{"id":769071,"date":"2023-10-12T16:12:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T20:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=769071"},"modified":"2023-10-12T16:12:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T20:12:25","slug":"nasa-glenn-employees-chosen-as-outstanding-hispanic-stem-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=769071","title":{"rendered":"NASA Glenn Employees Chosen as Outstanding Hispanic STEM Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nelson Morales (left), Janette C. Briones (center), and Azlin Biaggi-Labiosa at NASA Glenn Research Center\u2019s Aerospace Communications Facility in October 2023.<\/div>\n
Credit: NASA\/Sara Lowthian-Hanna<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Three employees from NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland have been chosen to receive awards that recognize the achievements of outstanding Hispanic engineers, scientists, and STEM professionals.<\/p>\n

Janette C. Briones, Azlin Biaggi-Labiosa, and Nelson Morales will be presented with Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award Corporation (HENAAC) and Luminary awards during the Great Minds in STEM conference<\/a> in Pasadena, California, held from Oct. 11 through 14.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the NASA Glenn honorees and each of their recognitions:<\/p>\n

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Nelson Morales<\/h1>\n
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Nelson Morales<\/strong>, chief of NASA Glenn\u2019s Structural Mechanics Branch, has been chosen as a 2023 Luminary. This award recognizes Hispanic innovators who are engineering the future while lighting the way for the next generation of STEM leaders. Luminaries are chosen for their achievements leading, collaborating, and initiating key programs and research in their respective fields. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to receive this award because we want to be role models for the Hispanic community,\u201d Morales said. \u201cI am thankful for all of the people who have helped and supported me throughout the years and have made this possible.\u201d <\/div>\n
Credit<\/strong>: NASA\/Sara Lowthian-Hanna<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Janette C. Briones<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Janette C. Briones<\/strong>, project manager and principal investigator for NASA Glenn\u2019s Cognitive Communications Project, has received the 2023 HENAAC Professional Achievement I (Government) award. The HENAAC award recognizes leaders, innovators, and champions who contribute to the Hispanic community at the highest levels of academia, government, military, and corporate America. \u201cIt\u2019s something that I wasn\u2019t expecting; there are so many outstanding engineers,\u201d Briones said of being chosen for the award. \u201cI\u2019m very grateful that I have received it, and I have worked hard for it.\u201d<\/div>\n
Credit: NASA\/Sara Lowthian-Hanna<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Azlin Biaggi-Labiosa<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Azlin Biaggi-Labiosa<\/strong>, NASA Glenn\u2019s manager for the Foundational Electrified Aircraft Propulsion Subproject, has received the 2023 HENAAC Outstanding Technical Achievement (Government) award. The HENAAC award recognizes leaders, innovators, and champions who contribute to the Hispanic community at the highest levels of academia, government, military, and corporate America. \u201cIt feels great to be honored and appreciated,\u201d Biaggi-Labiosa said. \u201cIt validates all the work that I put in these 14 years [at NASA].\u201d <\/div>\n
Credit<\/strong>: NASA\/Sara Lowthian-Hanna<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nelson Morales (left), Janette C. Briones (center), and Azlin Biaggi-Labiosa at NASA Glenn Research Center\u2019s Aerospace Communications Facility in October 2023. Credit: NASA\/Sara Lowthian-Hanna Three employees from NASA\u2019s Glenn Research… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-769071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-NASA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=769071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=769071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=769071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=769071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}