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WIA Foundation's 2020-2021 AIAA Digital Avionics Scholarship Recipient

Amy Huynh

University of California, Irvine

Amy Huynh is a senior at the University of California, Irvine, studying Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. True to the Women in Aerospace spirit, she is an Ambassador for EarthDNA to engage in education outreach and climate advocacy and action with a community of young climate leaders. Not only that, but she also volunteers for various roles such as a social media manager, mentor, and selection committee member for the Brooke Owens Fellowship, Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program, and the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship

She is a first-generation, low-income (FGLI) Vietnamese-Chinese American college student, who has interned at four NASA centers (Goddard, Ames, Langley, and Marshall), two non-profit organizations (Dreams for Schools and Space for Humanity), two space startups (Made In Space and Astra), and two research positions (Stanford and Harvard Business School). Her research at the Stanford University Designing Education Lab focuses on the relation of innovation self-efficacy with engineering internship motivations. At UCI, her research focuses on how engineering internships affect the learning experiences of female engineering students, in hopes of providing more context to, and increasing retention of, women in engineering. Amy is a 2020 Matthew Isakowitz Fellow, a 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow, and an AIAA Diversity Scholar. She hopes to dedicate her research and career to making aerospace accessible for everyone and to uplift marginalized voices as she continues to define her role in aerospace and find her own voice.

Women in Aerospace Foundation could not be more

pleased to acknowledge Ms. Amy Huynh as the

recipient of the 2020-2021 WIA Foundation – AIAA Digital Avionics Scholarship

In lieu of the cancellation of the 34th Annual WIA Awards Dinner & Ceremony, our 2020 Awardees and Scholarship Recipients will be recognized at the 35th Annual WIA Awards Dinner & Ceremony scheduled for Thursday, October 14, 2021 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City Hotel in Arlington, VA.

Women in Aerospace (WIA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding women's opportunities for leadership and to increasing their visibility within the aerospace community.

To learn more about WIA and WIA Foundation, visit: www.womeninaerospace.org.

For individuals and organizations interested in participating in the WIA Awards Dinner & Ceremony on October 14, 2021, at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City Hotel in Arlington, VA, registration and sponsorship opportunities will become available in 2021.