Monte Vista Elementary girls get career advice
Soroptimist International Chino Hills/Inland Empire club on Oct. 15 treated sixth-grade girls at Monte Vista Elementary School to a Career Awareness Day.
Four members of the club shared information about their respective careers with students.
The girls were taught about the Soroptimist Live Your Dream program that seeks to instill in women and girls an awareness of their self-worth by having them set goals, according to a club news release.
Participants included club President Jan O' Neill, owner of Chino Autotech, who spoke to the girls about owning a business and the auto-repair industry; Yen Yen Chung, a Web designer and nutritionist; Carol Roddy, a former deputy warden of the California Institution of Men in Chino, and an advisor to the city of Adelanto; as well as M. J. de la Peña, a criminal defense lawyer.
Forty-eight girls were broken into groups of 12 and rotated between four speakers, according to the news release.
The Career Awareness Day aimed to teach students about careers available to them as well as the importance of education and a dedication to activities that help them reach their goals, according to the news release.
Soroptimist International is an international women's service organization.
For more information, call 909-627-0919.
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