Early career Latinas in STEM: Challenges and solutions

Maggie Werner Washburne; JoAnn Trejo; Ruth Enid Zambrana; Maria Elena Zavala; Alice Martinic; Angelica Riestra; Tracie Delgado; Staci Edwards; Thelma Escobar; Denneal Jamison-McClung; Mariel Vazquez; Iset Vera; Michelle Guerra; Diana I Marinez; Elma Gonzalez; Raymond L Rodriguez

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2023.10.016

Early career Latinas in STEM: Challenges and solutions

Cell. 2023 Nov 9;186(23):4985-4991. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.10.016.

Authors

Maggie Werner Washburne¹, JoAnn Trejo², Ruth Enid Zambrana³, Maria Elena Zavala⁴, Alice Martinic⁵, Angelica Riestra⁶, Tracie Delgado⁷, Staci Edwards⁸, Thelma Escobar⁹, Denneal Jamison-McClung⁸, Mariel Vazquez⁸, Iset Vera¹⁰, Michelle Guerra⁸, Diana I Marinez¹¹, Elma Gonzalez¹², Raymond L Rodriguez⁸

Affiliations

¹ University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA. Electronic address: maggieww@unm.edu.
² Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: jotrejo@health.ucsd.edu.
³ University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. Electronic address: rzambran@umd.edu.
⁴ CSU Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330, USA. Electronic address: mariaelena.zavala@csun.edu.
⁵ Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA.
⁶ San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.
⁷ Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA 98119, USA.
⁸ University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
⁹ University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98101, USA.
¹⁰ University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
¹¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA; Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, USA.
¹² University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

PMID: 37949054
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.10.016

Abstract

Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Central American Ancestry (MPRCA) individuals represent 82% of US Latinos. An intergenerational group of MPRCA women and allies met to discuss persistent underrepresentation of MPRCA women in STEM, identifying multi-level challenges and solutions. Implementation of these solutions is important and will benefit MPRCA women and the entire academic community.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Female
Hispanic or Latino*
Humans
Science* / education
United States