Elizabeth Tello, project engineer with Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) Systems team, accepts her Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC) award, STEM Military and Civilian Heroes category, from Army Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Mark Toy Oct. 12 during the 35th Annual GMiS Conference at the Pasadena Conference Center in Pasadena, California. Tello was recognized as a STEM Hero Award recipient for her systems engineering contributions supporting NIWC Atlantic’s ATC Systems team and for her outstanding and unwavering support of STEM within the command, community and in the Hispanic/Latino community, inspiring young students to pursue STEM careers. (Photo by Michael Kent)