Conference: Quebrando Barreras - Breaking Barriers in STEM (Day 2)

Welcome to the 2026 Quebrando Barreras: Breaking Barriers in STEM Conference! Hosted at UCLA, this free two-day conference aims to convene students with professors from all areas of chemistry and biochemistry to establish, strengthen, and promote research collaborations between scientists from partner institutions who are committed to broadening participation in STEM disciplines. To date we have 26 universities from across the United States and internationally committed to presenting at the conference. 

 

Led by UCLA Professor Osvaldo Gutierrez (inaugural Fraser and Norma Stoddard Chair in Contemporary Chemistry), the 2026 Quebrando Barreras: Breaking Barriers in STEM Conference is supported by the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences, UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry Department,  UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, and the Latina Futures 2050 Lab (LFL). LFL will convene scholars from across California as well as from national and international institutions to participate in academic research talks, panels, networking activities, and discussion on strategies to broaden participation in STEM while promoting mentorship, community, belonging, and academic excellence. We look forward to your response and participation. All are welcome. 

 

 

Please be sure to select which conference track you intend to attend:

1) The Quebrando Barreras track will serve as the general conference focused primarily on research talks in Chemistry and Biochemistry and related fields

2) the LFL track will provide conference programming with a thematic focus on the Latina STEM experience! 

 

Check out our confirmed speakers!

 

 

 

Organized by the UCLA College Division of Physical Sciences, the Latina Futures 2050 Lab, and the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.