CBIA Member Company Helps Power Up Robotics Team

Photo by Dayl Walker

 

Lindsay Parke, Economic Development & Community Relations Manager for CL&P, presents a $5,000 check to support the FIRST Robotics team at Hartford Public High School. Receiving the check is Eddie Rodriguez, an engineer at Pratt & Whitney who also serves as a FIRST Robotics coach at the school. He is surrounded by mentors, teachers, and students, as well as fellow coaches and Pratt & Whitney engineers Madeline Sola (right of Eddie Rodriguez) and Nery Cruz (directly behind him). Rodriguez, Sola, and Cruz are all Hartford Public High School graduates, class of 2000. To learn how your company can become involved in pre-engineering, robotics, or other educational programs in your community, contact Dayl Walker or Mary deManbey.