Screenshot of LinkedIn post from Anne-Marie Nuñez. It reads, "Amid NSF grant terminations, we can share our NSF stories, and a picture is worth 1000 words. Shortly after our intergenerational, bilingual research team (pictured below) visited Puerto Rican HSIs to study STEM and computing education excellence and innovation, a comedian called Puerto Rico an “island of garbage.” Soon after that, one of these institutions called themselves an “island of champions,” winning national prizes in computing research competitions. Our work centers voices of overlooked institutions, understudied organizational strategies, and islands of excellence and innovation. The value of that work will not go away, even if the funding does. #NSF75 #SaveNSF #HSIs"
Photo of members of the research team, including Lauren, at one of their research sites in Puerto Rico.
#Research funding cuts don't just hurt the elite. These cuts affect institutions like #HSIs that mostly serve low-income, first-generation students. I'm proud of our participants and hope we can rebuild support for their critical work.