MS PHD’S: A Successful Model Promoting Inclusion, Preparation and Engagement of Underrepresented Minorities within the Geosciences Workforce

Elizabeth Padilla-Crespo1, Onjalé Scott Price2, Jeramie T Strickland3, Lois Ricciardi4, Warner I Guzman5, LaTanya Braxton6, Vivian Williamson6 and Ashanti Johnson7, (1)Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla, Aguadilla, PR, United States, (2)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (3)U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, Winona, United States, (4)Institute for Broadening Participation, Damariscotta, United States, (5)University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, Cidra, PR, United States, (6)Institute for Broadening Participation, Damariscotta, ME, United States, (7)STEM Human Resource Development, Office of the President, Cedar Hill, TX, United States