science advocacy

Q&A with Lisette E. Torres: ‘We need science to work with and for the people’

We had the honor of interviewing Lisette E. Torres, a trained scientist, disabled-scholar activist, and director of the Cooper Foundation Center for Academic Resources at Nebraska Wesleyan University (NWU).

Natalie Joe standing, smiling in the front of a beautiful green park.

Where is my place as an aspiring Native American STEM advocate?

I have seen the need for more Native American STEM advocates and I want to answer the call. But shouldn’t my days be spent in lab?

Six students sit around a round table in a conference room, in discussion, and someone is filming them

Giving students a seat at the table: why we should teach science policy advocacy early on

Burgeoning scientists or science-curious students want to be part of both scientific and political conversations.