Full Name
Lisette Torres-Gerald
Job Title
Senior Researcher
Company
TERC
Speaker Bio
Dr. Lisette E. Torres-Gerald (she/her/ella) is a trained scientist and disabled scholar-activist who is a Senior Researcher at TERC, a math and science education non-profit, and the Director of Operations and Communication for the national NSF AISL equity resource center called the Reimagining Equity and Values in Informal STEM Education (REVISE) Center. Dr. Torres-Gerald has a doctorate with a Certificate in Social Justice from the School of Education at Iowa State University, a M.S. in Zoology with a Certificate in Ecology from Miami University, and a B.A. in Earth and Environmental Science and Religion Studies (double-major) from Lehigh University. Her academic research focuses on addressing racialized gender justice and disability in science and higher education. She is an active member of Science for the People, a co-founder of Sines of Disability, and a co-founder and former executive board member of the National Coalition for Latinxs with Disabilities (CNLD). Dr. Torres-Gerald is also an advisory board member of the Women in Engineering Pro-Active Network’s (WEPAN) ADVANCE Resource and Coordination (ARC) Network.
Lisette Torres-Gerald