Dear Friends,

We are excited to announced a public lecture that will be impactful for our students.

The College of Sciences and the RISE/MARC Programs would like to extend an invitation to attend  a public lecture featuring Dr. Erika Camacho.  Dr. Camacho  is  a professor of mathematics at Arizona State University and an excellent role model for our students.   She is the daughter of Mexican immigrant parents who once sold clothes in the back alleys in East Los Angeles.  In high-school she was a student of Jaime Escalante who was featured in the movie Stand and Deliver.  Against all odds, she did her undergraduate at  Wellesley and earned her doctorate degree in Cornell University.

“The story of what she had to overcome, and her desire for other Latinas to do the same “is a very passionate topic for me,” she said. “I was born in Mexico (Guadalajara). My mom was a house cleaner. She read a lot and was good at numbers. My stepdad was a janitor. I started working when I was 13 years old. I worked from 8 to 8 in the streets of Los Angeles.”

Title: Knocking Down Walls:  Fulfilling the Promise of “Stand and Deliver”

Date: Thursday, April 13

Time: 6:30 PM

Location: MB 0.104

Edwin J. Barea-Rodriguez, Ph.D. 

Professor of Neurobiology and Associate Dean for Student Success and Instructional Innovation

Director, RISE/MARC Students Training and PEM Sloan Programs

Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education (PULSE) Fellow

College of Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio

Office: FLAWN 3.02.18

210-458-5481

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