DAY WITH STARS HAS GIRLS THINKING SKY'S THE LIMIT.Byline: Yvette Cabrera and Jenifer Hanrahan Daily News Staff Writers The first time Christina Gonzales came to Hollywood, she rode in the cab of her mother's 18-wheeler on a cross-country haul from Mississippi. This time, 13-year-old Christina arrived by limo. On ``Take Our Daughters to Work Day,'' the fifth annual event encouraging girls to accompany their parents or role models to work, Christina got to spend a glitzy glitz Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. day with Ming-Na Wen, co-star of the NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. sitcom ``The Single Guy.'' The seventh-grader from Gulfport, Miss., who is partial to science and the violin, was one of eight essay contest winners chosen by the Ms. Foundation for Women, sponsor of the nationwide attempt to boost adolescent girls' self-esteem, to shadow celebrities. Christina's first stop: watching Tony the Tiger Tony the Tiger (Spanish: El Tigre Toño) is the advertising cartoon mascot for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes (also known as Frosties) breakfast cereal, appearing on its packaging and advertising. get a paw print at Mann's Chinese Theatre Chinese theatre has a long and complex history. Today it is often called Chinese opera although this normally refers specifically to the popular form known as Beijing Opera; there have been many other forms of theatre in China. on Hollywood Boulevard For uses other than the original street, see Hollywood Boulevard (disambiguation). Hollywood Boulevard is a boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest to Vermont Avenue, where it straightens out . With Wen's arm draped drape v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. over her shoulder, Christina sauntered past lumbering tour buses, paparazzi pa·pa·raz·zo n. pl. pa·pa·raz·zi A freelance photographer who doggedly pursues celebrities to take candid pictures for sale to magazines and newspapers. camera flashes and a Michael Jackson Noun 1. Michael Jackson - United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958) Michael Joe Jackson, Jackson impersonator. Some might argue that spending a day among the rich and famous won't teach Christina much about real life, the workaday world of schoolteachers, nurses and engineers. But ``Take Our Daughters to Work Day'' was never intended as a career day, said Laura Wechsler, media coordinator for the New York-based Ms. Foundation. The aim of the event is to teach girls to dream big, that working hard just might help them achieve their dreams and that they are worthy of attention from adults, even when the adults happen to be Hollywood stars. ``The (celebrity mentors) are strong and positive role models for girls,'' Wechsler said. ``These women have fulfilled their dreams because they had strong self-esteem and self-confidence. That's what these girls learned from following them.'' There were more than just celebrities at NBC Studios in Burbank, where almost 250 area girls took part in the company's ``Take Our Daughter to Work Day.'' The group toured several sets, including ``The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,'' learned about the behind-the-scenes jobs of makeup artists and costume designers and met with a panel of female attorneys and employees from NBC's business affairs and labor relations departments. Amanda Harting, 10, of Burbank already has her heart set on becoming an animator when she grows up, but Thursday's trip to the studios opened her eyes to other career possibilities. ``I didn't know there were so many opportunities for women in law,'' said Harting, a student at Jefferson Elementary School Jefferson Elementary School can refer to the following schools:
Deidre Hall, a co-star on the NBC soap opera ``Days of Our Lives,'' was one of five actors who attended a luncheon set up for the group. Looking like a corporate power broker in her pastel yellow business slacks and top, Hall posed for Polaroids, signed autographs and chatted with the girls, encouraging them to seek careers of their own. ``I think it's essential that young girls in our community realize that their mothers are empowered and that it's also their birthright to have a career,'' said Hall. Hall herself remembers being strongly influenced by a visit she made as a young child to her father's job at the post office. ``It was inspiring to see the people he worked with and to see how they treated him,'' said Hall. ``It was also important for me to realize he was part of a working, collaborative environment.'' Far from the lights, camera and action, a group of girls got down to the nitty-gritty in a downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or civil courthouse, touring Municipal Court Judge Soussan G. Bruguera's courtroom. They wore judicial robes, sat in the judge's chair, tried out the gavel gavel small mallet used by judge or presiding officer to signal order. [Western Culture: Misc.] See : Authority , even offered their thoughts on a mock case. ``I want them to feel comfortable with their great legal system and to feel they can do anything,'' said Bruguera. Daniel Gardner, a West Hills resident and civil attorney, brought his 6-year-old daughter to the courthouse, hoping she'd get a better idea of what he does at work and perhaps gain more familiarity with the legal system. ``I think the main thing is just to become exposed,'' Gardner said. ``If nothing else, it's a great civics civics, branch of learning that treats of the relationship between citizens and their society and state, originally called civil government. With the large immigration into the United States in the latter half of the 19th cent. lesson.'' For Jody U. Brown, bringing her 9-year-old son, Kelson kel·son n. Variant of keelson. kelson Noun same as keelson , to work Thursday provided a chance to help him understand what her job as manager of the contract administration office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. in Pasadena is all about. ``It's hard to explain to a kid. I say I read a lot, write a lot and solve a lot of puzzles,'' said Brown, who oversees JPL's contracts with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal government with the mission of conducting research and developing operational programs in the areas of space exploration, artificial satellites (see satellite, artificial), to ensure the laboratories comply with all terms and conditions. ``I think this day is good because when I was a kid I had no idea what my parents did.'' Though he has visited JPL (language) JPL - JAM Programming Language. on field trips with his elementary school, Thursday was the first time Kelson was able to shadow his mother, as did about 300 other children of JPL employees. Now, he says he might follow in her footsteps. Unlike Kelson, 15-year-old Whitney Rogers, a 10th-grader at Marlborough School in Hancock Park, already has chosen her career. Rogers wants to be an astronaut and said spending the day at JPL was beyond her wildest dreams. ``This is so special to me because it's another step on my way to my career, my future,'' said Rogers, a Studio City resident who shadowed Donna Shirley, director of JPL's Mars program. ``That somebody else is interested in what I want to do makes me want to reach out and grab my future,'' Rogers said. ``(It) gives me so much confidence in myself.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Lindsey Steiner, 12, left center, and Rebecca Genette, 13, get a picture with ``Days of Our Lives'' stars Diedre Hall and Brian Datillo on Wednesday at NBC Studios in Burbank. (2) Jessica Corona, 11, left, and Amanda Harting, 10, pose with Jay Leno's image at NBC on a ``Take Your Daughter to Work Day'' visit. David R. Crane/Daily News (3) Contest winner Christina Gonzales, 13, poses with ``The Single Guy'' star Ming Na-Wen on Thursday. Myung J. Chun/Daily News |
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