Rainbow Paper

Jessica Esquivel is a particle physicist and the second-ever Black woman to receive her physics Ph.D. from Syracuse University. She works at Fermilab, America’s particle physics and accelerator lab, on something called the Muon g-2 experiment. As part of this project, Esquivel works with the largest detectors in the country to search for new physics. Jessica was one of 125 women selected as an American Society for the Advancement of Science IF/THEN ambassador, a program that shows girls many different career pathways they can pursue. As a minority in multiple facets of the word, Esquivel has a very personal recognition of the importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion in STEM. When asked why equality, diversity, inclusion, and representation were so important to STEM, Jessica responded that “we need unique lenses and solutions from everyone.” In fact, Esquivel is quoted as saying: “My process in doing science is unique to me because of, not in spite of, my minoritized identities.”

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