STEM CAREER VIDEOS
Meet Latoya Benally, a Manufacturing Engineer who leads a team at Boeing working on advanced military helicopters. Find out how Latoya managed to cultivate her passion for cutting-edge tech even when growing up in the remote environment of a Native American reservation. Go inside Latoya’s everyday problem-solving process to see how she takes inspiration from her personal history and experience.
Manufacturing Engineer
Latoya Benally, Manufacturing Engineer
In this activity, students will take inspiration from a manufacturing engineer for Apache helicopters at Boeing to develop their own model helicopters. After collaborating on design optimization, students will delve into the unique process the military uses to name aircraft like the Apache.
“Work hard, be proud, and never let anyone stand in the way of your dreams.”
Discover Additional Careers
Itza Rodriquez
In this activity, students will dive into an aqueduct engineering product using a Boeing Reliability Engineer as inspiration. Students will collaborate and share their thoughts on their peers’ original ideas as they imagine STEM innovations to improve water delivery methods.
Chinyere Udoh
In this activity, students will be inspired by the work of an electrical systems design engineer at Boeing as they investigate electricity. After rotating through stations focused on static electricity, the students will make observations about current electricity during a potato clock demonstration. They will then examine and discuss the importance of electricity in today’s world.
King Lam
In this activity, students will think up their own manufacturing process after digging into everyday innovation with a Boeing manufacturing engineer. After designing a paper airplane model, students will try several iterations of the process to improve efficiency.