Comic-Con 2023

Superhero and science fiction stories have long inspired young adults to become scientists, engineers, and STEM professionals. But often the stories have lacked diversity and inclusion. Ms. Marvel makes strides toward showing representation. Show creators and scientists Beatriz Mendez-Gandica, Ph.D. (founder, Nuevo Foundation); Chante Summers (biotherapeutic research scientist, IF/THEN ambassador); Kay Savage (data scientist, IF/THEN Ambassador); Sydney Hamilton (structural design engineer, IF/THEN ambassador); Anila Kanchan Madiraju, Ph.D. (studie director, metabolic diseases); Jiwandeep Kohli, Ph.D. (neuroscientist and clinical psychologist, UC San Diego); Chris Garza (Ph.D. & M.D. candidate, scientist biophysics and medicine, UC San Diego); and Jasmin Joestar (scientist) to explore how Ms. Marvel could change the worldview and what’s possible for the next generation of scientists and engineers. Moderated by Emily Chung (Fleet Science Center).