Latinos+in+History+JJ

Resources
 * Scholastic - Latinos in History
 * FactMonster.com
 * [|Wikipedia]

3 Spanish Women Who Have Won The Mosi Award:

 * 1) Dr. Ines Cifuentes
 * 2) Dr. [|Lydia Villa-Komaroff]
 * 3) Dr. Nora Volkow

Notes: Websites That I Will Use To Write My Essay:

Dr. Ines Cifuentes Websites:
 * @http://bio.sacnas.org/beta/pdf/cifuentes%20high%20school%20pdf.pdf
 * @http://www.rit.edu/cos/InesCifuentes.php

Dr Lydia Villa-Komaroff Websites:

 * @http://bio.sacnas.org/biography/Biography.asp?mem=86&type=2
 * @http://www.makers.com/lydia-villa-komaroff
 * @http://nihrecord.od.nih.gov/newsletters/2013/05_10_2013/story2.htm
 * []

Dr. Nora Volkow Websites:
 * @http://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/directors-page/biography-dr-nora-volkow
 * @http://www.hbo.com/addiction/thefilm/supplemental/624_nora_volkow.html

__Essay:__

Three Hispanics Who Have Made Amazing Contributions to Science and Technology

Do you realize how many Hispanics have done fantastic things to help improve technology and science? Every day Hispanics along with other races are working extremely hard to keep improving the lives of people with technology and science. Every year Mosi gives out a Hispanic Scientist of the Year Award. Men and women have received this award. The women who will be mentioned today have two things in common. First, they’re all women. Second, they have all received the Mosi Hispanic Scientist of the Year award.

Dr. Ines Cifuentes spent most of her childhood in Latin America. When Dr. Cifuentes was twelve she moved to America. She became the first woman to receive a Ph. D. in seismology from Columbia University. With the help of some of Dr. Cifuentes co-workers, she created CASE. CASE is a program designed to improve the teaching of mathematics and science in DC Public Schools. Dr. Cifuentes directed CASE for ten years. Dr. Cifuentes became the vice president of the Jamie Escalante Public Charter School Board in 2001. In 2002 she joined the board of CASA of Maryland and was the president from 2004-2005. Dr. Cifuentes was awarded the first Math Science award from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation. Dr. Cifuentes is presently working with the American Geophysical Union to boost the amount of young geophysicists working on a couple of the world’s biggest problems. She is just one of many Hispanics who have impacted the world of science. ("RIT College of Science |Ines Cifuentes.")

At about the age of 9, Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff decided that she wanted to become a scientist. In her hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico, a lot of the Mexican–American kids didn’t go to college after high school. Dr. Villa-Komaroff was not one of those students though. Her parents wanted her to go to college. Dr. Villa-Komaroff decided that she was going to become a chemist. Soon after having difficult struggles to understand the subject, she switched to Biology. Years later, she earned her Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Villa-Komaroff and her teammates found a way to grow a hormone outside of the human body. Dr. Villa-Komaroff is currently the Chief Scientific Officer at CytonomeST. People have this image that just because you’re a woman, you can’t be a great scientist. Dr. Villa-Komaroff is a perfect example of how that impression is not true. ("Lydia Villa-Komaroff."), ( “ Lydia Villa-Komaroff's Overview.")

Dr. Nora Volkow is the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dr. Volkow was born in Mexico. While growing up, she attended the Modern American School. She earned her medical degree from the National University of Mexico. She received the Robins award for best medical student of her generation. She spent most of her experienced career at the Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, where she held numerous leadership positions. Dr. Volkow was also a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Associate Dean of the Medical School at the State University of New York. She has edited three books on neuroimaging for mental and addictive disorders. Dr. Volkow wrote more than eighty book chapters and non-peer reviewed manuscripts. She has published more than 530 peer-reviewed articles. In conclusion, she has showed that drug addiction is a disease to the human brain. Her work and studies have led us to know more about obesity, ADHD, and aging. ("Biography of Dr. Nora Volkow.")

All three of these amazing Hispanic women have helped science evolve more to where we can understand it better. These scientists have showed that women can do things that men can do and they can do it just as good. It just depends on how much you love what you’re trying to achieve. With their hard work and dedication they have learned and discovered more about science. Hopefully, they’re path in science hasn’t stopped and they’ll continue to learn more about it.

Bibliography: "Biography of Dr. Nora Volkow." National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2014. .
 * This is a valid source because the same information is found on other websites.

"Lydia Villa-Komaroff." MAKERS. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2014. .
 * This is a good source because it’s a video of Dr. Villa-Komaroff telling her story.

"Lydia Villa-Komaroff's Overview." LinkedIn. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2014. .
 * This is Lydia Villa-Komaroff’s own profile on LinkedIn. Plus, the same information is found on Wikipedia.

"RIT College of Science |Ines Cifuentes." RIT College of Science |Ines Cifuentes. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2014. .
 * This is a valid source because the same information on this website is also found on other websites.