Meet Alberto: 

“I am a first-generation Peruvian-American from Houston, Texas and received my Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. While conducting biophysical postdoctoral research as my day job, after hours I created the web portal MinorityPostdoc.org (2003), founded the Postdoc Committee of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), and co-founded the Diversity Committee of the National Postdoctoral Association. Since 2011 as Editor, I have been publishing original DiverseScholar articles on the issues of diversity, STEM, and higher education thereby serving as a venue for faculty and trainee scholars to disseminate their diversity testimonials and promising practices. In recognition of my achievements, I have received the University of California, Irvine Chancellor’s Living Our Values Award, the SACNAS Presidential Service Award, a semi-finalist for the Echoing Green social entrepreneurship fellowship (2013 & 2014), and was a finalist for the UNITY Journalists for Diversity NewU Startup Competition (2013).”