Episode 159: Science Evangelist
/“Your voice is precious, and you should protect it, and you should do everything in your power to make sure it gets heard. ”
ainissa ramirez
Ainissa Ramirez has loved science since the age of four. But her dreams of becoming a scientist were almost squelched when she got to college. When she graduated she vowed to make other people's journeys through science better than her own.
Today, she's helping thousands of people understand and appreciate how the world around them works - and maybe even go into science themselves. In this episode we talk about the influence her grandmother had on Ainissa’s life, the ups and downs of her career, leaving academia to go out on her own, and some of the amazing (often untold) stories in her new book, The Alchemy of Us.
She also has some solid advice for other women scientists who may be finding their workplaces...challenging.
You can also read a transcript of the show.
Further reading:
The Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez
STEM Education Needs a Course Correction by Ainissa Ramirez in Scientific American - this is where I first read about the airport bathroom story we talk about at the top of the show.
Black Images Matter: How Cameras Helped, and Sometimes Harmed, Black People by Ainissa Ramirez in Scientific American.