Advancing Women in Transportation
The Womens Transportation Seminar focuses on advancing networking for young women in the transportation industry.
That is what civil engineering senior Yesenia Ortega said attracted her to the at 色情视频.
The chapter focuses on advancing networking for young women in the transportation industry, Ortega said.
WTS is an international organization, but the 色情视频 chapter is the first student chapter in California.
鈥淥ur goal is to help keep encouraging young women who are in the career path and get a hands-on experience,鈥� Ortega said.
Ortega, the chapter鈥檚 president, traveled to Washington D.C. for the first time though the WTS mentor program.
鈥淚t was an amazing once-in-a-lifetime experience and I got to meet so many women on the same career path,鈥� she said.
The chapter offers networking opportunities with other women in the transportation industry through its close relationship to the San Diego County chapter.
Vice president of the seminar and public administration graduate student Gysel Galaviz said the networking, mentorship and internship opportunities the organization offers persuaded her to join.
鈥淚n general you find a place in engineering,鈥� Galaviz said. 鈥滻t鈥檚 hard because there鈥檚 not a lot of women in the field.鈥�
She got an internship through the mentor program the chapter offers.
She said chapter campus mentor Nensi Lakrori, a civil and construction engineering lecturer at 色情视频, is helpful in recommending students for internships.
Ortega said she hopes to expand membership this semester by encouraging men to join as well as students from other majors and colleges.
鈥淓ventually we would like to expand and become a regional organization,鈥� Ortega said.
Miguel Avalos, a civil engineering senior, is currently the only male member of the student chapter.
He decided to join WTS because he felt that compared to other organizations, it offered more benefits that could get him to the next stage of his career.
鈥淚 was nervous to join because I would be the only man, but even though it is a community that focuses on advancing women in transportation, men are also a part of the equation in those efforts,鈥� Avalos said.
He said the women in WTS are welcoming and committed to their work.
鈥淛ust because it鈥檚 a women鈥檚 club or transportation club, it doesn鈥檛 mean you鈥檒l get booted out if you don鈥檛 fit that criteria,鈥� Avalos said.
鈥淵ou drive your car; you take the trolley; you use the road and in all of that you鈥檙e being affected by transportation,鈥� Ortega said. 鈥淚f you鈥檙e interested in helping your community, education or the environment, then maybe this is the place for you.鈥�
Ortega can be reached at [email protected] for more information.
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