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Semillas de Triunfo launches second chapter in Connecticut

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CienciaPR's executive director Greetchen Díaz Muñoz always dreamed of growing Semillas de Triunfo, one of the organization's flagship programs, outside of Puerto Rico. This past Saturday, January 25, 2025, ten years after founding the program, her yearning to create seedbeds of girls leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in other regions was fulfilled with the launch of the second chapter of Semillas de Triunfo in New Haven, Connecticut, known as Seeds of Success-New Haven.

Seeds of Success-New Haven is being conducted in collaboration with Yale University. It is being led there by Carolina Machado, project manager, and Giovanna Guerrero Medina, former executive director of CienciaPR and now a senior advisor to the organization. 

Scientists from our community elected to SACNAS Board of Directors

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Ciencia Puerto Rico congratulates Dr. Giovanna Guerrero Medina, former executive director of CienciaPR and Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Wu Tsai Institute at Yale, and Dr. Ingrid Montes, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, election to the Board of Directors of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos, Hispanics, and Native Americans in Science, known as SACNAS. Drs. Guerrero Medina and Montes began their three-year terms (the second term for Dr.

AAAS Caribbean Division celebrates women at convention

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Caribbean Division celebrated women in science in their 39th convention. The event recognized the first Puerto Rican neurologist, Dr. Ana Judith Román García, for her career and professional legacy.

CienciaPR celebrates its first Noche de Ciencia Boricua

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Alongside friends, colleagues, and sponsors, CienciaPR celebrated its first Noche de Ciencia Boricua on October 24. The event highlighted the most notable achievements of the organization since its foundation as a community in 2006. The activity also served to officially welcome the new executive director of the organization, Dr. Greetchen Díaz Muñoz, who took office in September 2024

New short documentary highlights the journey of a Puerto Rican scientist

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Berkeley, CA – May 6, 2024 – The short film documentary "Coming Home" is set to premiere virtually on May 9, 2024, at 3 pm ET/12 pm PT. Directed and produced by Dr. Mónica Feliú Mójer for the nonprofit Science Communication Lab (SCL), the film explores her journey as a Puerto Rican scientist, delving into the intersections of culture, community, and science.

CienciaPR Creates Digital Book "Science and Solidarity" to Celebrate Community Leaders

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San Juan, PR – In celebration of Community Leaders and Groups Week (Semana del Líder y los Grupos Comunitarios y de la Autogestión Comunitaria), which takes place the first week of March, the non-profit organization Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) today published the digital book Science and Solidarity: Stories of Community Leaders in Puerto Rico (Ciencia y solidaridad: Historias de líderes comunitarios en Puerto Rico). The text highlights the stories of 11 community leaders who use science to address the needs and priorities of their communities.

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