Ursula Nguyen is a doctoral student in STEM Education. She has a BS in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to returning to UT, she was a first grade bilingual math and science teacher in Houston, TX. There, she was also the first grade mathematics lead at her school. Her research interest on issues of equity in STEM education at the intersection of race/ethnicity and gender stems from her experiences as both an educator of STEM subjects and as a past engineering student. Currently, she is a graduate research assistant for Professor Catherine Riegle-Crumb.