content image

John Benson

Freelance Writer

Follow this author

Latinos wanted: Push for Hispanics in STEM Fields

02/03/2014 01:56pm | 21211 views

In some regards, UC Berkeley Ph.D. student Anastasia Chavez’s story should be commonplace: After graduating from college, the first in her family to get a college degree, Chavez went for her master’s degree at the behest of a “pretty amazing mentor” while marrying and starting a family.

Epitomizing the uniqueness of her story and ubiquitous problem facing universities across the country is the fact that this Latina student arrived at UC Berkeley’s math department among 161 Ph.D. students, 30 of which were women and six Chicano/Latino.

read more

About the Author

author image

John Benson

Freelance Writer

John Benson is employed as a fulltime freelance writer writing for local/national outlets. When he's not covering news, music or entertainment, he can be found coaching his boys (basketball, football and baseball) or spending time with his wife, Maria.