For Martín Vargas-Vega, a career in tech started with an egg drop competition, a few bridge-building projects and a MESA advisor who promised a field trip. Growing up in Watsonville as the son of farmworkers, Martín joined MESA at Lakeview Middle School, where...
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Launching a Career
James Cook (left), will be the first to admit he didn't take full advantage of what MESA offered while he was a mechanical engineering student at San Diego State. Between being a first-generation college student, working while at school and finishing his degree in...
Board Buzz: Ken Gets Candid
Our board chair catches us up on our new virtual series hosted on MESASpace, Candid Conversations. These sessions create a private, respectful space to engage in honest dialogue about experiences, challenges and topics that may not always feel safe to explore in other...
MESA Welcomes New Board Member
Sal Varela, a MESA alum and longtime volunteer, recently accepted to join the MESA Industry Advisory Board. We asked Sal a few questions. Tell us your MESA Story I am originally from the East Bay – Oakland, CA and attended middle school in Hayward, California. One...
National Champions!
Two Mendota High School students have brought a national engineering championship back to the Central Valley after designing an innovative mental health solution to support students in underserved schools. Juniors Jonathan Alfaro Saravia and Christopher Torres-Alfaro...
California MESA Headed East for Nationals
It's that time again! MESA teams from seven states are headed to Maryland for the National Engineering Design Competition. Team Plant Vitals from Los Nietos Middle School snagged the No. 1 spot. Team members Andrew Lim, Angel Leon and Andrew Valdivia -- all 8th...
Eyes on the State Prize
Winning teams from across California will vie for top bragging rights at the MESA National Engineering Design Competition State Championship in San Jose this weekend. This competition is the culmination of a year’s worth of learning, planning, designing,...
Astronaut, MESA alumna 2022 Ray Landis Impact Awardee
Katya Echazarreta is many things: electrical engineer, MESA alumna, science communicator, citizen astronaut, Vogue Mexico cover model. She'll add Ray Landis Impact Award winner to that list, which is given to a visionary in diversity and STEM education. Katya who...
California to Send Two All-Female Teams to Nationals
The Bay Area and Southern California will both rep the Golden State at this month's MESA National Engineering Design Competition (NEDC) in New Mexico. Student teams from Orchard Park Middle School in the Antioch Unified School District and Costa Mesa High School in...
MESA USA Launches Alumni Effort, First Event
Join MESA alumni from across the country during the first ever MESA USA alumni webinars this month. Two panels -- one highlighting alumni in their early careers and one on later career professionals -- will stream during the 2022 MESA USA convening, Tuesday June 21 at...