1. Since then... Yaika Echevarría Román Phase III Washington, DC

2. Other conferences  Phase II activities:  American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting  Boston, MAFebruary 2008  Science Steering Evaluation Panel  Pusan, South KoreaMay 2008

3. Other conferences  Workshop for undergraduates  Society of Toxicology (SOT) Undergraduate Education Program  Seattle, WAMarch 2008  National meetings  Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)  Salt Lake City, UTOctober 2008  AAAS  Chicago, ILFebruary 2009

4. Summer 2008  Intern at THE Ohio State University  Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation  Carbon Dynamics and Chemical Weathering on Agricultural Land  Dr. William Berry Lyons School of Earth Sciences

5. Last change  Worked with soils for a second time I enjoy it… It interests me… I have experience with it!!!  I’ll focus on soil chemistry, but with a twist:  Lithosphere-atmosphere interactions  Tried to conduct research in this area back home  Finding a viable method was difficult  University’s library is lacking  Chemistry labs aren’t very well equipped

6. I GRADUATED!!! However…

7.  Applied to four Master’s programs  Two were universities where I was an intern  New Mexico Tech (summer 2007)  Ohio State University (last summer)  The others are located in cities very accessible from Puerto Rico  Florida International University – Miami  University of Illinois – Chicago Admissions notices

8. That’s all for this update! THANK YOU!!!