Hispanic PR Wire - ExxonMobil Names National Winner of the 2006 Hispanic Heritage Youth Award in Engineering and Mathematics; Maryland Winner’s Career Goal is to Revolutionize Nanotechnology Field

“The national winner of the 2006 Hispanic Heritage Youth Award (HHYA) in Engineering and Mathematics was named today in Miami. ExxonMobil presented Eletha Joy Flores, a graduating student of Charles Herbert Flowers High School in Springdale, Maryland, with the award.

ExxonMobil has sponsored the Engineering and Mathematics category of the HHYA since 2001 and since that time has provided $1 million dollars in support of the program. The Hispanic Heritage Foundation launched the National Youth Awards program in 1998 to identify and prepare the next generation of Hispanic role models by providing educational support and celebrating their achievements in the classroom and community. More than 13,000 students participated in the selection process this year. “

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