Vanessa Rosa, Ph.D.

This Wednesday, November 5, Science with Impact welcomes Dr. Checo Colón-Gaud, Associate Dean and Professor of Biology at Georgia Southern University.

Don’t miss this inspiring conversation on how purpose, representation, and community can build a more inclusive future for science.

What does it mean to have a "broader impact"? Beyond the papers, posters, and patents is the impact we have on our communities outside of academia. Hear 5 short stories about the unique spaces each of us occupies in trying to broaden the impacts of STEM Research:
C-160AB at 1:45 ET #NDiSTEM2025.

Key moments from the opening plenary #NDiSTEM2025. Come to booth #910 to say hi to Francesca Antillon and I, learn about NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation including #MONETCCI and to interview for SACNAS’s Social Media Street Team about broadening participation in STEM 🎉🥰

Key moments from the opening plenary #NDiSTEM2025. Come to booth #910 to say hi to Francesca Antillon and I, learn about NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation including #MONETCCI and to interview for SACNAS’s Social Media Street Team about broadening participation in STEM 🎉🥰

🌟 Curiosity isn’t just where science begins—it’s how it grows.

In our latest Science with Impact episode, Dr. Stephanie Pazos shares how failure, mentorship, & inclusion can redefine success in STEM.

🎧 Watch now - www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsXT...

🎙️ Coming Oct 22 — Science with Impact

Curiosity isn’t a flaw—it’s fuel.
Join Dr. Stephanie Pazos, chemist, educator & Chief Scientist at Heroica Technologies, as she shares how curiosity and resilience create inclusive pathways in STEM.

✨ Behind every Science with Impact episode is a small but mighty team. In this special episode, we share our own stories—why purpose matters more than prestige, and how storytelling + design make science resonate.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/X_OkfVkNlUA?...

🌟 What sustains a scientific career?
For Dr. Valeria De La Rosa-Reyes, it’s mentorship, collaboration & joy—not just papers.

From guiding undergrads in the lab to building resilient networks in Puerto Rico, her story shows how mentorship multiplies impact.

🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETu...

We’re all given gifts meant to be shared. Often, those gifts are disguised as challenges. #KeepUnwrapping

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❓Which talk would you be most interested in hearing?

If you are an Undergrad or work directly with Undergrads, I’d love your perspectives 🙏🏽

Thank you! 😊

Carmina Chavez, Juliana Margaux Marston, Dylan Gregson, Len needham, Gaile Ng, Sebastian Pujet, Lily Auster, Mark Nashi, Isaiah Frazier, Khari Rivers immediately come to mind as some exceptional Undergraduate Researchers

I’m humbled and have a small ask of my community. What would you find most interesting/useful about:
1️⃣ How I found my career path,
2️⃣ Insights into my day-to-day experiences as an entrepreneur and broader impacts director,
3️⃣ Questions I could uniquely answer that would help undergraduate chemists.

“Your role as the founding director of Science with Impact, where you empower research organizations to transform STEM advancements into lasting societal change through strategic communication and impact measurement, is truly visionary.” 🥹

I’m working on healing a limiting brief around why people care about my path through STEM. Theodore Alivio kindly invited me to speak for an Undergraduate Symposium saying:

We’re on the road again (husband’s gigs as a recording artist 🎶), and I have my handy notebook to help me plan for the upcoming American Chemical Society conference #ACSSpring2026 in Atlanta.

Academic careers aren’t always stable. I shared my story with @cenmag about building Science with Impact, diversifying beyond grants, and reimagining what it means to be a scientist today.

Read the full piece here 👉 lnkd.in/geE-P3iR

✨ Science isn’t one-size-fits-all. In this episode of Science with Impact, Jocelyn Bosley shares how metaphors, storytelling & Fun-Sized Physics help make complex ideas click.

🎥 Watch the full episode - www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETu...

In this week’s Science with Impact Podcast, I sat down with Dr. Matt Wilkins, Founder and CEO of Galactic Polymath, to explore why supporting educators is the key to building a science-positive society.

🎧 Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/tR4ZZ675Qok?...

My Chemical Story: Finding stability by starting something new Envisioning your career as a diversified working portfolio

My Chemical Story: Finding stability by starting something new cen.acs.org/careers/Chem...

Two, huge, military-grade rolling cases with FIVE latches.

I don’t know whose idea it was (it was mine 🙄) to carry two of these artillery grade suitcases full of heavy outreach equipment across God’s green earth, but whoever they are, they trippin!

Side note: I just learned you can check a max of 20 items with Southwest (costs $2,800) 😱

🔥 Real talk: This is how we track research trainees across 14 labs

Live Notion database → Real-time career updates → Instant resource matching

Result: Labs don't just meet NSF requirements, they exceed them because they can see their progress.

The power of making data visual and actionable ✨

I’ll be joining thousands of changemakers at #NDiSTEM2025 this fall in Columbus, Ohio!

Want to meet up to record a special in-person episode of the Science with Impact podcast?
DM to coordinate a time on site, Oct 30–Nov 1, in Columbus.

#NDiSTEM2025 #SACNAS #STEM #STEMCommunity

🧠 The Challenge: How do you know if a 5-minute science festival activity actually teaches anything? Most outreach relies on "smiles and thumbs up" as success metrics.

Our Solution: Pre-post assessment cards that capture learning in real-time.

#SciComm #STEMOutreach #ScienceEducation

🚀 Stop creating random content. Start building systematically.

After years of watching brilliant scientists struggle with content strategy, I created a framework that actually works for researchers: Inspired by Austin Kleon's "SHOW YOUR WORK."

#SciComm #AcademicLife #ResearchImpact

🎯 Save the Date: October 31st, 1:45-3pm ET

Excited to share the stage with these incredible STEM leaders at the 2025 NDiSTEM Leadership Symposium!

⭐️ Pamela Martínez Oquendo, Jennifer Aleman, Austin Shelton, Carmina Chavez, Francesca Antillon, and Corey Welch ⭐️

#NDiSTEM2025

My Chemical Story: Finding stability by starting something new Envisioning your career as a diversified working portfolio

🔬 Excited to share my story in Chemical & Engineering News! (as told to Chris Gorski with the American Chemical Society) 📰

🔑 Our skills as scientists are incredibly transferable.

Read my full story in C&EN: cen.acs.org/careers/Chem...

#ScienceCareers #ScienceCommunication #Entrepreneurship