Mentors Make a Difference
A Mentor Helped this Scientist Fall in Love with Science
Published June 09, 2017
Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, PhD, Director of Science Alliance at the New York Academy of Sciences, grew up in a rural part of Puerto Rico and had never met a scientist before in her life. Then, along came her first mentor, who showed her the way to success and made her believe that she could achieve great things.
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