Latinas en Ciencia: Making Science and Technology Real for Girls

So many of my minority girls of African and Hispanic descent have little if any interest in science. Whenever I talk about possible science projects or experiments, you can see their eyes glaze over or they begin to mentally plan how they are going to get out of class or school that day. So I was very excited to see that a real concerted effort is being made to reach out to Latina girls to get them interested in science. There is very little, if any representation of Latina women scientist at any level leaving few role models for Latina girls. It sounds like the Latinas en Ciencia project is beginning to fill a large need. How were the girls for this project selected? And does it continue at the high school level? Are these girls already good students or is their an emphasis on at risk girls?