Women of Color magazine’s annual WOMEN TO WATCH awards recognize success and achievement in technology, telecommunications, finance, energy, industry, healthcare, utilities, and more. Register here.
This prestigious list showcases diverse women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers nominated for recognition by employers in the U.S. Their biographies celebrate their achievements and offer a glimpse into some of the workforce challenges these winners have overcome.
STEPHANIE JENKINS is a chief technologist at Booz Allen Hamilton. She has led some of the firm’s most complex software development projects. She is highly respected as a role model in a community that includes software developers, cloud architects, testers, and data scientists. She is also actively involved in Booz Allen’s recruiting and hiring efforts. She is engaged with minority-serving institutions, such as historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), where she mentors STEM-focused students. In addition, she has supported scholarship fundraising events as a member of Delta Sigma Theta and South Carolina State University alum organizations.
MYLENE NOVELO is a Boeing Global Services (BGS) senior business operations manager. She leads a team of business integrators described as “the glue” for many BGS organizations. Novelo is also passionate about mentoring and coaching employees. In addition, she makes time to participate in Boeing Society of Women Engineers intern interviews. Novelo also actively supports humanitarian efforts. Through her church, she volunteers for park cleanups and planting, delivering meals to vulnerable people affected by a hurricane, and coordinating blood banks. While off-ramped to raise her family, she worked as a mortgage loan officer and sold Avon products.
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