Letty Treviño

Letty helps coordinate the recruitment and retention of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in the biosciences. She has made it her job to understand complex systems made up of policy, procedure, and relationships. Letty identifies as a first-generation graduate, queer Latina, immigrant, and person with disabilities, whose passion lies in working towards building a more inclusive and accessible university.

Letty facilitates many trainings, workshops, and community-building events for bioscience trainees. She is trained through the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) to facilitate Research Mentor Training. Topics covered: Mentorship Training, Effective Communication, Inclusion & Accessibility Training, Writing, Networking, Acclimating to Graduate School, Wellness, Self-Advocacy, Career Exploration, Values Assessment, Project Management, Bureaucracy Navigation, and more.