Melissa Flores

Preferred Pronouns: She/Her/Ella

What types of questions can First-Gens reach out to you about?
Applying to PhD programs in STEM (I'm in Neuroscience studying honey bee behavior); getting started in research; succeeding as someone with an intersectional identity (queer, woman, indigenous, Latinx, 1st generation American)

I am Proud to Be First-Gen because …
my success is what my parents have worked so hard and made so many sacrifices for.