My name is Roxanna and I’m currently a software engineer for Microsoft. If there is anything I’ve learned its that no two people have the same exact journey. I do not have the traditional journey into the STEM field and have found confidence and power through the unique path I followed. I started off working …
At age 14, a family friend who came to visit us saw me studying my books and asked what I would want to be in future. I said pharmacist and medical doctor. She screamed “are you not aware that you are a girl child? “Nne you can not achieve that as a Nigerian girl” I …
I didn’t know that I wanted to go to college. I didn’t even know that it existed or what its value was. I remember when people asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would say, “I wanted to sell raspados.” I’m from the very poor city of Mexicali in Mexico. I …
Hi everyone! My name is Melissa Villanueva and I am a Test Systems Engineer at a startup in Southern California. During school, I was always very shy and too afraid to ask for help when I needed it. This led me to not doing great in math classes because I would fall behind on …
Holis👋🏼 my name is Fernanda. I’m a chemical engineer starting my PhD at Yale next semester. I was born and raised in El Salvador and moved to the US at 19 years old. As a first-gen, latina, immigrant, and a mom student, I faced several obstacles during college but I SURVIVED! I use instagram and …
This is Ana! Biotechnology Engineer ✨ I’ve got to admit that I’m a bit of a coward sometimes, but I like to think that it hasn’t stopped me from running towards my goals and dreams as a scientist. For me, it was taking over one of the lab’s lines of research. I was afraid that …
My name is Alondra Sinhoui and I am a first-generation student. I am studying architecture/engineering at San Diego State University. Well to start off, my story begins in Las Vegas where I was born and grew up there until 5th grade when we suddenly moved to Tijuana Mexico. This move had a dramatic impact on …
What is your WHY? What pushes you when things get tough, overwhelming, and when you don’t know if you can keep going? One of my main “why’s” is my family. I push to keep making them proud and to fulfill my dreams! These dreams started when I was a little girl in doctor’s offices translating …
I’m a PhD student in Materials Science and Engineering working at the interface of materials and optics. For my PhD, I built a 3D printer and worked on understanding and developing new materials for 3D printing. Most of my work applies to tissue engineering and the regeneration of bone and cartilage. I got a B.S. …
At a very young age I always knew I wanted to pursue something in the medical field. I wanted to be the best dang veterinarian in the world! I loved reading books and (actual) encyclopedias with anything and everything animal related 😂🐱🐶 Fast forward a few years later that little girl had a shift in …