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Asusena Figueroa

Profile

  • Time Zone
    Pacific

  • Organization
    California State University - Long Beach

  • Role
    Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  • Research Interests (300 words)
    My research interest consists f

  • Profile Question 1
    When and why did you decide to go into a science career?

  • Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):
    I decided I wanted a science career while taking an environmental science class in high school. Many of the topics we were learning fascinated me, I could picture myself learning more about biology.

  • Profile Question 2
    What is your favorite plant? Why?

  • Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):
    My favorite plant is pseudognaphalium microcephalum, common name Wright's cuddled because it is very soft (has a lot of fine hairs) that can be compared to the softness of cotton.

  • Profile Question 3
    What is tough about being a scientist?

  • Answer the question you selected for profile question 3 here (300 words):
    What is tough about being a scientists is sometimes you talk to people that don't believe in anything that you do although we know that facts are otherwise. So sometimes communicating or trying to help them understand your viewpoints can be hard.

  • Help represent the outreach efforts of your societies. Please click all those organizations you are a member of:
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  • Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?
    1

Recent Posts

Mitochondrias Asusena Figueroa

Hey Team,

Thanks for letting me be your mentor it was nice working with a team like yours that was open to new ideas and was always willing to learn. Hope you learned a little bit more about photosynthesis.

Thanks for being a great…

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Apple Squad Asusena Figueroa

Hey Team,

Thanks for everything, it was nice working with a team like yours that is open to new ideas and was always willing to learn. Hope you learned a little bit more about photosynthesis than before.

Thanks for being a great…

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Mitochondrias Asusena Figueroa

Hey team, just took a look at your proposal and everything is really well done, you included explanations and it shows you though everything through.

One thing I noticed you struggled on was deciding whether or not to include the…

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