Are you utilizing your whole brain, or only 10% of it?  Are you motivated by technical challenges, or are you technically challenged?  Can you identify the 206 bones in the human skeleton system, or are you surprised that there are so many? Most of us cannot excel at everything, so it’s important to find our niche.  Explore your career options in math, science, and engineering.  Interact with alumni and industry representatives as they share their insightful perspectives, their own “trial and error” journeys, and stories of their rewarding careers.

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Panelists Include:

Dario Bravo, Manager, Internship & Study Abroad Services, UCLA Career Center

Karen Castro, Recruitment Specialist, Certificated Recruitment & Selection Office, Los Angeles Unified School District

Connie Firestone, Undergraduate Advisor, UCLA, Chemistry/Biochemistry Department

Paul M. Foster Jr., EdD, Flight Standards Representative to the Runway Safety Office in CA, Federal Aviation Administration

Nupur Gupta, 4th year Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics student, UCLA

Elizabeth Hardy, 3rd year Chemistry student, UCLA; Peer Advisor, UCLA Career Center

Quyen Lam, 3rd year Psychobiology Student, UCLA; Peer Advisor, UCLA Career Center

Ben Lluncor, 3rd year Chemical Engineering student, UCLA

Jing Stafsudd, PhD, Senior Systems Engineer, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, BS, Electrical Engineering ('97); MS, Electrical Engineering ('99); PhD, Electrical Engineering ('07); UCLA Alumna

Carol Weiner, Coordinator, Certificated Recruitment & Selection Office, Los Angeles Unified School District