2023 Latina Thrive Summit, UTRGV “Latina STEM faculty: If not now, then –cuando?"
2022Fulbright Forum Portugal "Lipids, Plants, and the Brain: Collaborative Science for Food and Health Forum"
2021 NMSU Research and Creativity Week "Empowering Diverse Investigators at a Hispanic Service Institution for Global Scientific Leadership"
2020 HACU 34th Annual Conference "Grantsmanship Basics for the NSF HSI Initiative"
2019 Martinez-Townsel Endowed Lectureship, Woods Hole “From giant molluscan neurons to mechanosensation: Insights from a lifetime of membrane transport research”
2019 Martinez-Townsel Endowed Lectureship, Woods Hole “From giant molluscan neurons to mechanosensation: Insights from a lifetime of membrane transport research”
2018 SFN Diversity Fellows Distinguished Speaker “Diversifying the STEM Thinkforce”
2017 Inner Ear Biology Distinguished Scientist Lecture, Woods Hole “Empowering the Next Generation of Young Investigators for Global Scientific Leadership”
2017 *Pearson Biology Leadership Conference “A Dancer’s Delight: Organ Systems of the Inner Ear and the Senses of Hearing and Balance”
2016 UCD Graduate Student Organization, UCD SACNAS Chapter and UCD women in STEM, Denver, CO, "Challenges for women and URM PhD students in medical school environments”
2016 Yale Ciencia Academy for Career Development, Yale University, Webinar "Identifying and overcoming barriers to URM PhD achievement”
2016 Mandatory Training for US Army NCOs (Sexual Assault Response Coordinators "Sexual Assault and the Brain”
2016 SW Institute for Health Disparities Research, NMSU Conference, invited plenary panelist Partnerships: How To Build Good Ones From The Ground Up In The Border Region
2015 “Leveraging neuroinformatics to advance auditory and vestibular research” University of New Mexico, Neuroscience Program
2014 “The Role of Leadership in Reducing Representation Gaps and Increasing Faculty Diversity” University of Oregon, Showcase Oregon
2013 "The Scholar Warrior; Education is the Battlefield" Keynote Speaker, Ford Fellows Conference, National Academy of Sciences
2013 “A Century of Women in STEM” White Sands Missile Range Women’s History Month, Keynote Speaker
2011 “Transparency in Academic Postdoctoral Hiring Practices: Do You Know Where the Jobs Are?” Session Speaker, National Postdoctoral Association
2010 "Your Brain, Your Choices: Human Performance Enhancement through Emerging Neurotechnologies" Invited ADVANCE Speaker, Center for Applied and Professional Ethics, NC State, Chapel Hill
2009 “Grantsmanship Skills for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows” Session Speaker, Ford Fellows Conference, San Diego, California
2008 “A Nanoscale Tale”. Keynote Speaker, Joint Meeting of the American Physical Society and the Societies of Hispanic and Black Physicists, El Paso, Texas
2007 “Exploring Inner Ear Organogenesis with a Systems Approach”. Session Speaker, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
2006 “Biophysics of Mechanotransduction by Sensory Cells”. Plenary Session Speaker, Joint Annual Conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists.
2006 “Hearing Loss: Origins, Therapies, and Health Disparities" Keynote speaker, Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board Annual Audiologists Meeting
2004 “Enhancing research competitiveness: “Building inclusive research teams for the 21st century”. Keynote Speaker, Society for Advancement of Native Americans and Chicanos in the Sciences