Gabriela A. González recently chaired the first STEM Education Advisory Panel meeting at the National Science Foundation in Washington D.C. As a panel member, González offered advice and information on various STEM education topics.
Currently, she collaborates with partners across Intel Corporation, academia, government, industry, and non-profit agencies to drive K-12 STEM strategies. Previously, González managed Intel's relationships and programs with research universities in the US, Europe, and Latin America.
González is a strong advocate for providing quality education to all girls, and was involved in the launch of the Million Girls Moonshot initiative to close the gender gap in STEM fields.
The Million Girls Moonshot initiative was launched by the Intel Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, STEM Next Opportunity Fund, and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Their goal is to involve one million school-aged girls in the US in STEM learning opportunities.
The Mott-funded afterschool networks in all 50 states will receive grant funding and in-kind resources to increase access to hands-on, immersive STEM learning experiences for girls from diverse backgrounds.
The Million Girls Moonshot aims to create a national movement to change the trajectory of women and girls in STEM, similar to how the original moonshot united the nation behind a common goal.
The initiative will be led by STEM Next Opportunity Fund and will collaborate with various funding and programmatic partners, including NASA, Qualcomm Incorporated, Technovation, National Girls Collaborative Project, CSforALL, JFF, Techbridge Girls, STEMconnector, and Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
The gender gap in STEM fields is concerning, with women making up only 16 percent of engineers and Black and Latina women even less at two percent each. The Million Girls Moonshot aims to engage and keep more girls in STEM pursuits to solve our nation's most pressing challenges.
In an ">archive video on Hispanic excellence through education, González shared her journey from an immigrant family to earning a degree in electrical engineering. She began her career at Xerox Corp. and has held various engineering and management positions throughout her career.