Dr. Robert Fernandez grew up in New Jersey as an undocumented immigrant and went on to earn his PhD in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry at Yale University. In this interview with YouTooBio's Jayme Dyer, Dr. Fernandez shares the challenges he encountered and how he learned to succeed as an undocumented Latino student navigating higher education. He co-founded Cientifico Latino, an organization dedicated to providing resources for students from under-represented backgrounds to help them navigate - and thrive! - in biological and biomedical higher education programs.

0:00 Intro
0:50 Dr. Fernandez describes his journey from Peru to PhD at Yale
8:40 Dr. Fernandez describes his PhD research
12:01 Dr. Fernandez describes Cientifico Latino

Científico Latino: https://www.cientificolatino.com/

Image credits:
C. elegans video by Bob Goldstein CC BY-SA 3.0
Fluorescently tagged neurons by Robert Fernandez, used with permission

This video is copyright Jayme Dyer, published under the Creative Commons CC-BY SA 4.0 license.

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