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Sandra Begay: 2020 Indigenous Excellence Awardee / Navajo Nation
When Sandra Begay was an 11-year-old attending boarding school, she knew she wanted a career in engineering. It wasn’t that she was taking an engineering course in elementary school, but rather it was when she realized there was a problem that could be solved.
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Dr. Kristina Gonzales-Wartz / Navajo Nation / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
These days the lab where Kristina Gonzales-Wartz works is a very busy place. A biomedical scientist with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Gonzales-Wartz has joined the Laboratory of Immunogenetics in Rockville, Md., on an urgent mission to develop monoclonal antibodies against COVID-19.
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How to tell your Native story in a job interview
You’ve landed a job interview … Now what? Think of it as a mission you have to plan and prepare for, then practice until you’re ready. According to the employment screening company JDP, 70 percent of job applicants practice their interview responses out loud. Taking the time to run through potential answers is one of the best ways to be ready for an interview.
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Talking Story with BMM Testlabs Native STEM Interns
As the summer heat swells in Las Vegas, BMM Testlabs AISES Internship has begun again with two new AISES members being welcomed into the program.
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CEDRIC MANNIE / NAVAJO NATION / UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY / COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Cedric Mannie grew up in a small rural community called Kinlichee on the Navajo Reservation.
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Dr. Nizhoni Denipah / Navajo Nation / Christus St. Vincent Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialists / Otolaryngology
The world of medicine is vast, and as a youngster Nizhoni Denipah knew she wanted to be part of it.