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1. 1. Camden student off to NASA

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   Published on: 6/26/2006   Last Visited: 6/27/2006

   Jacquelyn Cortes, a student at Brimm Medical Arts High School in Camden, was awarded a summer internship at NASA in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
   
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   JOHN ZIOMEK/Courier-Post Jacquelyn Cortes, a student at Camden's Brimm Medical Arts High School and a new NASA intern, tinkers in physics class.
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   Brimm Medical Arts High School junior Jacquelyn Cortes figured she was vying for an opportunity to work locally in the medical field when a cancer researcher came to interview students for internships.
   
   Little did she know she would wind up on the meteoric ride of her life -- to an internship with NASA in Florida.
   
   "I was flabbergasted," said the 16-year-old Cramer Hill resident. "I didn't think it was for real. I had to hear it a couple times to sink in my head."
   
   Cortes is among six high school and college students nationwide selected to intern at NASA by the Harlem Children Society.
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   Cortes, an avid CSI watcher, has had her heart set on becoming a medical examiner and has no qualms about cutting into cadavers.
   
   But now, she said, she'll see what outer space has to offer.
   
   Current internship projects range from rocket fuel systems to robotic agriculture on the moon, according to e-mail from organizers at the Florida Space Institute at the University of Central Florida.
   
   The five-week program, which starts Saturday, will come with all the perks Florida has to offer, with planned visits to Disney World, Universal Studios and other attractions, not to mention the Kennedy Space Center. It will be Cortes' first Florida visit since she was a baby, she said.
   
   Cortes said she is surprised by the selection. Although she is a straight-A student, has a black belt in tae kwon do and plays piano, she figured her soft-spokenness would prevent her from landing anything but a Lourdes or Rutgers internship.
   
   Liberato Spector, who oversees internships at Brimm, said he isn't surprised because she is an elite student. "Dr. Sat made a good selection," he said.
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   Many wind up earning scholarships, which Cortes, too, hopes to do.

2. 2. Camden teen gets NASA internship

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   Published on: 6/16/2006   Last Visited: 6/16/2006

   Brimm Medical Arts High School junior Jacquelyn Cortes will spend five weeks interning with NASA.
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   CAMDEN -- Brimm Medical Arts High School junior Jacquelyn Cortes figured she was vying for an opportunity to work locally in the medical field when a cancer researcher came to interview students for internships.
   
   Little did she know she would wind up on the meteoric ride of her life -- to an internship with NASA in Florida.
   
   "I was flabbergasted," said the 16-year-old Cramer Hill resident. "I didn't think it was for real. I had to hear it a couple times to sink in my head."
   
   Cortes is among a combined six high school and college students nationwide selected to intern at NASA by the Harlem Children Society. She will spend five weeks at NASA, starting July 1.
   ...
   Cortes, an avid CSI watcher, has had her heart set on becoming a medical examiner and has no qualms about cutting into cadavers.
   
   But now, she said, she'll see what outer space has to offer.
   
   Current internship projects range from rocket fuel systems to robotic agriculture on the moon, according to an e-mail from organizers at the Florida Space Institute at the University of Central Florida.
   
   The five-week program, which starts July 1, will come with all the perks Florida has to offer, with planned visits to Disney World, Universal Studios and other attractions, not to mention the Kennedy Space Center. It will be Cortes' first Florida visit since she was a baby, she said.
   
   Cortes said she is surprised by the selection. Although she is a straight-A student, has a black belt in tae kwon do and plays piano, she figured her soft-spokenness would prevent her from landing anything but a Lourdes or Rutgers internship.
   
   Liberato Spector, who oversees internships at Brimm, said he isn't surprised because she is an elite student. "Dr. Sat made a good selection," he said.
   ...
   Many wind up earning scholarships, which Cortes, too, hopes to do.