but i owe my path to my family and my mentor, including my division chief diane havler, and my peer, without whom i would haven't got enhere and wouldn't take no for an answer and thought outside the box. i hope to provide guidance to the next generation. as a latina physician improving equity in stem and the physician work force is such a priority for me. so i am lucky to work on this in two ways. as the associate director for the center for aids research, part of my job and passion is ensuring that cis and trans women are represented in research. and that we are forming research design and represented among faculty and doctors. and then improving equity in the physician workforce is a top priority and making the structural changes needed and ensuring that the mentorship is there. there is a vast disparity in representation among doctors, especially in the u.s. and california. and just as an example, latinos make up 40% of the california population, but only fewer than 4% of physicians are latina in california. we have a lot of work to do, but i'm fired up to make change and so insp

but i owe my path to my family and my mentor, including my division chief diane havler, and my peer,ut whom i would haven't got enhere and wouldn't take no for an answer and thought outside the box. i hope to provide guidance to the next generation. as a latina physician improving equity in stem and the physician work force is such a priority for me. so i am lucky to work on this in two ways. as the associate director for the center for aids research, part of my job and passion is ensuring that cis and trans women are represented in research. and that we are forming research design and represented among faculty and doctors. and then improving equity in the physician workforce is a top priority and making the structural changes needed and ensuring that the mentorship is there. there is a vast disparity in representation among doctors, especially in the u.s. and california. and just as an example, latinos make up 40% of the california population, but only fewer than 4% of physicians are latina in california. we have a lot of work to do, but i'm fired up to make change and so inspired b