Dr. Mónica Feliú Mójer heads home to Puerto Rico to explore how culture, community, and identity have shaped her work as a scientist and science communicator.

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~About the Film~

“Coming Home” is a short documentary following Dr. Mónica Feliú Mójer as she returns to Puerto Rico to serve as the emcee of the national conference of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). The film showcases her upbringing in a rural working class community and how it instilled values of equity, justice, solidarity, and collective care that drive her science communication and engagement work today.

~About Dr. Mónica Feliú Mójer~

Mónica is a bilingual science communicator who taps into her science PhD training, personal background, and culture (a woman from a rural working-class community in Puerto Rico) to engage historically underserved and overlooked audiences with science. As Director of Inclusive Science Communication for the Science Communication Lab, she produces short films that challenge deficit narratives about scientists of color and from marginalized backgrounds and creates courses to support the professional development of scientists. Dr. Feliú-Mójer also serves as Director of Public Engagement with Science for Ciencia Puerto Rico. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and serves on the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication. Website: https://www.monicafeliu.com/

~About the Science Communication Lab~

We are a non-profit organization of scientists and filmmakers collaborating on documentaries in order to build a more scientifically-engaged society. Find out more at https://sciencecommunicationlab.org/