FY19 SWE PNW Certificate of Merit Recipeints

Contributor: Elaine Reeves

The Certificate of Merit (COM) program was established to honor high school women having high achievement in science and mathematics and to encourage them to consider engineering as a career.  To receive a certificate, the student does not have to be planning on going into engineering, but should be someone whom you would like to encourage considering engineering as one of their career options.

Our FY19 COM Recipients are students graduating from the following institutions.

A G WEST BLACK HILLS HIGH SCHOOL

Jessica Bowerman

Brielle Bryan

Magdalena Wood Richardson

BETHEL HIGH SCHOOL

Stephanie Geeson

Amaya Kaipat

Alex Birkeland

BELLINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL

Sofia Neros
Karol Mu

EVERGREEN HIGH SCHOOL
Thuy-Tien Nguyen
Amy Nguyen
Darla Ramirez

GRAHAM KAPOWSIN HIGH SCHOOL
Amanda Harum
Amanda McKinley

JUANITA HIGH SCHOOL

Nicole Goldstein

Astrid Bowden

Vivian Lu

MOUNT BAKER SENIOR HIGH

Liliana Rice

Finn Lane

Kimberly Joyce

OAK HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL

Natalie Hahn
Camryn Bristow
Meng Juan Timm

SEATTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Jillian Bankaitis

Elisa Simon

Alyssa Sutanto

SHORECREST HIGH SCHOOL
Stella Beemer
Mirelle Blanchard

Aalia Rasheed

SPANAWAY LAKE HIGH SCHOOL

Alisha Nkwonta

Sydney Deleon-Anderberg
Bethanee Graver

SQUALICUM HIGH SCHOOL

Catherine Michelutti

Makenzie Hofer

Raelyn Iddings

STANWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

Gabrielle Kunzman

Ingrid Phillips

Veaya Carter

TIMBERLINE HIGH SCHOOL
Ishi Agrawal

TUMWATER HIGH SCHOOL
Olivia Wertjes
Janna Knight
Jessica Boos

Good luck to our COM recipients as they begin their college careers this fall!

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Elaine Reeves Elaine has held numerous leadership roles in both SWE MN and SWE PNW including: Professional Collegiate Advisor, SWE PNW Section Representative, College Relations Chair, FY18 President Elect, Region J Secretary & FY19 President.

She earned her undergraduate degrees from the University of St Thomas in Electrical Engineering, Physics, & Music Performance with a minor in Applied Mathematics. A master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2017. She currently is a working engineer at Microsoft.