Científico Latino in the Media
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Link: eLife
Date: 3/5/2021
Científico Latino Co-Founder and Executive Co-Directors Dr. Robert Fernandez, Olivia Goldman sand GSMI Director Cathy Amaya were interviewed by the scientific journal eLife on how the application process for PhD programs in the United States disadvantages students from underrepresented groups.
Link: Forbes
Date: 8/5/2020
"With Científico Latino, we want to make sure that every underrepresented student in science has the information and resources they need to prepare for higher education in the sciences and to successfully navigate the graduate school
application process," Fernandez said, "The mission is to increase the pool of underrepresented scientists and professionals by creating a platform where everyone—regardless of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or immigration status—has equal access to fellowship and scholarship opportunities, and the chance to learn from their peers on how to become successful STEM professionals."
Link: Cell Mentor (Cell Press & Cell Signaling Technology)
Date: 9/15/2020
Co-Founder and Executive Co-Director of Científico Latino, Dr. Robert Fernandez, was featured on a list of "100 Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists in America", published by Cell Press.
Link: Cell Voices (Cell Press)
Date: 10/29/2020
Científico Latino Co-Founder and Executive Co-Director Dr. Robert Fernandez contributed his thoughts on mentoring students from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM alongside other outreach leaders including Mélise Edwards (Founder of M.U.S.E. Mentorship) and Tomi Akingbade (Founder of Black Women in Science Network).
Link: PhD Balance
Date: 1/23/2021
Científico Latino Co-Founder and Executive Co-Directors Dr. Robert Fernandez and Olivia Goldman spoke with Fay Lin in a live discussion in PhD Balance's Grad Chat Series about Científico Latino and the topic "Making STEM accessible for underrepresented scientists".
Once Undocumented, Now a PhD Candidate at Yale
Link: At The End Of The Day Podcast
Date: 10/20/2019
At The End Of The Day is "a guide for recent immigrants to the US". In this conversation, co-founder of Científico Latino, Robert Fernandez, shares his journey of once being an undocumented immigrant to now becoming a Ph.D. candidate of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry at Yale University. He highlights the significant role his mentors have played in helping him navigate
his personal and academic growth. As to our question on how he found his mentors, he smiled and said, “By luck.” He suggests seeking a mentor that has a common goal as you.
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Link: At The End Of The Day Podcast
Date: 10/20/2019
At The End Of The Day is "a guide for recent immigrants to the US". This episode is a conversation with Olivia Goldman, a neuroscientist and Ph.D. student studying chemosensory perception in mosquitoes at the Vosshall Lab at the Rockefeller University in New York City. Olivia is a co-founder of the Científico Latino Project. Through this project, her team offers
mentorship opportunities to anyone aspiring to be a successful STEM professional. Olivia says their project is specially aimed at providing academic and career focused guidance to the students from minority communities. Their aim is to address disparity and the lack of diversity in the STEM professions in the United States.
Find Student Mentors in STEM
Link: You CAN do STEM
Date: 8/30/2019
You CAN do STEM is a group of scientists with diverse backgrounds from different universities across the United States with the goal of helping students become aware of their skills and abilities and to use them to seize opportunities that will prepare them to become better applicants for college and/or graduate school.
