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• Zonta District 1 is very excited to announce that 5 of the 30 Amelia Earhart winners in 2024 are from our District. One of the winners is from Brown (RI): Kierra Wilk – United States; four are from MIT:  Shion Andrew – United States, Madelyn Hoying – United States, Mennatallah Hussein – Egypt, and Hannah Tomio – United States. These women will be honored with the awarding of their “wings” at a ceremony in January – details will be announced later.   For now, please check out the bios of Amelia Earhart Fellows for 2024.

Chloe was celebrated in January 2024 at an event hosted by the Zonta Club of Chelsea North Shore.

District 1 was proud to learn that the 2024 Amelia Earhart Fellowship was again awarded to an MIT graduate student. Chloe Gentgen is from France and is pursuing studies in Astronautical Aeronautics. She was presented with her “Wings“ and certificate by Club AE Co-Chair Theresa DiPietro and District Secretary Mary Knight, standing in for Governor Donna Sroka, at a special ceremony hosted by the Chelsea Club, at the Hilton Garden Inn, Logan Airport on January 18th. Thanks to Joan Lanzillo Hahesy and Janice Tartaka for coordinating this event.

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District 1 had three AE Fellows from MIT in 2022: Adriana Mitchell, Maya Nasr and Madeleine Schroeder. The MIT awardees received their wings and were honored in a special ceremony in January 2023 – Amelia Earhart month – hosted by the Zonta Club of Malden.  Governor Donna Sroka and members of Zonta District 1 Amelia Earhart Committee are available to speak about this prestigious award at MIT, WPI and other institutions.

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