Vanessa took her Franklin Educational Foundation award with her to major in aerospace engineering at Cal Poly Pomona. She chose this major because she is interested in being closer to the stars. Vanessa told us, “I feel like the stars provide so much peace. I think that there is potential for providing a form of therapy with our stars and space technology.” We think Vanessa will go far with this innovative thinking! She thanked us for our award and for investing in her future. She plans to use the award to buy a laptop capable of running engineering software. We think Vanessa herself is a star!