{"id":30911,"date":"2021-06-14T09:03:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T13:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/?p=30911"},"modified":"2022-08-06T09:10:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T13:10:26","slug":"sagrado-trustee-is-honored-with-a-3d-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/sagrado-trustee-is-honored-with-a-3d-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"Sagrado Trustee is Honored with a 3D statue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Puerto Rican scientist Greetchen D\u00edaz Mu\u00f1oz is part of #IfThenSheCan: The Exhibit.<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Greetchen D\u00edaz Mu\u00f1oz and her 3D statue (photos supplied).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Liz Yanira Del Valle
Collaborator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She stands firm and carries her inseparable microscope in hand. She is not alone. She is joined by 124 other female monuments standing in the garden and interiors of the NorthPark Center<\/a> mall in Dallas, Texas. It is the 3D statue of one of Sagrado\u2019s Board of Trustees<\/a><\/strong>, Dr. Greetchen D\u00edaz Mu\u00f1oz, director of the Science Education Program and Community Alliances of Puerto Rico<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D\u00edaz Mu\u00f1oz was selected as an ambassador for IF\/THEN<\/a><\/strong>, an initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies<\/a> designed to galvanize cultural change among girls and young women and motivate them to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#IfThenSheCan: The Exhibit<\/a>, which features 125 statues of outstanding women in STEM careers<\/strong>, opened recently with the support of the American Association for the Advancement of Science<\/a>. Each piece has a QR Code, which allows the viewer to read about the scientist\u2019s biography, education, and professional contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IfThenSheCan: The Exhibit (photo supplied)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is like a door. I see it as an opportunity to represent Puerto Rico and the work of its scientists<\/strong>; in addition to contributing to the most significant project of my life, which is to empower, inspire, and educate future science professionals who are just girls now,\u201d said the founder of Semillas de Triunfo<\/a><\/em> (Seeds of Success), a program that promotes getting women acquainted with science, as well as developing their leadership skills through a community component that enables young women to generate projects with an impact in their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to this biologist, the experience with the exhibit was quite a surprise with adventurous nuances. \u201cI went into a booth where they had a 360-degree camera and I did not leave the microscope, since they gave us the option of carrying a symbol with which we identified ourselves,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another objective of said educational art event is to emphasize the topic of gender equity. <\/strong>\u201cIn the United States, for every ten monuments erected to men there is only one that highlights a woman,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two other Puerto Rican scientists were honored along with Sagrado\u2019s trustee: Dr. Roselin Rosario Mel\u00e9ndez, a chemist that works in the cosmetics industry, and Dr. Minerva Cordero Bra\u00f1a, Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Texas at Arlington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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