women in STEM

María Tamargo: a scientist passionate about the intersection of mentoring, teaching and research

Submitted by Gabriella Sanguineti Lozada on 8 June 2015 - 8:10pm

Dr. Tamargo with her research group. Photo courtesy of Dr. Tamargo.

Dr. María Tamargo’s interest in science began as a young woman. She was first exposed to chemistry as a high school student, where she had the opportunity to study in Spain for a year. This opportunity sparked her desire to become a scientist and therefore, she decided to major in chemistry. For her undergraduate degree, María attended the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, where her parents were also professors. At the time, the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico did not offer a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. Recognizing her scientific talent, one of her professors encouraged María to transfer to the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, where she completed her B.S. in Chemistry.

Borinqueñas for a knowledge economy

Submitted by Reyna I. Martínez De Luna on 18 May 2015 - 10:09pm

On November 2014, on the first anniversary of the blog Borinqueña, Dr. Greetchen Díaz-Muñoz, its founder, stated the following regarding the strength of Puerto Rico’s women scientists and engineers: “If we had to bet on science and technology to find solutions to our greatest challenges and to promote the growth of our economy, then our country is proudly in the hands of its women…”

Borinqueña Global: A Conversation with Dr. Dianne Chong

Submitted by Marvi Ann Matos on 26 March 2015 - 6:54am

In this especial edition for Borinqueña we interview Dr. Dianne Chong, a mentor of many engineers, managers and executives, an outstanding role model and one of the stars at the Boeing Company. It is impossible to measure the impact of someone like Dr. Chong in a career devoted to the advancement of the aerospace industry because her visionary ideas are not only found in the products, they are also found in the minds, mission and goals of so many of us that benefit from her wisdom. She has served on the Board of Trustees, is a Fellow of the American Society of Metals (ASM) International and in 2007 was President of the society. In fact she was the first woman to be president at the Society which was established in 1913.

Young Puerto Rican woman at NASA shows you don't need a STEM degree to contribute to science

Submitted on 15 February 2015 - 6:50pm

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

Original Source:

El Nuevo Día

CienciaPR Contribution:

By:

Gerardo E. Alvarado León

This article highlights the story of Julie Ann Rivera Pérez, a 27 year old Puerto Rican who serves as contracts official for the satellite project GOES-R at the Goddard Space Flight Center, in Maryland.

The original version of this article is in Spanish. You can read it by clicking on ESPAÑOL at the top right of your screen.

Angela Ginorio: Building bridges between feminism and science

Submitted by Mónica Ivelisse Feliú-Mójer on 2 February 2015 - 1:39am

Dr. Angela Ginorio (right) with her PhD student Noralis Rodríguez Coss (Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at the University of Washington).

During the last century, women have experienced great progress in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. However, we still face barriers that contribute to our underrepresentation in these disciplines.