00:03:14Introduction and Biography
00:05:26Act 1 - Early childhood, and schooling in Chihuahua, Mexico, 1970s - 1990s
00:05:27First generation college student from her family
00:08:25Working right after finishing school, at a video rental company
00:16:18Wanting to go to college, but no money to do so
00:17:44Act 2 - BS Program at Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Mexico, 1996-2000
00:22:39Preparing to get a job after BS, and then accidentally attending a talk about a fellowship for graduate school
00:26:36Act 3 - MS Program at Instituto Nacional de Astrofısica, Optica y Electronica, Puebla, in Mexico, 2000-2002
00:30:18Act 4 - Politics in Mexico, 1990s and 2000s
00:33:42Act 5 - Moving from MS to PhD, 2002
00:37:03Act 6 - Immigrating to the US, 2005
00:37:04Applying for positions near end of PhD, without much success
00:39:17Applying a second time after postdoc
00:41:20Act 7 - Assistant Prof at University of Alabama Birmingham, 2009-2014
00:43:15Having a baby while starting as Asst Prof! “Maternity leave in the US (academia) is non-existent.”
00:48:20Act 8 - Tenured Faculty at U Houston, 2014-Present
00:48:21Negotiating strategies: “As female researchers, we tend to not ask for more.”
00:54:31Act 9 - Retrospective and Perspective
00:54:32Handling failures and rejections
00:57:48Handing Impostor Syndrome
01:01:33Role models and mentors: “The ones that stick to me are the ones that are generous and kind and approachable.”
01:05:39Alternate Realities: Had she been born in the US...
01:07:24Constantly filling cultural gaps as an immigrant
01:10:13Thank you and Ending
