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Become A Researcher

Meet five researchers at different points in their scientific careers. Learn about how science came into their lives, how they navigated through challenges and hear their advice to anyone hoping to become a researcher.

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Watch the series trailer above! Hear from five researchers at different points in their scientific careers. Learn about how science came into their lives, how they navigated through challenges and hear their advice to anyone hoping to become a researcher.

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Join Enhance Science for our third annual #FaceOfScience social media campaign celebrating inclusive excellence in science! Participating in the campaign is easy. Simply: 


  1. Write “#FaceOfScience” on a piece of paper 
  2. Take a photo of yourself holding it
  3. Post on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter using the hashtag #FaceOfScience and tag @enhancescience. You can also add to your photo by describing what you love most about being a scientist.

Watch the series trailer above! Hear from five researchers at different points in their scientific careers. Learn about how science came into their lives, how they navigated through challenges and hear their advice to anyone hoping to become a researcher.

Watch the teaser

Join the #FaceOfScience. Celebrating scientists and researchers everywhere! Learn More
Join the #FaceOfScience. Celebrating scientists and researchers everywhere! Learn More

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‘From ancient scientists to the next generation of leaders’

In her episodes of the Become A Researcher video series, Halaevalu Vakalahi, PhD, shares how her indigenous roots shaped her path to become a researcher and inspires optimism for the future of science.


Vakalahi grew up in Hawaii with her Tongan family, whose ancestral indigenous knowledge and traditions made it easy for her to develop her scientific curiosity. 


“There were people who went from Tonga to Samoa, to Tahiti, to New Zealand or Aotearoa to here to Hawaii with no compass, [with] none of our technological wayfinding, it was traditional,” Vakalahi said. “They looked at the stars, they felt the ocean, they felt the wind and sort of, like, allowed nature and… I guess their spiritual connection, to guide them from one space to the other. I think that these ancient scientists, I wanna call them, left for us a really deep value for science.”


Read her story to learn more.

Watch new episodes featuring Halaevalu Vakalahi, PhD

In her episodes of the Become A Researcher video series, Halaevalu Vakalahi, PhD, shares how her indigenous roots shaped her path to become a researcher and inspires optimism for the future of science.


Vakalahi grew up in Hawaii with her Tongan family, whose ancestral indigenous knowledge and traditions made it easy for her to develop her scientific curiosity. 


“There were people who went from Tonga to Samoa, to Tahiti, to New Zealand or Aotearoa to here to Hawaii with no compass, [with] none of our technological wayfinding, it was traditional,” Vakalahi said. “They looked at the stars, they felt the ocean, they felt the wind and sort of, like, allowed nature and… I guess their spiritual connection, to guide them from one space to the other. I think that these ancient scientists, I wanna call them, left for us a really deep value for science.”

Read her story to learn more.


From the Canal to Chemistry: Juan Castillo shares his story

Juan Castillo’s educational journey came with its fair share of ups and downs. He shares his story in the new “Become A Researcher” video series from the Diversity Program Consortium’s Enhance Science project. 


Read about his story here.

Research Training Opportunities

There are many training opportunities for undergraduates interested in biomedical research careers. Scroll through the different opportunities below.

Face Of Science Video Series

Meet 10 inspiring young researchers enhancing science across the nation. Hear about the passion that fuels their research, what a scientist identity means to them and how they plan to shape the future of science.


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Visualizing inclusive excellence in STEM.

Enhance Science is a visual media project that brings the next generation of scientists front and center. It showcases the real-life impact of initiatives that promote inclusivity and equity in STEM. Because enhancing diversity means enhancing science itself.

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