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GMiS congratulates the winners of the 2021 HENAAC Awards for Student Leadership

Great Minds in STEM congratulates the winners of the 2021 HENAAC Awards for Student Leadership!

Four promising students were selected from the pool of GMiS Scholars for 2021, two undergraduate and two graduate, representing the top of the already prestigious group.

These outstanding STEM students will be recognized LIVE at this year’s Student Leadership Awards scheduled for Thursday, October 21st, 2021 during week two of the GMiS Conference. 

Outstanding Graduate Student Leader – Engineering

Marco Avendaño

Doctoral Student

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

*2021 Rui and Larissa Cruz Family Scholarship Recipient

Outstanding Graduate Student Leader – Science

Nicole M. Colón Carrion

Doctoral Candidate

Plant Pathology

University of Arizona

*2021 Corteva AgriScience Scholarship Recipient

Outstanding Undergraduate Student Leader – Engineering

Randy Blanco

Senior

Mechanical Engineering

The Pennsylvania State University

*2021 Leidos Scholarship Recipient

Outstanding Undergraduate Student Leader – Science

Isabel Gallegos

Senior

Computer Science

Stanford University

*2021 Lockheed Martin Corporation Scholarship Recipient