[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E825-E826]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING NAREH MANOOKI AS A 28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE 
                                  YEAR

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 27, 2021

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our Nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional 
District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Nareh Manooki 
of Burbank, California.
  After graduating from high school, Nareh attended the University of 
California San Diego (UCSD). During her junior year at UCSD, Nareh 
started to work part-time for the Boeing Company, joining full time 
after graduating from UCSD with a Bachelor of Science degree in 
Aerospace Engineering, followed by a Master of Science degree in 
Product Development

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Engineering from the University of Southern California. At Boeing, she 
assumed leadership roles in extracurricular groups, including Boeing 
Women in Leadership and the Amelia Earhart Society. Nareh learned 
complicated processes and procedures when working on the 787 nacelle, 
and became lead of the project, receiving awards for her work on the 
project.
  Nareh decided to make a shift in her career after the birth of her 
son. An experienced engineer who never lost sight of her passion for 
tutoring and helping people, she joined Glendale Community College 
(GCC) in 2018 as an instructor of engineering, where she currently 
teaches several classes including Introduction to Engineering and 3D 
Printing and Modeling. Soon after, Nareh was also hired to teach at Los 
Angeles Pierce College and Los Angeles City College, where she 
continues to teach today.
  In addition to sharing her personal and professional experiences in 
the engineering industry with her students, Nareh also supports her 
students outside of the classroom with hands-on opportunities that 
benefit them and the community, especially supporting underrepresented 
minorities in STEM. When the coronavirus pandemic hit and everyone was 
sent home, the work outside the classroom seemed to be at a standstill. 
While Ms. Manooki was working remotely, she wanted to do something to 
help frontline workers, and while researching on line, she came across 
articles about 3D printing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). With 
the support of the GCC leadership, Nareh brought home the school's 3D 
printers to test different designs she had found for clinically tested 
products to donate to hospitals. She also discovered that there were 
many like-minded college instructors in California, with whom she 
shared the approved mask designs and learned the agreements and 
processes they established with local hospitals for donations.
  Soon, the networking between GCC and local hospitals blossomed, and 
donation agreement forms were coming in. Nareh was printing with two or 
three 3D printers in her home from morning until evening, while 
simultaneously fulfilling her teaching and parental responsibilities. 
To meet the demands faster, she reached out to colleagues and students 
for help, who enthusiastically joined her efforts, and together as a 
team, they donated over two thousand face shields and ear tension 
straps to the community. Following the success of this effort, Ms. 
Manooki thought of ways to bring back opportunities for students to 
have hands-on projects while learning remotely. In May 2020, the 
Glendale College Foundation approved her proposed program to advise and 
mentor students on how to learn to operate 3D printers and improve 
existing PPE designs. The program proved to be a success. Nareh's 
students designed and created their own prototypes while gaining hands-
on engineering technology skills during a pandemic school year.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring this 
exceptional, well-respected woman of California's 28th Congressional 
District, Nareh Manooki.

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