[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING TEXAS-24 HOMETOWN HERO, LETICIA FERRER

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                          HON. BETH VAN DUYNE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 16, 2024

  Ms. VAN DUYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate this week's 
Hometown Hero, Leticia Ferrer. During last week's solar eclipse, 
Leticia's lifelong fascination with the movement of the sun and the 
moon gave her the opportunity to lead a project in North Texas funded 
by NASA. Leticia's passion for things out-of-this-world started in 
childhood and she's dedicated her life to documenting and filming 
eclipses across the globe. Collecting data on the sun throughout her 
viewings, last week the Farmer's Branch native had the opportunity to 
work with the Citizen CATE project as a coordinator of scientific 
viewing teams of the eclipse at home in North Texas. The Citizen CATE 
project works with NASA and the National Science Foundation to collect 
data on the magnetic structure and energy of the sun's corona. Leticia 
helped lead four teams of North Texans through the process of properly 
collecting the necessary data and using telescopes to gather images to 
be studied for years to come. I'm inspired by Leticia's dedication to 
the advancement of solar science and thankful for her outreach in North 
Texas during the total solar eclipse.

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