Cientifico Latino, Inc.

✨Our 2024 Annual Report is out!✨
Full report: cientificolatino.com/annualreport

Includes:
🌟Director’s statement
🌟Program stats + testimonials
🌟Fee waiver partner map
🌟Org history
🌟Press highlights

On November 5, we hosted our fourth NYC PhD Ready Workshop Series at Rockefeller University on "Funding, Connections, and Careers in Science" in partnership with RockEDU. ⁠
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Thank you Jessi Hersh, PhD (Program Manager at RockEDU Science Outreach) and Jeanne Garbarino (Executive Director, RockEDU Science Outreach) for co-hosting this workshop for NYC college students on how research is funded and how they can establish themselves as a scientific professionals.⁠
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Special thank you to our facilitators at Rockefeller University, Calvin Herman, PhD candidate, Mary Whelan, PhD candidate, Cassidy Johnson, Graduate Fellow and Jessica Pintado Silva, Civic Science Fellow for leading break-out sessions on resume writing, building LinkedIn profiles, and informational interviews. ⁠
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#CientificoLatino #NYC #PhDReady

🎓 GSMI 2026: Navigating Direct Admit PhD Programs⁠
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📅 Tuesday, November 17th⁠
⏰ 3pm ET / 12pm PT⁠
🔗 Register here: eventbrite.com/e/gsmi-2026-na…

In this panel session, our GSMI alumni in Astrophysics, Biomedical Engineering, and Computer Science will share their experience navigating direct admit PhD programs. ⁠
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Topics include:⁠
• How direct admit programs differ from rotation-based programs⁠
• Finding potential advisors and whether they are taking new students⁠
• Tailoring your statement of purpose
• Questions to ask during interviews about funding, mentorship, and lab culture⁠
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Our Executive Director, Robert Fernandez, PhD, is moderating a panel session at #SACNAS2026 on "Demystifying the STEM PhD Admissions Process" on October 29, 4.15pm PT in Long Beach, CA⁠.⁠
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Our panelists include: ⁠
1) Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, Ph.D., Director of the Yale Ciencia Initiative, Office of Collaborative Excellence of Yale School of Medicine⁠
2) Melissa Ramirez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities⁠
3) Valerie Tornini, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles⁠
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This session will bring together faculty and a program director to discuss their work at the intersection of graduate admissions and trainee support. Speakers will discuss how the admissions landscape is shifting with institutional practices, including the growing absence of university fee waivers for groups that serve underserved communities, and what those changes mean for prospective graduate students navigating the application process. Speakers will also share strategies on how trainees can build competitive applications and discuss efforts to support trainees through the graduate school pipeline.⁠
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#SACNAS2026

Científico Latino's NYC Workshop Series on "What do Careers in the sciences look like" on 11/20 at 4pm at the CUNY Graduate Center.
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Come join Robert W. Fernandez, PhD as he moderates a session with Ashley Chui, PhD (Principal Scientist Waypoint Bio), Daisy Duan, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow NYU Langone Health), and Paige Miranda, PhD (Partnerships Manager at The Transmitter).⁠
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⁠Register today: ⁠cientificolatino.com/nyc-workshop-04

Workshop topics:⁠
✅ How to use your PhD training to be competitive for scientific careers⁠
✅ Explore academic and non-academic STEM Careers⁠
✅ Transferable skills from graduate school to the scientific workforce⁠
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#CientificoLatino #NYC #PhDReady