Author: Karen Andrade

Dr. Karen Andrade recently completed her term as a Civic Science Fellow at the Science Philanthropy Alliance. An interdisciplinary environmental health scientist by training, Dr. Andrade has expertise in community- based participatory research and a robust track record of engaging diverse communities in science. She earned her PhD in Environmental Science, Policy & Management from UC Berkeley. Her career is devoted to building a scientific enterprise that is rigorous, transformative, and just.

An illustration of the Statue of Liberty as a scientist - with lab goggles and blue gloves holding a pipette. The background is a stormy red/blue/purple with a gritty texture.

Dreams Built on Myths: Of Science and the American Dream

As a Latinx, woman of color, immigrant scientist trained in the United States, science was at the heart of my American Dream.