Voices of Healing: Health Equity, Veterans, and Cancer Care Symposium
SCHEQ Founder and CEO, Dr. Eugene Manley Jr, will be joining Rochelle Prosser of Orchid Health Care Solutions and Jami Raishbrook of JL Innovative Concepts to discuss Health Equity, Veterans, and Cancer 11/6/2024 at 7 PM (ET). Mike Ashabraner at the Hounds of Business Community will be Moderating the discussion. Rochelle will be discussing unique […]
Helen Rodriguez-Trias, MD
Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trias was a physician, public health expert, women’s rights activist, and the first Latina leader of the American Public Health Association. She used the experiences of bias and racism that she observed to drive her activism in women’s health and helping disadvantaged populations.
Ellen Lauri Ochoa, PhD
Dr. Ellen Ochoa was the first Hispanic woman to go in space and first Hispanic Director at the Johson Space Center.
Ynés Mexia
Ynés Enriquetta Julietta Mexía (1870-1938) was a pioneering botanist and contributed immensely to the field. She was born May 24th, 1870, in Washington D.C., while her father worked as a representative for the Mexican consulate. She moved every few years or so from Texas to Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Mexico until the death of her first […]
Albert Vinicio Baez, PhD
Dr. Albert Vinicio Baez (1912-2007) was a pioneer in x-ray optics, a co-inventor of the x-ray reflection microscope, and advocate for science education. Baez was born in Puebla, Mexico in 1912. His family moved to the United States when he was two. His father worked as a minister at the First Spanish Methodist Church in […]
Lydia Villa-Komaroff, PhD
Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff was born on August 7, 1947, in Las Vegas but grew up Santa Fe, New Mexico after her parents immigrated to the United States to escape the Mexican Revolution. At a young age, she knew she wanted to be a scientist. Initially she enrolled at University of Washington to study Chemisty, but […]
Anabella Villalobos, PhD
Dr. Anabella Villalobos is a medicinal chemist and currently a Senior Vice President, Biotherapeutics & Medicinal Sciences at Biogen. Born and raised in Panama, she found her spark and excitement for chemistry in a high school organic chemistry class. She obtained her BS (1981) in Chemistry from the University of Panama. She obtained a MS […]
Scarlin Hernandez
Scarlin Hernandez is a Dominican-American astronautical engineer for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. She was born in the Dominican Republic, then moved to Brooklyn, NY at the age of 4. She earned her BS in Computer Engineering from Capitol Technology University (CTU) in Laurel, MD. Her undergraduate studies were funded by a full scholarship from […]
Susana López Charretón, PhD
Dr. Susana López Charretón is a virologist studying rotaviruses. She was born in Mexico City in 1957, and knew she wanted to be a scientist from a young age. As a child she did experiments on frozen flies and lizards. She took this curiosity and love of science with her in her education at the […]
Helia Bravo Hollis, MS
Helia Bravo Hollis was a renowned botanist and made great contributions to the study of cacti. She was born in 1901 in Mixcoac, an area in southern Mexico City. In her youth, she was renowned for her achievements, receiving a diploma of achievement from President Porfirio Diaz. In 1919, she entered Escuela Nacional Preparatoria (National […]