I’m Michelle Martínez, a 3rd year Behavioral Neuroscience PhD student at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). My parents are immigrants from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua México and worked in apple and chocolate factories as the seasons changed. Their efforts allowed my siblings and I to take advantage of opportunities that they never had. …
I developed a love for math and science when I was in high school. Math was one of those subjects that I was just good at. My teachers took notice and encouraged me to consider a career in math and science. At that point in time, I didn’t realize going to college was an option …
Berkeley saw me cry and laugh and break down and rise up and now, I’ve graduated. I think a lot about sophomore year Laura and how she thought that she’d never graduate. How every single walk home from pdp at 4am felt purposeless. Her resilient ass inspires me, and I’m so so proud of her. …
Hi! My name is Diana Iracheta. I am a recent Mechanical Engineering NIU graduate. Upon graduation, I took a Manufacturing Engineering role where I am learning engineering design and manufacturing processes. I am interested in becoming a Design Engineer and hope to become a future leader in my field. As a young Latina immigrant, it …
Gianna Nino-Tapias, figured when she graduated with a master’s degree in epidemiology from Stanford this past year, a good job was ahead. But she discovered COVID-19 has no sympathy for dreams. In the pandemic she lost her job. So she headed home to Washington. “My family has worked in the fields my whole life,” Gianna …
Hola! My name is Paulina Castrellon and I am a chicana / latina and I am an Environmental Health and Safety Engineer. I came across this career and academic major in college by accident! I took an elective in college called EOH 101 (environmental occupational health 101) and right away fell in love with the …
Hi! My name is Christina Acosta and I was born and raised in Los Angeles, Ca. I am a Mexican/American and a proud child of immigrants. I am not your traditional streamline PhD student. I made HORRIBLE choices in high school and A LOT of them. I ended up failing most my classes senior year …
I have always wanted to be an aerospace engineer and work for NASA growing up but didn’t think I had the potential given the fact that I am a Hispanic female. However, I still pushed myself to do what I had to do to achieve my goals… and there were definitely a ton of hard …
Words can’t express how hard I worked, the sacrifices I made, and the difficult journey I had with my own health my entire time as a medical student. The many times I asked God for strength to continue this dream when there seemed to be no hope. I told my mom when I graduated it …
Hello, my name is Kyara Cruz Gutiérrez and I’m a software engineering major. I am currently in my senior year and I am working on our senior capstone project with the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScl) creating a GUI for commands that will be used on the James Webb Space Telescope! I started my engineering …