Puerto Rico

Dr. Agustin Diaz

This is a special episode in which you will get to meet one of the people who have helped me make this podcast a reality. Dr. Agustin Diaz is a first-generation Cuban-American, born in Puerto Rico to a Cuban mother and a Puerto Rican father. He is the product of the public educational system in Puerto Rico, which despite the challenges it faces, just like many other public educational systems around the world, gave him the tools to be the first in his family to become a college graduate, a doctor in Chemistry, and a well-recognized figure in the 3D printing industry. Dr. Diaz is proof that our circumstances don't determine what we achieve in life, and he encourages you to be resilient, bold and to work hard to achieve your goals.

Some of the opportunities mentioned during this episode:

UPR NASA Puerto Rico Space Grant Consortium
Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) Program
Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agustin-diaz-13b0b619/