How does science sound when practiced with ethics, equity, and many voices?
It sounds like salsa.
Growing up listening to salsa was one of my most formative experiences. Almost every Sunday, my parents would play Rubén Blades or La Fania. I especially loved Live at the Cheetah and Cheo Feliciano’s version of Anacaona in that album.
So when someone asked me that question yesterday, at an event celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (celebrated every year on February 11) at the University of Puerto Rico, that was my answer: salsa.