#LatinosInSTEM
Our connections to the cosmos shape more than what we see when we look up…they shape the stories we tell and the futures we imagine.

💬 What sky stories, traditions, or Hispanic space pioneers inspire you? Share with us below! 🔭

#HispanicHeritageMonth #Astronomy #LatinosInSTEM
September 28, 2026 at 10:13 PM
🔬 Meet Alex Chaim, PhD — Keystone Symposia Fellow at UCSD chasing a question the field ignored for 20 years: could damaged RNA be quietly driving Alzheimer's, Parkinson's & cancer?

His lab is building the tools to find out.

#RNADamage #KeystoneFellows #LatinosInSTEM
September 25, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Every student has clicked "I'm not a robot." Few know a Guatemalan computer scientist is why.

Luis von Ahn built CAPTCHA, then reCAPTCHA — using those wasted seconds to digitise books. Then Duolingo.

Free worksheets, all 4 bands.

🔗 techsheets.dev

HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinosInSTEM
September 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Ellen Ochoa is introduced as the first Hispanic woman in space. That undersells her.

She was an optical systems engineer with three patents before she ever flew. Four missions. Then she ran Johnson Space Center.

Free worksheets, all 4 bands.

🔗 techsheets.dev

HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinosInSTEM
September 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Mexican Independence Day. Meet Guillermo González Camarena.

At 23, in 1940, he patented a colour television system — red, green and blue through a spinning filter, synced at both ends.

Free worksheets, all 4 bands.

🔗 techsheets.dev

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September 16, 2026 at 3:02 PM
HHM starts Sept 15 because it's independence day in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.

🔥 Franklin Chang Díaz (Costa Rica) — 7 shuttle flights
🤖 Luis von Ahn (Guatemala) — CAPTCHA, Duolingo

16 worksheets live now.

🔗 techsheets.dev

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September 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Meet Dr. Alfredo “Dr. Q” Quiñones-Hinojosa: once a migrant farmworker, now a world-renowned neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic. He pioneers brain cancer research and expands global care through Mission: BRAIN. #successinscience #latinosinSTEM #neurosurgery
September 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
El artículo busca exponer la complejidad de ser #neurodivergente en las #CienciasAcuaticas (y STEM), haciendo un llamado a la comunidad científica a valorar y reconocer el bienestar/capacidades de cada individuo
La traducción al español está disponible en Información Suplementaria 🧪🌊🪨
#LatinosInSTEM
Happy to share #ASLO_ECC article on #Neurodivergence 🌊🪨🧪
This article reflects on the strengths and needs of the neurodivergent community within aquatic sciences. Thank you to the #ASLO_Bulletin for their support along this process

#ActuallyAutistic @aslo.org @geolatinas.bsky.social #Autism #ADHD
Diving into Diversity: Harnessing Neurodivergent Strengths to Transform Aquatic Sciences
Click on the article title to read more.
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Excited to be the first speaker in “Empowering Voices: Scientific Talks in Spanish” at the NMNH, Smithsonian
🗓️ Saturday, March 22 – 🕚 11 AM📍 Q?rius, NMNH 🐟 A space to share science in Spanish. Info 👉 www.spainculture.us/city/washing...
#RepresentationMatters #LatinosInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #TeamFish
Empowering Voices Series: Exploring the Systematics and Evolution of Fish
In the first talk of the “Empowering Voices: Research Talks in Spanish” series at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, scientist Adela Roa-Varón invites us to explore why some species t...
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March 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The lab grew a little more this week 😅😅. My fav part of having my lab is making a place where we can be ourselves and do our science. #BlackinSTEM #LatinosinSTEM #JHU
January 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
What is the point in making career plans anymore? #LatinosinSTEM The salute made things very real.
January 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Pablo Pirir Congrats on graduating from @cpp_science and attending @SFSU for your masters this fall!!! 🥳🥳🥳 #LatinosinSTEM @EdExcelencia
November 18, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Dominic Hernandez, congrats on graduating from @SFSU and getting accepted into @UCLA to pursue a PhD in  Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences ! 🥳🥳🥳 @EdExcelencia @calstate #LatinosinSTEM
November 18, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Miguel Escobar Godoy, congrats on finishing up school this semester at @csunorthridge and your acceptance to @ucsc to pursue your PhD in Physics @calstate #Diversityandinclusion #LatinosinSTEM @EdExcelencia 🥳🥳🥳
November 18, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Erick Aguirre, congrats on your acceptance to @nmsu to pursue your PhD in Astronomy 🔭🔭🔭 @EdExcelencia @calstate #Diversityandinclusion #LatinosinSTEM #minoritiesinstem 🥳🥳🥳
November 18, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Happy Friday everyone!!! 😄😄 Today we want to continue celebrating our scholar voices videos! Today we will pick up where we left off at with Rob Tejada!! 🤩🤩🤩 @calstate @EdExcelencia #LatinosinStem
November 18, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Congrats to Erick Aguirre, a @cpp_science scholar that will be attending @sdsu this fall to work towards a Masters of Science in Astronomy!!! 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿 #LatinosinStem 🌌🌌🌌 @EdExcelencia @calstate
November 18, 2024 at 7:42 PM
I am very happy to have my dissertation bound and in hand. Just the first chapters of my scientific journey. #FirstGen #LatinosInSTEM
November 15, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Time to tag some flags, it’s #LatinSaturday! Today we amplify Latinx MD, PhD, and Masters!🎙

1️⃣ Your field of study
2️⃣ Your flags / home
3️⃣ A cute picture of your pet OR your fav book
4️⃣ Tag your friends

RT’ing all who participates!
#LatinosInSTEM #LatinasInSTEM #LatinxInSTEM
June 27, 2020 at 2:21 PM
Dr. Juan Daza, a vertebrate morphologist & Evol. Biol. featured in our latest Scientist Spotlight in Ichthyology & Herpetology Journal
50-day free access: ichthyologyandherpetology.org/ihbjbc/cit2023…
DOI: doi.org/10.1643/t20230 #LatinosInSteme#rolemodelsls
November 3, 2023 at 11:52 PM