Girls Innovate — Young Women’s Preparatory Network Takes on a STEM Challenge in Dallas
Science Matters — and a Nice Kickoff Party Never Hurts
BY Jade Osseck // 10.25.19Lynn McBee with Selena Morales, Penelope Huff, Priscilla Trejo and Brianna Navarro
What: Young Women’s Preparatory Network STEM Challenge sponsor party
Where: Microsoft at NorthPark Center
PC Moment: Ahead of the Girls Innovate: Young Women’s Preparatory Network STEM Challenge, Microsoft at NorthPark Center hosted a festive party to thank sponsors for their support: NorthPark Center, PaperCity, NEC, Highland Capital Management, Westwood and more.
Young Women’s Preparatory Network CEO Lynn McBee met and mingled with many high school girls who are Young Women’s Preparatory Network students, along with other families and friends of the YWPN. The STEM Challenge features projects that they’ve been working on all semester and the big showcase event will take place next Saturday, November 2, 2019 at NorthPark Center.
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is the main focus of the YWPN, which has a network of schools including Irma Rangel in Dallas, Fort Worth’s Young Women’s Leadership Academy and Young Women’s College Preparatory Academy in Houston.
PC Seen: Jessica Mabry, Katie Meyer, Lynn McBee, Selena Morales, Penelope Huff, Priscilla Trejo, Brianna Navarro, Annika Gronberg, Gabriela Lopez, Tamara Albury, Claire Manigold, Charles Buescher, Mark Leyendecker, Eric Leyendecker, Patty Leyendecker, Meredith Leyendecker, Kate Kutilek, Stacy Vore, Sue Coene, Geetha Vidhyaprakash and Elisa Eisenhauser.