
Event Details
When: Saturday, March 25 2023 from 9:30am - 3:00pm PST
Where: USC Hotel
What to expect: 6 different workshops, a fireside chat during lunch, and opportunities to network with alumni in industry!
Event Agenda


Event Workshops/Speakers
Description: As a woman working in engineering and academia, Professor Trina Gregory has experienced imposter syndrome and self-doubt but has found ways to thrive. Join her session to learn strategies for belonging in the tech industry.
Time: 10:20 - 11:15am PST
Speaker: Trina Gregory, USC Viterbi Associate Professor of Information Technology Practice
Description: The Boeing panel will share the journey they embarked on to reach triumphs and successes in the Engineering industry.
Time: 10:20 - 11:15am PST
Speakers: Diana Lopez, Senior Manager; Laurel Gutierrez, Senior Director; Cynthia Gonzalez Chaparro, Electrical Design and Analysis Engineer; Maida Lopez, System Engineer
Description: This workshop will encourage participants to become their own best coach, by sharing a set of high-performance mindset practices designed to cultivate leadership characteristics and “ignite the leader within” each of us. Workshop participants will learn how to create an “internal feedback loop” to support their leadership roles and efforts.
Time: 11:30am - 12:20pm PST
Speaker: Elisabeth Arnold Weiss, Associate Professor of Technical Communication Practice
Description: As we work to build the world around us as engineers, building it to work for everyone is of the utmost importance. Bringing your authentic self to the workplace is vital to creating the diverse workforce we need to accomplish that. Be the best engineer you can be by being authentic, using your voice, and #stompingoutstereotypes.
Time: 11:30am - 12:20pm PST
Speaker: Chloe Gharios Osorio, Civil Engineering Associate, Department of Water and Power
Description: The fireside chat aims to empower our female student community with insights and strategies that would help them champion equity and diversity in the workplace. Learning about their distinguished career journeys and the challenges they have overcome, will guide students in successfully transitioning from women in engineering to women in industry. Keeping true to our theme, we hope that this keynote discussion will embolden our WIE community to champion themselves in the workplace.
Time: 12:55 - 1:40pm PST
Speakers: Kiet Van Kuru, MIT, BS, MS Material Science & Engineering, ASU MBA Supply Chain & Int'l Business; Infineon Technologies, Senior Business Development Manager and Candy Yu, Honeywell, Director, Supplier Readiness, ASU MS Engineering, Industrial Engineering, BS Physics, Santa Clara University
Description:
Time: 1:55 - 2:45pm PST
Speaker: Lilian Barajas
Description: You know what wealth is, and you know what culture is, but have ever heard of Cultural Wealth? At this workshop we are going to discuss how your Cultural Wealth has supported your journey thus far and how you can continue to leverage it to achieve your personal and professional goals
Time: 1:55 - 2:45pm PST
Speaker: Dr. Sonya Lopez, Civil Engineering Associate Professor, Principal Advisor, ENGR and FYrE Director, Cal State LA