Anayancy Ramos

delta sleep x hail the sun 🖤
it is a beautiful thing to still get goosebumps when seeing my fav bands 💫

so cool 🤩 excited to read!!

unfortunately did not get raptured so i did in fact have to finish the experiment i've been putting off 😔

I will def check out, thank you!!

thank YOU for sharing!! Now I’m motivated and inspired to get my own website up and running 😆

Insanely cool work & website!! 😮

Still coming down from the high of the annual HHMI Gilliam meeting. To be seen is to be loved, and I truly felt that. Even with the constant undercurrent of anxiety and disappointment (because of … well, everything), there was still so much joy and laughter.

Remember: Joy is resistance. ✨

Journalist Mario Guevara Speaks - Letter from ICE DETENTION FACILITY — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER The only journalist detained by ICE on US soil, sends a letter to The Bitter Southerner.

“I do have a lot to say about the federal prison in Atlanta, where ICE transferred me on Monday, July 7.

The prison is not only old, ugly and gloomy, but it is also designed to drive people crazy.”

bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...

tired of being told that survival in academia means staying quiet and keeping my head down. in this political climate, silence doesn’t feel to me like safety. it feels like complicity. my gut is telling me to speak, even if it costs something.

To everyone trying to survive systems built to exclude us: your presence is power. Our persistence is the resistance. 6/6
#WomenInSTEM #UndocumentedAndUnafraid #ScienceForAll

Do your work, but don’t be too visible. Contribute, but don’t ask for rights. Be exceptional, but don’t expect protection.
But I’m done shrinking. I belong in science not in spite of who I am, but because of who I am. 5/6

And I bring that resilience with me into every classroom, every experiment, and every space I have fought to be included in.
The politicization, silencing, and stripping of resources that is happening to scientists right now feels eerily familiar. It’s what undocumented people have always faced. 4/6

Budget cuts may shrink our labs, policies may undermine our presence, but I’ve lived with instability my whole life. Navigating fear and uncertainty is not new to me. It’s how I got here. 3/6

I've built a life and research career under constant scrutiny and fear: waiting for policy changes that could upend my life, navigating a system that demands proof of belonging, even while I’m pushing the boundaries of what we understand about the world. But the thing is, I'm not going anywhere. 2/6

I’m a woman. I’m undocumented. I’m a scientist. And right now, that combination feels like a direct challenge to everything the current administration is trying to erase. 1/6

I am a proud HHMI Gilliam Fellow alumn. The HHMI funded me at a critical time in my career - a real inflection point that made me realize that I had a place and future in science. I always looked to the HHMI as a safety net to those historically excluded by academia, 1/4

For anyone still not taking this seriously, this is what defcon 1 looks like re: the end of America as a scientific superpower. Heartbroken for our Harvard colleagues and for the world to lose this science.

Pedro Pascal reshares video which says the U.S. has become a police state
A state where there is no higher authority

> and yet despite paying into programs like Social Security, undocumented people are barred from accessing these programs

😑😑😑
Tired of being silent on this. Protect each other, folks. Find your community and protect each other.

for further context:
> undocumented students are ineligible for federal or state tuition assistance in GA
> undocumented students are barred from being admitted into GA’s “top” public schools (ex: Georgia Tech)
> undocumented people contribute $96.7B in taxes annually (via ITEP)

The statement reads: We are disappointed in the rapid capitulation by some U.S. institutions and organizations to recent attacks on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access. At their core, these weak arguments are fueled by the familiar underlying assumption that people from Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized identities cannot be excellent and therefore have not ‘earned’ our place in public intellectual life. However, we have always been competent, hardworking, and creative people who have contributed positively to society at large, across sectors but especially in science. We reject these attempts at silencing and erasure and will continue to be a place of respite and community in these turbulent times. To our members, your talent, skills, and safety are important! To our friends and allies, you may be feeling like everything happening is out of your control, but we want you to know that your voice and actions can make a difference. We want to point you towards some immediate actions that you can take. These are the top 3 issues we are concerned about and what you can do about it if you mirror our concerns. Freezing of federal funding and cutting grant programs for scientific research that have any connotation of being “DEI.” The potential confirmation of RFK Jr., a vocal anti-vaccination proponent, as the head of HHS. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) removed their ABRCMS and IDEAAS webpages in addition to some scientist spotlights and written articles highlighting the current and historic contributions of microbiologists who are a part of marginalized communities including LGBTQIA+, Women, Indigenous and Black, as well as others page that could be considered “‘DEI”. Many have now been reinstated with changes to language (i.e. removing terms like “equity” and “marginalized”), and the statements released by ASM did not acknowledge the harm that they have caused to their members and showed no remorse for their actions.

A statement from the BMA Board Members to the BMA Community and Beyond.

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Hi Flora! Can I be added? Current Gilliam Fellow here :)