Fermilab, United States
I was a high school teacher in my home country of Venezuela when I was getting my master’s degree. Soon after, I moved to the United States and started my PhD. I was a theoretical physicist, but then I decided to try something new. I switched to experimental work. My first wonderful experience was installing and commissioning a huge prototype for the NOvA experiment. I’m a scientist now and enjoy the research, but I also like to do outreach and teach students at the lab. I see it as a way to engage and bring in new generations of scientists that are going to help us build future experiments. I coordinate STEM outreach events for high school and middle school girls and bring in scientists from the lab to share our experiences. I am excited about building the DUNE near detector – it’s going to be complex and have many challenges that I am looking forward to solving.