Her Story
About Luciana
Luciana Aguirre recently graduated with a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Houston. She currently works as a molecular lab technologist at a lab, where her daily responsibilities include preparing patient samples for DNA extraction, pipetting solutions, loading plates, and running PCR machines to deliver diagnostic results on infections. Passionate about ethics in engineering, she founded the Order of the Engineer at her university, resulting in 150 students graduating from the program. She enjoys yoga, painting, and basketball outside of work and hopes to transition into tissue engineering in the future.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Luciana
01What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Be confident, stay curious, and don’t be afraid to ask questions. Build relationships with other women in STEM. Most importantly, trust your abilities and don’t let being one of the few women in a room stop you from sharing your ideas or taking on leadership roles.
02What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Personalized medicine is the most challenging but also the most rewarding, because that way we can help each person individually more tailored to them.
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