People Behind

Program Director


Angelique Rosa Marín

she/her/ella

Coding Team

Tamara Aranguiz,

Coding Coordinator 

she/her/ella

Nicole Hucke,

Coding Coordinator 

 she/her/ella

Verónica Gaete-Elgueta ,

Coding Coach

 she/her/ella

Alina Valop, 

Coding Coach

she/her/ella

Ana María Perez-Hincapié, 

Coding Coach

she/her/ella

Science Communication Team

Gisela A. Morán, 

Science Communication Coordinator 

she/her/ella

Daniela Navarro,

Science Communication Coach

 she/her/ella

Darma Ramos, 

Science Communication Coach

she/her/ella

Cindy Bergeron,

Webmaster

 she/her/ella

Coquites

Visit their profiles and meet the scientists who will lead the future in Geoscience

Cohort 2     2022-2023

María Del Pilar González García, she/her

Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

Ana María Pérez-Hincapié, she/her

Colorado State University 

Verónica Gaete-Elgueta, she/her

University of Washington 

Beatriz Cosenza, she/her

Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

Luisa Chavarria , she/her

Michigan State

Suzan Aranda Luna, she/her

Guiliano Camiletti

Sebastian Bernal Vallejos, he/his

University of Idaho 

Susana Cavid, she/her

Our second cohort holds 11 early career geoscientists around the globe. This is a special cohort because we are teaching fully in Spanish this year.

Cohort 1    2021-2022

Walter Reategui, he/him

Universidad del Valle de México

Tlanezi L. Martínez Reyes, she/her

Universität Stuttgart

Andrea K. Vallejo, she/her

Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brasil

Ariadna G. Rosado Viurques, she/her

Universidad Iberoamericana

Francisca Ignacia Olivares Mendoza, she/her

Universidad de Concepción

Nelmary Rodríguez Sepúlveda, she/her

Michigan Technological University

Gisela Morán, she/her

IDEA(CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba)

Dalia N. Roncancio, she/her

Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales

Lucrecia Alvarez, she/her

University of Hull

Kailani Acosta, she/her

Columbia University

Geila V. Uzeda Orellana, she/her

Queen's University

Nicole Hucke, she/her

University of Idaho

Jose R. Silvestre, he/his

Tulane University

Denise Poveda, she/her

Louisiana State University 

Ileana Callejas, she/her

University of California  

Program Team

Dr. Nicole Gasparini she/her/ella

Principal Investigator

Isamar Cortés, M.Sc.,  she/her/ella

Program Co-founder Co-Director & Coding Coordinator

Dr. Mark Piper he/him/el

Support Technician 


Dr. Julie Labarkin, she/her/ella

Program Evaluator

Andrea Savedra, she/her/ella 

Program Evaluator Assistant

Past Coaches

Santiago Soler, Ph.D., he/him/el

Coding Coach

Mónica A. Gómez Correa, M.Sc., she/her/ella

Science Communication Coach 


Berenice Martínez Téllez, she/her/ella

Coding Coach

Sergio N. Villamarín Gómez, he/him/el

Coding Coach 

Coding Coach

Michelle Santos, she/her/ella

Coding Coach 

Sofía Montilla Barragán, M.Sc., she/her/ella

Science Communication Coach


Mariana Gomez, she/her/ella

Science Communication Coach


Agustina Pesce, Ph.D., she/her/ella

Coding Coordinator


Jessica Pi, she/her/ella

Science Communication Coach


Andrea Balza Morales, she/her/ella

Coding Coach


Invited Speakers

Natalia López Figueroa, Ph.D. Cand.  she/her

University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, Reef Indicators Lab 

Bayamón, Puerto Rico 


Prof. Isaac A. Mangual Martínez, he/him

Virginia Tech, School of Architecture and Design

Carolina, Puerto Rico

Daniela Navarro-Pérez, Ph.D. Cand.  she/her

Petrophysics and reservoir simulation in the UK

Punta Arenas, Chile

Collaborating Organizations

Latinas in Earth and Planetary Sciences

National Science Foundation