Alberto Roca

@minoritypostdoc.bsky.social

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Exec.Dir., DiverseScholar. Editor, MinorityPostdoc.org & SciCommDiversity.org. Helping PhDs network w/diversity recruiters & opportunities in STEM fields. Am #LatinxInSTEM & ally: #BlackInSTEM #NativeInSTEM #QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #VeteranInSTEM

Selfie photo by large sign that spells out ABRCMS in blue letters. Sign also has their logo which is circle of white background interspersed with red, green, blue, orange wedges. Roca is smiling at camera; and, he has gray hair and wearing black guayabera shirt with flower decorations.
Photo of panelists from "Postdoc Fundamentals" session all standing from left to right Roca, Palominos, Paniagua, Zamora, and Sugiura. Roca is older with gray hair wearing glasses and blue guayabera shirt. Palominos has shoulder-length brown hair and is in a red shirt. Paniagua has shoulder-length brown hair and is wearing glasses and an orange cape-like sweater. Zamora has long brown hair and is wearing a white shirt with buttons. Finally Sugiura has shoulder-length blond hair while wearing glasses and a black blouse.
Alberto Roca in blue guayabera shirt & glasses in front of SACNAS green banner. Sign alternates between “SACNAS” in white font and New Mexico glyph logo in black. At Alberto’s side is cardboard cutout statue of 2025 themed antlered deer colored in white, brown, and light blue pattern.
Selfie of Alberto Roca in white guayabera shirt. He is standing next to poster of LatinxInBME poster that has logo of big black "x" with "Latin" and "in BME" (in red font) each in 2 quadrants of "x" shape while remaining 2 quadrants are filled with flags from North, Central, and South American countries. Same geographic continents are pictured behind logo as background. Poster also has text "A community of Latinx biomedical engineers that connect through scholarship and friendship".
Selfie photo by large sign that spells out ABRCMS in blue letters. Sign also has their logo which is circle of white background interspersed with red, green, blue, orange wedges. Roca is smiling at camera; and, he has gray hair, wearing gray sweater, and conference name badge.
Photo of 1000 piece puzzle depicting an illustration of the side profile of lion lying in tall grass. The artist's painting style has many geometric shapes filling in the yellow and orange grass blades. The lion's fur coloring is interpreted as jagged patches that range in color from grey-brown to tan in the animal's face while the mane is colored dark orange to red to dark green. The background is a blue & purple tinted savannah evening sky where the artist has triangle, square, and circles in the top left corner in various colors such as green red that match the colored tips of the foreground grass that is reaching to the sky above the lion's head.