e4 "The GMC College Bowl Crew at the 16th HENAAC College Bowl. Credit: Courtesy of Great Minds in STEM")  

   

 

[Inside Edison](http://insideedison.com)

Maria Medina-Alva, 22, is the president of [Cal Poly Pomona’s Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers](https://calpolypomona.collegiatelink.net/organization/shpe). She’s also president of the Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honors Society.

It’s a career she dreamed of, but wasn’t always sure she could realize. But with the help of the nonprofit [Great Minds in STEM](http://www.greatmindsinstem.org/index.htm), she now has the financial security and opportunity to work toward the title of engineer.

Through partnerships with schools, communities and corporations like Edison International, [Great Minds in STEM is helping students from early education and well into the workplace](http://www.greatmindsinstem.org/k-12/k-12-home).

[Read full story in Inside Edison](http://insideedison.com/stories/hispanic-low-income-students-benefit-from-nonprofits-financial-support).



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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