Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails announced today that Natalie Aulwes of Los Alamos has been named a 2020 National Gold Award Girl Scout by Girl Scouts of the USA. Natalie was selected as one of ten teens in the country for engineering a solar-powered helicopter pad at the Pajarito Ski Area and mentoring her peers to encourage more interest in engineering. Annually, GSUSA recognizes ten of these girls as National Gold Award Girl Scouts for completing projects that exemplify strong leadership and sustainable impact. 

Research shows that many girls are actively interested in becoming entrepreneurs, but fear of failure, concerns about bringing her idea to life, and the perception that men are more likely to be entrepreneurs than women are often stumbling blocks on a girl's path to entrepreneurship.

We believe that it is impossible to “build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place” without it being in the very fabric of who they are. To this end, we are encouraging our girls, volunteers, and staff to explore and appreciate the principles of diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism.