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8 SAUSD Students Complete Internships at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

JPL scholarship recipients

The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) Board of Education at its January 14, 2020 meeting recognized SAUSD’s Summer 2019 Jet Propulsion Laboratory Scholarship Recipients.

These SAUSD students participated in an internship opportunity at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) during summer 2019.  

Student interns are at JPL an average of 40 hours each week for a total of eight weeks. Participants are assigned to different scientists throughout the JPL facility. At the end of the internship, students give a presentation to JPL staff and scientists about their projects.

Industry and community partners will present $4,000 scholarships to each student for their internship at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the summer.

The following students were selected for the 2019 JPL program:

Jasmin Gutierrez, Godinez Fundamental High School

Guennevere Anne Lauguico, Segerstrom High School

Khang Le, Segerstrom High School

Alexander Ma, Godinez Fundamental High School

Loi Nguyen, Godinez Fundamental High School

Ottmar Ochoa, Segerstrom High School

Eric Padron, Segerstrom High School

Diego Solorio, Godinez Fundamental High School

Congratulations to all!