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"Lupita Montoya, an assistant professor in engineering at CU Boulder, projected her speech in both English and Spanish. Montoya is a first generation Chicana scholar who applies her skills as an engineer with the goal of achieving social and environmental justice. She spoke听about听the underrepresentation of people of color in the scientific community and how this demographic most severely feels the environmental challenges the country faces today.
Montoya got involved with the March for Science through her membership in the Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native Americans in Science.
鈥淚f you really care about something, then presumably you rise up and fight for it, and that鈥檚 how I feel right now,鈥� Montoya said before the march.
She enthusiastically encourages her students to pursue scientific careers, even in such uncertain times.
鈥淣umber one, people need to be educated about what鈥檚 happening, especially young people,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hey should be concerned because it鈥檚 not just cuts for research. It鈥檚 about jobs in the future, education opportunities, all of those things.鈥澨�