Women of Color Summit

Keynote Speaker

Erika Tatiana Camacho, PhD

Endowed Distinguished Professor, Department of Mathematics and Department of Neuroscience Developmental & Regenerative Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio; Fulbright Research Scholar, Sorbonne Université

Dr. Erika Tatiana Camacho is the inaugural holder of the Manuel P. Berriozábal, Ph.D. and María Antonietta Berriozábal Endowed Chair at the University of Texas at San Antonio, as well as a professor in the mathematics and neuroscience, developmental and regenerative biology departments. She previously served as a professor in the School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences at Arizona State University (ASU) and a Fulbright Research Scholar at the Institut de la Vision (IDV)- Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm) and Sorbonne Université in Paris.

In 2022 she ended three impressive years of work at the National Science Foundation (NSF) as Program Director of the ADVANCE, the Racial Equity in STEM Education, and Hispanic- Serving Institutions (HSI) Programs as well as co-Lead of the HSI Program. In her role of co-Lead, Camacho revamped and expanded the NSF HSI Program to create robust funding mechanisms that speak to and reflect the heterogenous HSI landscape. She received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring in 2014 for research with and mentoring of undergraduates.