Latinx STEM Success: Testimonios and the Textured Counternarrative of Student Achievement

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session 25
  In Roundtable Session: Latin@s and STEM

Abstract

Using asset-based frameworks, this study seeks to fill a void regarding the success of Latinx in STEM employing their own voice and their own realities. Additionally, the study seeks to illuminate the journey of 14 “cientificos Latinx” (Latinx scientists) who completed a STEM degree in diverse areas of scientific study.

Authors

• Vijay Kanagala, The University of Vermont

• Laura I. Rendon, The University of Texas - San Antonio

• Amaury Nora, The University of Texas - San Antonio

• Ripsime Bledsoe, University of Texas-San Antonio