Dr. Lissette Delgado-Cruzata (she/ella) earned a B.S. in Biochemistry at University Havana, Cuba, and her PhD from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, in New York. She is an Associate Professor of Molecular Biology at John Jay College in the City University of New York. She is a Fulbright Scholar. Her research focuses on identifying the epigenetic patterns specific to US Latinas and Latin-American women with breast cancer centering on their genetic admixture. She is passionate about increasing the number of underrepresented minority students that go on to graduate programs, and mentors many undergraduates in her research lab. She also has a deep commitment to increasing diversity and inclusion in the teaching of STEM disciplines. She is the PI of a NSF funded project that proposes to create classroom materials using a culturally affirming lens in science courses.