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Elia
S. Ordonez
NASA
Marshall
Flight Space Center
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Ms. Elia Ordonez is the Hispanic
Employment Program Manager (HEP) for the Office of Diversity
& Equal Opportunity at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
in Huntsville, Ala.
Ordonez joined NASA as a co-op
student at the Marshall Center in 1989. She became a full-time
NASA employee in 1990 as a program analyst for the Engineering
Support Group. In 1998, she was named a contract specialist
and contracting officer for small purchases in Marshall's
Office of Procurement.
Ordonez joined Marshall's Office
of Diversity & Equal Opportunity as the Hispanic program manager
in 2000 and became a specialist in the administration of minority
education resources. Ordonez works to promote the social and
cultural development of Hispanic youth and helps make them
aware of career opportunities offered by NASA.
In 2002, Ordonez co-founded
the annual "Mi Futuro" Hispanic Youth Conference, sponsored
by NASA and hosted by the Marshall Center. Each year, nearly
200 Hispanic high school students from Alabama visit Huntsville
to interact with government representatives, astronauts, teachers,
community leaders and representatives from Hispanic groups
across the state.
In 2006, the Worldwide Association
of Mexicans Abroad recognized NASA employee Elia Ordonez as
the 2006 National Hispanic Woman of the Year for her support
of Alabama's Hispanic. community.
Ordonez earned a bachelor's
degree in business administration and management in 1990 from
Athens State University in Athens, Ala.
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