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[skinny-little-nobody]

Reading about behavioral effects on fish from contaminants, listening to the rain outside, and i realized im really gonna miss my cozy little set up here when i go off to grad school in the fall

Thinking about starting a grad school blog once i start up, being from miami always sorrounded by a hispanic community, i am a bit anxious about living somewhere like Delaware, hopefully my time there can provide me with some knowledge i could give to up and starting Latinx marine biologists... stay tuned!!

[kuiperkat]

Excited to begin my third season with NASA’s Solar System Ambassadors program! Let’s get this science! #solarsystemambassador #volunteering #WomenInSTEM #LatinasInSTEM https://www.instagram.com/p/B87ShihJqrP/?igshid=1ukuggtflpo4o

[pietrasinternshipblog]

Blog Post #5 - Tuesday, January 9th

Today I worked with Maria Candelaria(Candy) Lorens and she taught me how to do Western Blot. Candy is a visiting doctor from Argentina. She began to be interested in biology because she was always interested in the microscopic aspects of life and living things. You can use biology in almost every scientific area of study, and that drew her to it. She got her PhD. in chemical science at the National University of Cordova, and she plans on doing her post-doc in Cordova as well. During her PhD. she also studied breast cancer and signaling pathways. She also mentioned she did her PhD. in English because it’s the universal language of science, but it was still difficult adjusting to speaking English all the time here. This is her second time in the U.S. and she’ll only be here for three months on this visit. Her last visit was for 5 months at the University of Pennsylvania. At the lab here she’s studying the GPCR pathway which is a receptor of the Z protein. She’s very kind and there was a few times where she didn’t know how to say something in English so she told me in Spanish or she didn’t know what I was saying in English so I said it to her in Portuguese, and overall it was very good learning from her and learning about her educational history. 

[mariee92]

Hey everybody, could you please do me a quick favor and head over to my society @pmbms_utrgv and like our latest picture! We're entered in a contest to help support our medical school and health science center trip that is paid solely by us students! thank you so much for your support! #brokecollegestudent #premed #science #sciencemajor #stem #latinasinstem #wearestemsquad #pmbms #utrgv #rgv

[smithsonianlvm]

Celebrating Latinas in #STEM: Luz Rivas

Luz Rivas is the founder and executive director of DIY Girls, an organization aimed to increase women and girls’ interest in technology and engineering by providing hands-on educational experiences. The program encourages women and girls to explore technology, develop their self-esteem and then guides them towards STEM career fields. 

Learn more about DIYGirls’ programs and the Vaughn Next Century Learning Center in San Fernando, where girls learn skills from soldering electronics to using 3D printers. DIY Girls also offers monthly workshops for women interested in hands-on technical skills. 

Watch her full interview with Huffington Post. 

Do you know any inspirational women who are in STEM related career paths? Do you want to learn more about how to reach your educational goals? Visit the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museums’ iTunes U collections featuring ¡Chequea esto! (Check this Out!), a series of educational animated videos tackling issues popular among Latino youth. Topics include college applications, career paths, cultural tradition, and social media. Each video is quick, engaging, and fun!

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Celebrating Latinas in #STEM: Cindy Alvarez

With a degree in Psychology from Harvard, Cindy Alvarez managed to immerse herself into the technology field from the early stages of her career. She started working for a design firm that created interactive tools for different video games, and from there she started her focus on UX. She was able to combine her knowledge in psychology with technology by understanding the needs of different types of users.

Alvarez is the current Director of UX and Product Design at Yammer, a Microsoft company. She recently wrote the book “Lean Customer Development: Build Products Your Customers Will Buy” a guide to create and develop products with a specific client in mind.

Read full article via CNet en Español (Ph. Credit: CNet en Español)

Do you know any inspirational women who are in STEM related career paths? Do you want to learn more about how to reach your educational goals? Visit the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museums’ iTunes U collections featuring ¡Chequea esto! (Check this Out!), a series of educational animated videos tackling issues popular among Latino youth. Topics include college applications, career paths, cultural tradition, and social media. Each video is quick, engaging, and fun!

Web 3-D Interactive Books

3-D LVM Augmented Reality

Eco Explorers 3D Interactive Games

Connect with the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum on Twitter and Instagram@Smithsonian_LVM and become a part of our growing online community.Follow us on Facebook!

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Celebrating Latinas in #STEM: Jennifer Argüello

“The Little Girl Geek Wants to Play” a talk from Jennifer Argüello at the SheCodes Conference

Jennifer Argüello taught herself how to code at the age of 6. Her relationship with technology started at a very young age when she was exposed to a computer for the first time and she thought how fascinating it was to create her own world through a computer. Although she paused coding for some time, she got her degree in Computer Science and overcoming many difficulties she started working in the engineering field using always a huge supporting network that helped her continue moving forward.

Nowadays, Argüello is the Senior Technical Development Manager at GitHub. In addition, Argüello is part of the Silicon Valley Latino advisory board, an organization “committed to celebrate the stories of successful Latinas and Latinos, to challenge perceptions and inspire new generations of Latino heroes”.

Do you know any inspirational women who are in STEM related career paths? Do you want to learn more about how to reach your educational goals? Visit the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museums’ iTunes U collections featuring ¡Chequea esto! (Check this Out!), a series of educational animated videos tackling issues popular among Latino youth. Topics include college applications, career paths, cultural tradition, and social media. Each video is quick, engaging, and fun!

Web 3-D Interactive Books

3-D LVM Augmented Reality

Eco Explorers 3D Interactive Games

Connect with the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum on Twitter and Instagram@Smithsonian_LVM and become a part of our growing online community.Follow us on Facebook!

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Celebrating Latinas in #STEM: Dr. France A. Cordova and Dr. Gabriela Gonzalez

Ph. Credit: http://www.nbcnews.com

These two Latinas were part of one of the recent biggest discoveries in science: the detection of gravitational waves that confirm many of Albert Einstein's theories about the universe.

Dr. Gabriela Gonzalez was born and raised in Cordoba, Argentina. She received her Masters degree from the University of Cordoba and a Ph.D. from Syracuse. She was the first woman to receive tenure at the LSU physics department.

Cordova was born in Paris, France, and her father is a Mexican-American. She received her bachelor’s degree from Stanford and a Ph.D. from Cal Tech. She was the first Latina chancellor of the University of California, Riverside.

Read full article here via @FoxLatino

Do you know any inspirational women who are in STEM related career paths? Do you want to learn more about how to reach your educational goals? Visit the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museums’ iTunes U collections featuring ¡Chequea esto! (Check this Out!), a series of educational animated videos tackling issues popular among Latino youth. Topics include college applications, career paths, cultural tradition, and social media. Each video is quick, engaging, and fun!

Web 3-D Interactive Books

3-D LVM Augmented Reality

Eco Explorers 3D Interactive Games

Connect with the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum on Twitter and Instagram @Smithsonian_LVM and become a part of our growing online community. Follow us on Facebook!