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Mendota High students bring home MESA national engineering title, praised on Senate floor
Summary
Senator Caballero honored Jonathan Alfaro Saravia and Christopher Torres Alfaro of Mendota High School for winning first place at the MESA National Engineering Design Competition with 'Safe Space,' a multilingual crisis-response system for students.
Senator Caballero rose to recognize Jonathan Alfaro Saravia and Christopher Torres Alfaro of Mendota High School after their team won first place at the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) National Engineering Design Competition at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Caballero said the students designed "Safe Space," a multilingual crisis-response system that provides anonymous, real-time mental-health support for students.
Caballero emphasized the role of programs like MESA and the Fresno State MESA Center in mentoring rural and immigrant students, and she named the teachers who guided the project, Eloy Pena and Carlos Damaio. Members applauded the students and invited them to the floor for recognition; the remarks were presented during privileges of the floor and were purely ceremonial.
The recognition highlighted student-driven solutions to school mental-health needs and pointed to ongoing legislative interest in supporting STEM and mental-health resources for K–12 students.
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