"I was always very inquisitive and I wanted to ask questions about everything and how nature works and all that. But [my mother] came from this background where women were mostly supposed to get married and have a family and not really have a career, and she told me it would be difficult to get married if I pursued a career in math or science. My teachers were unfortunately not much better. They told me that physics was for geniuses, and...that it was not a very feminine career."
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Deborah Berebichez
Deborah Berebichez is a Mexican physicist, data scientist, TV host, educator and entrepreneur. She was the first Mexican woman to graduate with a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) in physics from Stanford University.
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