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### Shownotes
In 2016, a study out of the University of California San Diego stated
that there were 587 Latino faculty members in the United States. Out of
those 587, 485 were men, and only 102 of them were women.
Today we spoke with one of those 102. Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, PhD
is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Penn State University. We
spoke about her decision to pursue academia and what is it like to run a
lab and the day-to-day of being a faculty member.
📧 Feel free to say hello via hello(at)latinoswhotech(period)com
### Connect
Hugo Castellanos https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugocastellanos/
Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, PhD https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariantgutierrez/
https://www.ae.psu.edu/department/directory-detail-g.aspx?q=mvg5899
### TimeStamps
00:07 1 of only 102 latina engineering faculty in the USA
02:53 Icebreaker: What would you do with 10 extra hours?
07:29 Why did you decide on Academia?
09:14 Life as a professional athlete
18:57 Professors PLAY tennis
20:09 Studying Natural Disasters
21:48 How she structures her time: Day to day of a professor
30:04 How do researchers tailor their grant writing to attract more funding?
36:16 Constraints fuel innovation
41:27 What is it like to run your own lab?
49:07 How to contact Mariantonieta if you are interested in research and grad school
