Young women will be exploring career opportunities in math, the sciences and engineering this summer while getting a jump on algebra 2 and precalculus as participants in this year’s Project MISS (Mathematics Intensive Summer Session) offered July 5-28 at Cal State Fullerton.

Begun in 1990 by David L. Pagni, professor of mathematics, Project MISS is geared to enhancing the math skills of 10th- and 11th-grade females from Orange County and surrounding communities. Since its inception, 98 percent of Project MISS participants have completed high school and entered college — 20 percent majoring in science, technology, engineering and math.

Photos by Patrick O'Donnell.