Hispanic Engineers Sought - HispanicBusiness.com ...Now she is using her expertise and position as president of the 10,000-member Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers to recruit more Hispanics, especially women, into the profession.
'There is a lack of technical talent in this country,' Gomez said. 'And our community, the Hispanic community, can be part of that solution.' Her natural curiosity and interest in math led her to major in engineering at California State University, Fresno.
Along with running a critical function of Caltrans' Valley operations, Gomez was recently re-elected to her post at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and is featured in a young person's book about Hispanic female engineers. She is the third woman to be elected president of the professional group.
At the group's recent annual conference in Philadelphia, 200 companies sought to recruit from the more than 2,500 college students who attended.
