Hispanics in STEM
First Mexican Astronaut
Jose Hernandez
Which letter has an accent in "pais"
i
What does SHPE stand for?
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Derivative of 8x^2 + 3x
16x + 3
How many Latin American countries are there?
33
Electrical Engineer that was aboard of Blue Origin’s NS-21
Katya Echazarreta
Spell "engineer" in spanish
ingeniero
What Region are we?
1
What is the brain of the computer that processes instructions.
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Who is the Mexican president?
Claudia Sheinbaum
Co-created the language-learning app Duolingo
Luis von Ahn
How many letters are in the Spanish alphabet?
27
What year and where was SHPE founded?
Los Angeles, 1974
UC Berkeley professor won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on CRISPR gene-editing
Jennifer Doudna
Name 3 Latin dances
Bachata
Jarabe Tapatío
🇨🇴 Cumbia
🇩🇴 Merengue
🇨🇺 Salsa
🇨🇺 Rumba
🇧🇷 Samba
🇦🇷 Tango
🇵🇷 Bomba y Plena
🇵🇪 Marinera
🇨🇱 Cueca
The inventor of color television
Guillermo González Camarena
What language is Spanish derived from?
Latin
What is our region chant?
Second to none! Region one.
Which molecule carries genetic information in all living organisms
DNA
What is the backstory of tacos?
Come from the small, paper-wrapped explosives used by 18th-century Mexican silver miners, which were called "tacos".
What is the percentage of undergraduate students who identify as Chicanx/Latinx at UCB as of 2024
22%
How do you say "embarrassed" in Spanish
avergonzad@
Who was the member main founder of SHPE?
Rodrigo T. (Rod) Garcia
What did UC Berkeley Professor Omar Yaghi recently win a nobel prize for?
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating metal–organic frameworks, materials that can capture and store gases like carbon dioxide and hydrogen.
Difference between latinos and hispanics?
Hispanic = Spanish-speaking
Latino = from Latin America.