Six Examples of Submitted Diversity Statements (redacted):
Example 1 - I remember my first meeting with #### University’s coordinator for chemistry outreach. My idea
was to develop an outreach program that would engage high school students in atmospheric chemistry, having
students spend a day on the #### University campus participating in studies of indoor and outdoor air quality
using portable gas analyzers and aerosol particle collectors. One of the questions the coordinator asked during
that meeting was which schools to contact? Knowing that nearby #### Junior/Senior High School students had
plentiful opportunities to engage with the university, I told him we should diversify and invite students from
different socioeconomic and historically under-represented regions in the state of ####. I think this exemplifies
my commitment to engage and advance community interest in the sciences. At UC San Diego, I will continue
engaging students through similar programs and be an advocate for diversity in the chemical sciences.
My time as a graduate student and postdoctoral researcher provided a well-rounded experience working with
wonderful people from all backgrounds, a leap from the small, mostly white southern town outside of ####,
where I grew up. I thrived living and working in one of the most culturally diverse areas in the United States
while pursuing my doctorate at #### University. At #### I was a mentor for three years for freshmen and
sophomore female students as part of the Women in Science and Engineering (WSE) program and served as the
lead instructor for the #### atmospheric science section, which was developed to foster underrepresented
minority middle and high school student interest in atmospheric science. As founder of #### atmospheric
chemistry outreach program on indoor and outdoor air quality and current mentor of three outstanding female
graduate student researchers, one Hispanic and another with diagnosed narcolepsy, and a post-doctoral
researcher from ####, I have learned how to effectively communicate with students from different educational
backgrounds, abilities/disabilities, and from backgrounds that are very different from my own.
At UC San Diego, I will actively seek opportunities in research, the classroom, and across campus to enhance
diversity and opportunity for individuals from historically under-represented backgrounds. Specifically, I will
seek scholarship and fellowship opportunities for minority students in my lab and in the department, for
example, encouraging and working with students on applications for the Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher
Degrees of Success (MS PHD’S) in Earth System Science and the McNair Scholars Program. I plan to become an
affiliate of the Cross Cultural Center at UC San Diego, to build connections and cultivate cultural diversity in the
chemical sciences. I will regularly involve undergraduate and high school student interns in my research through
programs such as WSE and serve as a mentor for programs already in place at UC San Diego, including the
Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) and Summer Training Academy for Research in the
Sciences (STARS) program.
I believe scientific communication is key and connections with people and institutions beyond our borders is just
as important for a sustainable and prosperous research program. One area that I think needs vast improvement
in the University setting is in the development of a free on campus resource where English as second language
(ESL) researchers can bring their manuscripts for copyediting and substantive editing services. Having experience
as a freelance contract editor for an international scientific editing service, I have helped numerous international
researchers share their science in English as first language journals. Given my experience, I would be excited to
start such a service at UC San Diego, with the mission to provide on-campus international researchers an inviting
space to share their manuscripts and advance their science through communication in leading English as first
language scientific journals.
I believe diversity inclusion in the classroom and research laboratory is critical for academic and research
success. At UC San Diego, I will work with students and faculty regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, age,
religion, language, abilities/disabilities, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or country of origin. As long as