Científico Latino

Científico Latino

@cientificolatino.com

A STEM 501(c)(3) organization for ALL students from underserved communities. Making information & mentorship accessible. Check out our site for help w/ grad apps! 🌟 www.cientificolatino.com

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Científico Latino's NYC Workshop Series on "What do Careers in the sciences look like" on 11/20 at 4pm at the CUNY Graduate Center. ⁠ Register today: ⁠https://cientificolatino.com/nyc-workshop-04 ⁠ #CientificoLatino #NYC #PhDReady

Come join Robert W. Fernandez, PhD as he moderates a session with Ashley Chui, PhD (Principal Scientist Waypoint Bio), Daisy Duan, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow NYU Langone Health), and Paige Miranda, PhD (Partnerships Manager at The Transmitter).⁠

Workshop topics:⁠ ✅ How to use your PhD training to be competitive for scientific careers⁠ ✅ Explore academic and non-academic STEM Careers⁠ ✅ Transferable skills from graduate school to the scientific workforce⁠

Científico Latino's NYC Workshop Series next session will be on "Who funds Research, LinkedIn, and Building your Network". Our public session will hosted at Rockefeller University, in partnership with RockEDU. ⁠ Register here: ⁠cientificolatino.com/nyc-workshop-05 ⁠ #CientificoLatino #NYC #PhDReady

This workshop will cover:⁠ ✅ Learn how research is funded in the academic sector⁠ ✅ How to establish yourself as a scientific professional by developing your LinkedIn profile⁠ ✅ Get live feedback on your resume⁠

On October 14, we gave our NYC PhD Ready Workshop Series at the SUNY Global Center on "Applying to Graduate School". ⁠ ⁠ We are thankful to the Stony Brook University Center for Inclusive Education and Stony Brook University Graduate School for hosting us!⁠ ⁠ #CientificoLatino #NYC #PhDReady⁠

Elisa Trujillo, PhD Candidate at The Rockefeller University, and Robert Fernandez, PhD talked to college students about preparing a strong graduate school application, what they should know about the changes in the graduate school admissions landscape, and breaking down the personal statement. ⁠

Main takeaway is the importance of coordinating with your letter of recommendation writers to ensure that your personal statements and their references are in alignment in discussing key points you want highlighted about your potential to succeed in graduate school.⁠

For employers: post faculty and industry jobs, find job seekers and browse resumes. All job ads posted by our community will also be amplified through our monthly newsletter reaching 6k subscribers. ⁠

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Every step raises awareness, but your gift is what keeps our programs running. ⁠ Here's what that looks like: ⁠$100 covers a student's graduate school application fee, that's ten people giving $10. No gift is too small! ⁠

If you want to help, spread word of our work by sharing this post to your network. ⁠ ⁠ We appreciate our community's support as every scientist deserves a chance to follow their dreams. ⁠ #CientificoLatino #WalkforCL

By the end of 10/31, our new goal is to walk 3.14 million steps and to mark our final stretch, our Executive Director, Robert Fernandez, PhD will walk roughly 32 miles around Manhattan (~12 hr walk). ⁠

We are thankful that our community believes in opening doors to graduate education in STEM for students from low-income, first-generation, and underserved communities, even during these times.⁠

Hear from faculty in organic chemistry, molecular biology, astronomy, and neuroscience, who bring years of experience on admissions committees and will share how applications are reviewed, what makes a competitive applicant, and how to prepare for this graduate school application cycle.⁠

Come join Robert W. Fernandez, PhD (Yale⁠ University Alumni) and Elisa Trujillo (PhD candidate at Rockefeller University) at the SUNY Global Center, in partnership with the Stony Brook University Center for Inclusive Education and Stony Brook University Graduate School. ⁠

Workshop topics:⁠ ✅ What a PhD application consists of and how to choose a PhD program⁠ ✅ Timeline on preparing for graduate school applications⁠ ✅ Breaking down the personal statement⁠

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We have hit over 250 registrants!⁠ ✅ Students from: NYC, CT, KY, MD, MA, MN, NJ, PA, and VA. ⁠ ✅ Universities represented: Baruch College, Caldwell University, City College, Columbia University, Hunter College, NYU, St. Francis College, Stony Brook University, and Yale University, among others.⁠

Our post-conference Networking event includes:⁠ ✅ 2026 NYC Pathway to the PhD attendees⁠ ✅ Científico Latino team, MIT staff, St. Francis College staff⁠ ✅ NYC professionals across different fields such as academia, nonprofit, and philanthropy.⁠ #CientificoLatino #NYCPathwaystothePhD⁠

The 2026 NYC Pathways to the PhD conference is designed to support NYC college students and recent graduates in exploring and preparing for STEM PhD programs. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about St. Francis College's Master programs and MIT’s graduate programs. ⁠

We discussed the work we are doing at Científico Latino to train the next generation of scientific leaders to enter the scientific workforce, breaking down the PhD, and how to prepare for applying to STEM PhD programs!⁠

Some takeaways is that it is never too early to start building your network and to apply broadly to STEM graduate programs in this competitive cycle!⁠ ⁠ Thank you to Professor Benjamin Ortiz, PhD (Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Hunter College, CUNY) for hosting us!⁠ ⁠

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Postdocs across STEM: we’d love your advice! 👀 Did you apply for fellowships before starting your postdoc? If so, did you already have a formal or informal offer from your postdoc mentor? This is for @cientificolatino.com’s #NextLab program for senior grad students. Please share your experience!

Our workshop facilitators, Yaniris Molina Aponte, PhD Candidate in Immunology at Harvard Medical School and NSF-GRFP Fellow and Elisa Trujillo, PhD Candidate in Biosciences at Rockefeller University.

⁠ Main takeaways from our GSMI alumni is to be proactive in networking and apply broadly to both summer research programs and research assistant positions.⁠ ⁠ We are thankful to the New York City Science Research Mentoring Consortium at the American Museum of Natural History for hosting!⁠

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Our CL Academy mentors:⁠ ✅ 48% from low-income backgrounds⁠ ✅ 87% female⁠ ✅ Our CL academy mentors are across 22 unique institutions such as Brown University, MIT, NYU, University of California system, Stanford University, and Yale University, among others.⁠

The goal of CL Academy is to support our students with graduate school retention and prepare them for the scientific workforce!⁠ Thank you to the Simons Foundation for supporting our work!⁠ ⁠ #CientificoLatino #CLAcademy

Our 23 CL Academy mentors are mentoring first-year graduate students of our CL Academy program, focused on providing our trainees with access to mentorship groups, professional development workshops, scientific training, and career exploration.⁠ ⁠

Our GSMI 2026 Mentors: ⁠ ✅ 64% female⁠ ✅ Across 69 unique universities with strong presence at Harvard University, University of Los Angeles, University of Washington, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Yale University⁠ ✅ 43% low-income and 42% first-gen⁠

On September 17, we had our first NYC PhD Ready Workshop Series at the University of Mount Saint Vincent on "Preparing for a STEM Career at the college level". ⁠ ⁠ One takeaway is that it is never too late to start your journey of becoming a scientist!⁠ #CientificoLatino #NYC #PhDReady

With my co-facilitator, GSMI Alumni Katherine Bayona, we talked to college students about what a PhD consists of, the importance of research experience, being a proactive scientist, and about summer research programs. ⁠

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Our Impact between 2019-2025:⁠ ✅️ 992 students supported through the grad school app process⁠ ✅️ 66% grad school acceptance rate: more than triple the 22% national average⁠ ✅️ 336 first-year graduate students supported and we provided $67,500 in graduate school scholarships ⁠

We're fundraising for graduate school application scholarships for our college students, scholarships for first-year graduate students, and critical operational support so we can continue training the next generation of scientific leaders.⁠

This workshop on "Applying to Graduate School and writing a Strong Personal Statement" will cover:⁠ ✅ What a PhD application consists of and how to choose a PhD program⁠ ✅ Timeline on preparing for graduate school applications⁠ ✅ Breaking down the personal statement⁠

This session is in partnership with the Stony Brook University Center for Inclusive Education and Stony Brook University Graduate School. Thank you to the Highwind Impact Fund for providing us a grant to cover this impactful series and build in NYC. ⁠

This virtual panel brings together doctoral students to share their personal experiences and strategies they used to write a compelling application, how they framed their research proposals, and how they wrote a strong training plan in their proposal.⁠